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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 quorum of the board attends the meeting. Then the committee meeting meets the definition of “boar...