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SB-432 - SUPPORT AUTHOR: Wieckowski SUBJECT: Disqualification of candidates due to term limits in governing documents. STATUS: Senate. Housing. In committee process. POSITION: Support SUMMARY: This bill disqualifies termed-out board members of common interest developments (CIDs) from running for re-election, and requires an individual who is appointed to count and tabulate votes in a CID election to meet specified requirements.
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AB-919 - OPPOSE AUTHOR: Grayson SUBJECT: Construction defects: actions: statute of limitations. STATUS: Assembly. Judiciary. In committee process. POSITION: Oppose SUMMARY: This bill would shorten the timeframe from 10 years to 5 years in which specified actions against a nonprofit housing corporation, such as a HOA, may be brought for underlying construction projects. AB-611 - WATCH AUTHOR: Quirk-Silva SUBJECT: Confidential addresses – Safe at Home Program exception. STATUS: Assembly. In floor process. Consent. POSITION: Watch SUMMARY: When an association member is a participant in the Safe at Home program – an address confidentiality program that protects victims of violence, assault, stalking, trafficking, or abuse – this bill would require that the association use their designated substitute address, upon the member’s request. Additionally, it would require that the association withhold or redact information that would reveal the name and address of the Safe at Home participant in specified communications.
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