Real Property Law
Cal. Real. Prop. Journal VOLUME 43, ISSUE 1, AUGUST 2025
Content
- 2024-2025 Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section
- AN INTRODUCTION TO DEMYSTIFYING CALIFORNIA COASTAL LAW FOR CALIFORNIA REAL PROPERTY ATTORNEYS "A VERY BRIEF HISTORY" (A WORKING WHITE PAPER SERIES) PART 1
- Chair Letter
- Editorial Board
- Inside This Issue
- Let My People Go: a Proposal To Update and Reform California Partition Law
- Letter From the Editor
- Save Me Out At the Ball Game: Is Being a Baseball Fan a Contact Sport? Home Run Balls, Abandoned Property, and Violence In the Stadium
- A Practical Guide To the New Laws Pertaining To California's Residential Homeowners Associations
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE NEW LAWS PERTAINING TO CALIFORNIA’S RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS
Written by Mark T. Guithues*
I. INTRODUCTION
Each year California’s Legislature and courts provide direction to community associations, in form of legislation and case law, as to how these entities are desired to operate. This article outlines the operational changes offered during calendar year 2024 on issues pertaining to corporate compliance, balcony inspections and repairs, voting and quorum, Accessory Dwelling Units, and more. Case law summaries emphasize the fair housing rights of owners, unenforceability of unrecorded restrictions, and the practical limitations on an association’s right to intervene in owner-to-owner disputes.