BOUTIQUE HOA MANAGEMENT · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
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Compliance & legal updates
California HOA law, translated for boards.
A consolidated 2026 briefing based on the legal material and legislative article currently published by California Communities.
Current compliance topics
Balcony inspection requirements and deadlines for applicable communities.
Fine caps and enforcement-procedure changes.
Disaster rebuilding and governing-document implications.
Electric-vehicle charging stations.
Interruption of utilities.
Electronic voting.
Quorum requirements.
Workplace harassment protections.
Proposed changes to construction-defect claims and SB 800 rights.
2026 bills under active review
SB 1007: assessment-increase limits and management-fee disclosure. Boards should stress-test three-to-five-year budgets, especially insurance and reserve assumptions.
SB 1238: manager duty-of-care and lending disclosures. Boards should confirm professional standards and adequate errors-and-omissions coverage.
AB 2439: notice requirements when assessment-payment instructions change, with potential personal penalties for noncompliance.
AB 2050: proposed reserve-funding rules aimed at preventing negative 30-year reserve projections, including annual reserve-transfer requirements.
AB 1903: proposed construction-defect changes affecting latent claims, investigation costs, extrapolation, builder certification, and future releases.
AB 739: annual review of management base fees, schedule charges, and reimbursable expenses.
California Communities · Alameda, California
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