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	<description>California HOA Law for the HOA Community</description>
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		<title>The Question of the Correct HOA Reserve Funding Level</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. DeNichilo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reserves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funding Levels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some think reserves should be 100% funded.  However, a 100% funding level for reserves can be difficult to achieve without imposing a special assessment on the members, and can be a real burden on the association.]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Capital Improvement?</title>
		<link>http://hoabrief.com/2010/06/30/what-is-a-capital-improvement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. DeNichilo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many HOAs have language in their governing documents that act as a spending cap on capital improvement projects without member approval (often at 5% of the annual budget).  However, often the term "capital improvement" is not defined, and boards are left to wonder whether or not a particular expense is a "capital improvement". ]]></description>
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		<title>New Articles at HOALeader.com</title>
		<link>http://hoabrief.com/2010/04/07/new-articles-at-hoaleader-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. DeNichilo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently contributed to several articles for hoaleader.com, a national web-based publication for homeowners association and condominium management professionals:]]></description>
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		<title>A Sign of the Times? More HOAs Dealing with Embezzlement.</title>
		<link>http://hoabrief.com/2010/01/16/a-sign-of-the-times-embezzlement-is-troubling-trend-in-hoas/</link>
		<comments>http://hoabrief.com/2010/01/16/a-sign-of-the-times-embezzlement-is-troubling-trend-in-hoas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. DeNichilo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Financial Controls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have noticed a troubling trend lately. Perhaps its a sign of the serious problems in the economy throughout the country today, but I am reading more and more news articles about the embezzlement of HOA funds. ]]></description>
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		<title>Homeowner Cannot Withhold Assesments in Dispute with HOA</title>
		<link>http://hoabrief.com/2010/01/16/homeowner-cannot-withhold-assesments-in-dispute-with-hoa/</link>
		<comments>http://hoabrief.com/2010/01/16/homeowner-cannot-withhold-assesments-in-dispute-with-hoa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. DeNichilo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assessments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CC&R enforcment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CC&Rs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Code 1367.6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naber]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I received a call today from a manager of an HOA telling me she had just gotten off the phone with a homeowner who was refusing to pay his assessments because he felt the association was not properly maintaining the common area in front of his residence. He stated until the HOA did its "job," he would not be paying assessments. "Can he do that?" the manager asked.]]></description>
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