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Click here to register online for this year's Coachella Valley Legal Symposium:
Friday, December 5
Agua Caliente Convention Center
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The end of the year always brings with it our newest publications, both online and in print. So, get your reading list started with...hot off the electronic presses...our 2015 Edition: Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, in text-searchable PDF format. And get a sneak peak at what you'll learn at our 2014 Legal Symposium with our overview and practice tip regarding Assembly Bill 1738, the "Attorneys at IDR" bill. Take in all of this, and more...in the October issue of E-NEWS from EG&H!
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Now available for download from our website in text-searchable PDF format is our booklet, "2015 Edition: Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act." This booklet contains the 2015 Davis-Stirling Act, effective January 1, 2015, including the amendments added during the 2014 legislative session. Print versions of this booklet and our 2015 Community Association Law Resource Book are coming soon.
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Assembly Bill 1738 Signed: What You Need to Know About the "Attorneys at IDR" Bill
Currently, Civil Code section 5915 provides for an informal dispute resolution (IDR) process between a community association and its members. The changes to this section made by Assembly Bill 1738, effective January 1, 2015, require an agreement between a community association and a member to be in writing and signed by both parties. This new law also allows a member and the association to be assisted by an attorney or another person at their own cost
PRACTICE TIP: Adopt your own IDR procedures that include: (1) a requirement for advance notice if the owner plans to bring an attorney so the association can also have an attorney present; (2) a confidentiality clause so that everything you say cannot be used against you; and, (3) allowing more than one board member and management to be present. If the association doesn't have IDR procedures, the association may still ask for notice of whether the member plans to bring legal counsel and reschedule if the member shows up with legal counsel without notice. Also, be aware that annual budget reports and annual policy statements prepared and sent before the end of 2014 do not have to contain the new IDR language, but many community associations are already including it. Learn more Practice Tips like this from Sue Hawks McClintic at our Legal Symposium 2014. To read the amended text of Civil Code section 5915, download our 2015 Edition: Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act.
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In this article by Rian Jones, you'll learn about how California's fiscal crisis impacts the legal system. For example, in the face of a $9 million shortfall in its budget for fiscal year 2014-2015, the San Diego Superior Court recently announced further cuts. Effective December 22, 2014, the Kearny Mesa Small Claims Courthouse will be closed and all operations, hearings and trials will be transferred to the Hall of Justice and Central Courthouse in Downtown San Diego. In addition, effective January 5, 2015, the Civil Appellate Departments in the San Diego North, South and East County Divisions will be closed and all case filings will be transferred to the Central Division.
To learn more about what this means to you, read the article "Budget Cuts Continue to Affect the State Courts, or 'Justice Delayed is Justice Denied.'"
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About Us
Epsten Grinnell & Howell is a leading Southern California law firm whose practice is dedicated to the complex field of community association law. For more than 28 years, the attorneys of Epsten Grinnell & Howell have provided common interest developments with counsel, legal strategies, rapid assessment recovery, construction defect and other civil litigation assistance, interpretation of fair housing issues, and alternative dispute resolution. We serve associations throughout San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and Los Angeles counties. Our attorneys have recovered more than $250 million for clients in complex construction defect litigation cases, including community associations, condominium towers and commercial buildings.
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