The Privatopia Papers

...not to put too fine a point on it, but... Fred Pilot has a comment regarding this paragraph in the Wasserman piece linked below: ...

Green Valley News & Sun "HOA 'reform' losing ground" Are those scare quotes around the word "reform," and ...

Private communities come apart When homeowners associations run short of cash, maintenance falls by the wayside By Jim Wasserman, Associ...

Here's the .pdf version of 4th DCA opinion in Villa De Las Palmas HOA v. Terifaj One interesting aspect of the Terifaj case is that th...

Here's the 4th DCA opinion in Villa De Las Palmas HOA v. Terifaj

law.com - the Terifaj arguments Here's a link to a summary of the Cal Supreme Court oral arguments in Villa De Las Palmas Homeowners A...

Paula Terifaj hugs her dog Rose

Why the Terifaj case? The California Supreme Court is reviewing a lower court ruling in the Terifaj case, and I will link that opinion whe...

State: Bills threaten condo boards' sway: legislation in the works would change the way associations alter the existing rights of condo ...

NBC 4 - House and Home - Houses Slip Further Out Of Californian's Reach LOS ANGELES -- Slightly less than a quarter of Californians ca...

Southland's Census Story, in a Word: Boom! Southern California picked up an estimated 1 million new residents over the last three year...

Administrative agency to oversee Calif. HOAs? Check out the latest from the California Law Revision Commission, where they are discussing ...

Neighbors howl about dog-park plan Thanks to Mika Sadai for passing along this story. Here's a bit of it: The pampered pooches o...

Why 44% of New Hampshire voters should not be allowed to vote in November 44% of them think the US economy is still in recession ......

AZ foreclosure bill clears committee, but in radically reduced form HB 2402, that would have made HOAs wait 3 years to foreclose and also ...

CleanCondos.org -- The Service Employees International Union is endorsing the Florida bills numbered H1223 and S2498 that would create an ...

Charlotte Observer: Trash gets unequal treatment at condos--Some townhomes get own rollout containers; others must share bins (warning: reg...

MSNBC - Private guards repel attack on headquarters--Blackwater Security sends helicopter to ferry out wounded Marine An attack by hundr...

Mercury News: A police presence for gated homes--Silver Creek complex to get traffic patrols To outsiders, the gated community surround...

Voters in Inglewood Turn Away Wal-Mart "A bid by the world's largest corporation to bypass uncooperative elected officials and ta...