Beaumont Tashjian Law Blog

Section 4775 of the Civil Code currently holds associations responsible for maintaining, repairing, and replacing common areas while owners are responsible for maintaining their units and any attached exclusive use common areas, unless the community's governing documents state otherwise. However, the current law fails to delineate whether associations or owners are responsible for the repairs and replacements of exclusive use common areas if the community's governing documents do not clearly establish same. In trying to clarify the current code's language, the legislature recently passed Assembly Bill No. 968 to amend Section 4775.

Effective January 1, 2017, associations will be responsible for maintaining, repairing, and replacing the common areas and repairing and replacing the exclusive use common areas while the owners of each unit are responsible for maintaining, repairing, and replacing their units and merely maintaining the exclusive use common areas, unless the community's CC&Rs provide otherwise.

BGT will be exhibiting at the CAI-Greater Los Angeles Chapter’s “Havana Nights” Marketplace at the Hilton in Woodland Hills on June 9th.

BGT Partner Lisa Tashjian will be presenting at CAI’s California Common Interest Development Law Course. The one-day workshop will be held at The Wilshire in Los Angeles on May 20th.  The CID Law Course is the most comprehensive legal course available for professionals managing community associations. Participants are provided with a comprehensive review of California and Federal laws affecting community associations including the Davis-Stirling-Act, California Corporations Code, Common Interest Law and specifics relating to common interest developments. 

For more than three decades BGT has represented homeowners associations throughout California in all aspects of community association and real estate law.  The expansion will allow BGT to further provide Orange County and far south common interest developments with the legal expertise and tools necessary to effectively safeguard and serve their communities and members. 

BGT is a full-service community association law firm dedicating 100% of its practice to counseling condominium, planned-unit, cooperative, commercial and mixed-use development associations in community association law in the most timely and cost-effective manner.

BGT are proud to be one of the three main “Event” sponsors at this year’s Legislative Day at the Capitol.  CAI’s Annual Legislative Day at the Capitol is an event that provides CAI-California Legislative Acton Committee members from across the state, the opportunity to attend Education Sessions, "Meet the Delegates" and meet with and educate their legislators on legislation that is important to those who live in and work with Community Associations.