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Beaumont Tashjian Law Blog
Monday, April 1, 2024
 - BT was successful in obtaining a judgment against a delinquent homeowner whose unpaid assessments exceeded $20,000.00, which includes all legal fees and the release of lien fees.
- BT successfully obtained a Default Judgment from the Los Angeles County Superior Court to recover $85,456.05 in delinquent assessments, late fees, interest, attorney fees, and collection costs against a nonpaying owner.
- BT successfully petitioned the Ventura County court and obtained an order reinstating association’s corporate status after an owner filed materially false paperwork dissolving the association.
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Friday, March 1, 2024
Our team exhibiting at the CACM SoCal Law Seminar in Anaheim. It was great seeing you all!
Our attorneys at the CAI Law Seminar in Las Vegas.
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Thursday, February 1, 2024
Recently the State scaled back water restrictions by allowing the emergency prohibition on wasteful water use to expire. However, this action did not erase the State Water Resource Control Board’s (“SWRCB”) water conservation efforts which remain in place. Accordingly, many of the restrictions on homeowners’ associations remain effective until June 5, 2024, unless the restrictions are readopted by SWRCB. Additionally, AB 1572 which was adopted by the legislature this year and scheduled to take effect in 2029, prohibits associations from using potable water to irrigate any non-functional turf.
Current SWRCB Restrictions
The current water conservation regulations distinguish between functional and non-functional turf.Read more . . .
Monday, January 15, 2024
On January 1, 2024, the State Legislature enacted Senate Bill 71 (“SB 71”), which increased California’s jurisdictional limits for civil and small claims cases. These thresholds determine whether a case is filed as a “limited” civil case or “unlimited” civil case, or if it falls within the jurisdiction of the small claims court, based on the amount of damages the plaintiff is seeking.
Prior to SB 71, the jurisdictional limits were lower for both small claims and unlimited civil cases in California. SB 71 increases the jurisdictional limit for small claims from $10,000 to $12,500 for cases filed by individuals and $5,000 to $6,250 for corporations (such as homeowners associations). Furthermore, the amount in controversy for an action to be treated as a limited civil case has risen from $25,000 to $35,000.Read more . . .
Monday, January 1, 2024
 Beaumont Tashjian (BT) is excited to announce that A.J. Jahanian, Esq. has been elevated to a firm partner as of January 1, 2024.
Mr. Jahanian has been a member of the firm since 2016 and has devoted the last eight years to servicing its clients’ unique needs throughout Southern and Northern California...
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Monday, November 6, 2023
This year’s legislature has enacted several laws which expand on the State’s climate-related and housing availability goals, as well as facilitate board meetings and the transaction of association business. The following is a summary of enacted and pending legislation, court decisions, news, and current events from this past year, which will impact your communities through 2024 and beyond.
ENACTED LEGISLATION
The bills below have been signed and approved by the Governor and will take effect January 1, 2024, as “New Law.” SB 355: Multi-Family Affordable Housing Solar Roofs - What Does Current Law Say? Currently, the Public Utilities Commission oversees subsidy programs for solar energy system (“SES”) installations on multifamily residential buildings that meet certain income and other requirements.
- What Changed? SB 355 expands the pool of buildings which qualify for these SES incentives, to include low-income residential buildings in which sixty-six percent (66%) of the households have incomes at or below eighty percent (80%) of the area median income, among others.
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Monday, May 1, 2023
 Michael D. Attar, Esq., is a senior associate at Beaumont Tashjian, where he primarily handles the Firm’s litigation and enforcement matters.
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Monday, March 13, 2023
BT was successful in obtaining a judgment against a delinquent homeowner whose unpaid assessments exceeded $9,000.00. BT also obtained an order of attorney fees and costs in excess of $10,000 (the full amount sought). BT successfully petitioned the Ventura County court and obtained an order reinstating association’s corporate status and after an owner filed materially false paperwork dissolving the association. Read more . . .
Monday, March 13, 2023
 Our attorneys AJ, Jeff, Tara, and Kumar at the California Association of Community Managers-Read more . . .
Monday, March 13, 2023
If you haven’t heard of it by now, a revolutionary new language-modeling application known as “ChatGPT” was introduced to the world just before the turn of the new year. The program is a free, easy to use, online platform created by OpenAI, and at first glance, it looks like a complete gamechanger. “ChatGPT” makes Google search look primitive, by using artificial intelligence to provide nuanced responses to complex questions, generate detailed letters based on virtually any prompt, and more. Board members and community managers may look to the program to help expedite mundane tasks such as drafting notice to comply letters and getting guidance on how to handle a particular HOA-related issue. But how trustworthy is ChatGPT and will it replace the need for legal counsel involvement? First, the program is still in its very early stages, and it shows.
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Monday, March 13, 2023
On February 28, 2023, the COVID-19 state of emergency declared in California nearly three years ago will end. The end of the state of emergency will have some impacts on your association, including the requirement to have a physical meeting place for all board meetings reinstated by the Civil Code. In 2021, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 391, which created Civil Code Section 5450. This new addition to the Davis Sterling Act allows board meetings and member meetings of common interest developments to be held remotely without a physical location should it be impossible or unsafe to hold such meetings in person in an area affected by one or more of the below conditions: - A state of disaster or emergency declared by the federal government.
- A state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor under Section 8625 of the Government Code.
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