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By Robert M. DeNichilo, Esq., CCAL

After two straight years of significant success in advancing legislation on behalf of California’s Community Associations, CAI’s California Legislative Action Committee’s (CLAC) 2024 agenda seeks to continue simplifying and improving operations for California’s community associations.

We are well into the 2024 legislative session, and the bill introduction deadline has passed. While bills can still be amended, as of the writing of this article, no bills have been introduced that would make operations significantly more difficult for community associations. For its part, CLAC is working on several bills that will continue to improve the election process and make balcony inspections a bit easier to complete.

CLAC is currently working on three pieces of legislation it hopes to get passed in 2024. The first, AB 2114, will make completing balcony inspections required under Civil Code section 5551 easier by adding civil...

By Nathan R. McGuire, Esq.
ADAMS|STIRLING PLC

October of last year marked the end of the legislative session in California and Halloween was a fitting backdrop for some of the year’s nightmarish results. While there was good mixed in with the bad, some of the legislation passed this year could turn out to be the most challenging ever to community associations, including SB 323 and AB 670. CAI’s California Legislative Action Committee (CAI-CLAC) fought hard and had great success in light of overwhelming political obstacles. Believe it or not, the horrific aspects of SB 323 would have been doubly dreadful if not for staunch opposition from CAI-CLAC.

Senate Bill 323 – Elections and E-mail Address Disclosure
Last year I talked about the defeat of SB 1265, which sought to interfere unnecessarily with community association elections. Governor Brown vetoed the bill, stating:

“California has over 50,000 common interest developments varying in purpose and size. Each...