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Senate Bill 391, signed into law in the fall, allowed HOAs during declared emergencies to have purely virtual meetings with no announced physical location. It was enacted far too late to really be a help to HOAs during THIS coronavirus emergency.

Questions from readers

Answering readers questions.

The law provides valuable information for HOA homeowners and prospective buyers. HOAs and their managers should be prepared to provide these disclosures. Buyers should make use of the information and become more informed buyers and better members of their new HOA community.

Print Q: I am on the Architectural Review Committee for our association. Recently homeowners have asked to attend the meetings. What are the guidelines for homeowner attendance at these meetings? We have said they can sit and observe without comment. Some homeowners have attended strictly to attack the members for what they perceive as a slight to their plan approval process. Should we allow attendance? — A.C., Westlake Village A: HOA committees do not fall under the Open Meeting Act unless a...

2 Calif. Rulings Offer Lessons As Foreclosure Crisis Looms By Yakov Wiegmann and Matthew Lee Law360 is providing free access to its coronavirus coverage to make sure all members of the legal community have accurate information in this time of uncertainty and change. Use the form below to sign up for any of our weekly newsletters. Signing up for any of our section newsletters will opt you in to the weekly Coronavirus briefing. Sign up for our Consumer Protection newsletter You must...