The following bills affecting HOAs were approved in 2016 and resulted in changes to the law:
AB 1963 (Calderon). Common Interest Developments: Construction Defects.
Would extend the Calderon Act (Civ. Code Section 6000), which specifies certain pre-litigation procedures which must be satisfied before a HOA may file a construction defect action against its developer.
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AB 1978 (Gonzalez). Property Services Workers Protection Act.
Would require the association to verify its janitorial service provider maintains a current and valid registration. HOAs which contract with unregistered and unlicensed janitorial contractors are subject to fines.
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AB 2362 (Chu). Common interest developments: Pesticide application.
Would require the association to provide notice to residents when pesticides are to be applied to the separate interests or common area by unlicensed pest control operators.
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SB 3 (Leno). Minimum Wage: Adjustment.
Would require minimum wage increases for all industries beginning January 1, 2017. Would directly impact the budget and assessment rates of associations with employees. Could indirectly impact associations without employees through vendor wage increases.
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SB 814 (Hill). Drought: Excessive Water Use: Urban Retail Suppliers.
Would prohibit excessive water use by a residential customer during a state of drought emergency. Would require urban retail water suppliers to establish a method to identify and discourage excessive water use.
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SB 918 (Vidak). Common interest developments.
Would require owners to annually provide the association with written notice of the mailing address(es) to which notices from the association are to be delivered. If an owner fails to provide notice of a mailing or secondary address, the property address shall be deemed the mailing address for individual notices.
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SB 944 (Committee on Transportation and Housing). Housing Omnibus.
The Housing Omnibus bill provides annual “clean up” legislation to make mostly non-substantive changes to the law.
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