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Addressing Mental Illness In Our Community Associations
By Morgen Hardigree | Sep 25 2020This article is reprinted from CAI-GLAC’s Focus May-June 2020 Issue May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it is impossible to ignore the additional impact on our communities from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Under normal circumstances, we are impacted by the steady ..
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ASSEMBLY BILL 3182
By Morgen Hardigree | Sep 10 2020Assembly Member Ting from San Francisco authored Assembly Bill 3182. After multiple rounds of amendments, it was approved on September 1, 2020 by the California State Legislature and awaits the Governor’s signature before becoming law on January 1, 2021. The bill w..
COVID-19 AND ASSESSMENTS
By Morgen Hardigree | Aug 21 2020By Matthew A. Gardner, Esq. Of Richardson Ober Denichilo The current pandemic is presenting similar warning signs that many community associations experienced during the housing crisis in 2007. With the ‘Stay at Home’ order in place to slow the..
2019 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
By Morgen Hardigree | Jan 17 2019Optimum finds it very important to stay up to date with current legislation that directly impacts community associations in California. The following legislation has been signed and approved by former Governor Jerry Brown and took effect on January 1, 2019 unless othe..
SB 407 (Wieckowski) Noncommercial Solicitation
By Morgen Hardigree | Apr 20 2018SB 407 (Wieckowski) Noncommercial Solicitation. Civil Code §4515 By Jeffrey Beaumont, Esq., CCAL, Beaumont Tashjian Existing law requires associations to provide equal access to common areas for candidates and ..
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE REGARDING SOLAR PANELS:
By Morgen Hardigree | Mar 07 2018AB 634 (Eggman) Solar System Requirements. Civil Code §714.1, §4600 & §4746 Chaptered October 15, 2017 Associations cannot establish a general policy prohibiting the in..
Responding to an Accommodation Request? What’s your Policy?
By Morgen Hardigree | Jun 14 2017By Robert M. DeNichilo, Esq., Nordberg|DeNichilo, LLP With all the various moving parts that go into managing a community association, few issues cause more confusion or are as fraught with risk as dealing with a request for a reasonable accommodation or modification..
BREAKING NEWS – The Drought is Officially Over (Almost)!
By Morgen Hardigree | Apr 10 2017By Denise D. Iger of Iger Wankel Bonkowski, LLP Today Governor Brown signed an executive order declaring that effective immediately the “Drought State of Emergency” is terminated in all of California counties, except Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Tuolumne. The execut..
A Step-by-Step Approach to Amending and Restating Governing Documents
By Morgen Hardigree | Mar 09 2017By Brittany A. Ketchum, Esq. It seems as though the laws change as frequently as the tides. Some years see more legal changes than others – changes that greatly affect the way boards manage the association’s affairs. The laws governing community associa..
WEATHER ALERT
By Morgen Hardigree | Feb 21 2017Due to the unusual severity of the recent storms, a significant amount of maintenance issues were experienced in a very short period of time thus inundating roofing vendors - and other related vendors such as restoration companies - with calls and service requests. Whil..