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No attorney at HOA meetings.
Are we in violation?

Ever been in an HOA meeting and your property manager says, “I’ll have to check on that.”? Well, below is an article from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by ADAMS | STIRLING PLC regarding association HOA meetings and having an attorney present. Should we have an attorney at our HOA meetings? QUESTION:...

Maintenance Defined

What does Exclusive Use Maintenance mean? Below is an article from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by ADAMS | STIRLING PLC regarding the business of HOA Board and members in regards to Exclusive Use Mantenance. QUESTION: What does Exclusive Use Maintenance mean? ANSWER: Association documents routinely assign maintenance duties between owners and the association....

No Secretary & More About the Minutes

So who’s going to take the minutes? Below is an article from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by ADAMS | STIRLING PLC regarding the Minutes and missing Secretaries. MINUTE PREP WHEN THE SECRETARY IS ABSENT QUESTION: I am secretary for our HOA. An executive session was held at a time when I could...

The Business of the HOA Board and Emails

Does your Board use emails to make decisions? Below is an article from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by Adams Kessler regarding the business of HOA Board and Emails. CONSULTANT’S EMAIL TO DIRECTORS QUESTION: As a vendor, we email our reports to the manager and copy the entire board. The manager told...

DROUGHT EMERGENCY and Artificial Turf

Water drought issues are a constant in Southern California today. Below is an article from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by Adams Kessler regarding Drought emergency and Artificial turf. “Readers asked if the Davis-Stirling Act or the drought emergency voids existing HOA restrictions on artificial turf. Attorney Curt Sproul of the law firm...