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SB 326 - Mandatory Balcony Inspections
Subject: Mandatory Balcony Inspections
Status: Passed Senate. In Assembly Housing.
Position: Support
2014 Legislation: AB 1360 - Electronic Voting
This bill authorizes an association to conduct elections or other membership balloting by electronic voting. It also requires an association to provide each member with an opportunity to indicate that he or she will be voting electronically and to provide a member who did not indicate so with a paper ballot.
Subject: HOA Elections and Voting
Status: Failed passage in Senate committee.
Position: Support if Amended
2014 Legislation: AB 2104 - HOA Regulation of Turf
Update: The Govenor signed the bill on 9/18.
This bill would expand the options of homeowners who want to plant water-efficient landscape by further limiting possible restrictions in an association's CC&Rs.
From the Legislative Counsel's Digest:
Subject: Low Water-Using Plants
Status: Signed by Govenor
Position: Watch
2014 Legislation: SB 992 - Drought and Under-watering Fines
SB 992 went into immediate effect on Sept. 18, 2014, superseding AB 2100 because it amended the same section of law, Civil Code Section 4735. SB 992 is identical to AB 2100 except for two features:
Subject: Underwatering - Fine Exemptions
Status: Signed by Governor.
Position: Support
2014 Legislation: SB 391 - Fees on Recorded Documents
In order to fund affordable housing, this bill would impose a fee for all documents that must be recorded in California, including governing documents.
From the Legislative Counsel's Digest:
Subject: Document Recording Fees
Status: Failed Passage
Position: Oppose
2013 Legislation: SB 750
This bill deals with water sub-meters and meters. While the bill intended to address landlords and tenants, the language did not exempt common interest developments. Ultimately, the bill failed passage in the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife committee.
Subject: Mandatory Submetering
Status: Failed passage in committee. Reconsideration granted.
Position: Oppose Unless Amended
2013 Legislation: SB 125
This bill exempts a property owner of a structure that is both within a state responsibility area and within the boundaries of a local fire district that provides fire protection services in the district from the payment of the fire prevention fee.
Subject: Fire Prevention Fees
Status: Failed - Did not meet legislative deadlines.
Position: None
2013 Legislation: AB 1205
This bill would create a mediation program for alleged violations of the Mobilehome Residency Law, and would impose financial assessments to maintain the program. ECHO sought an amendment that would exempt mobilehome parks that are governed by the Davis-Stirling Act.
Subject: Mobilehome Residency Law Mediation Act
Status: Failed - Did not meet legislative deadlines.
Position: Oppose Unless Amended
2013 Legislation: SB 752
This bill establishes a new body of law, separate from the Davis-Stirling Act, that governs exclusively commercial and industrial CIDs. Mixed commercial and residential associations are not affected.
The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act provides for the creation and regulation of common interest developments, as defined, but exempts common interest developments that are limited to industrial or commercial uses from specified provisions of the act.
Subject: Davis-Stirling for Commercial CIDs
Status: Signed by Governor
Position: Watch
2013 Legislation: SB 745
This annual housing omnibus bill contains non-controversial provisions that clean up mistakes within the new Davis-Stirling Act, effective in January 2014.
Subject: New Davis-Stirling Clean-Up
Status: Signed by Governor
Position: Watch
2013 Legislation: SB 510
This bill provides that a local agency is required to consider the results of a survey in making its decision to approve or reject a map related to the conversion of a rental mobilehome park to resident ownership. From the Legislative Counsel's digest:
Subject: Resident Surveys in Mobilehome Conversions
Status: Signed by Governor
Position: Watch
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