The CotoBuzz Journal
Community Journalism, Newsletters and Blogs Covering South Orange County, CA
The CotoBuzz Journal is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) and NAHJ
June 2007 Issue
We do not make jokes, we simply watch the LA Times, the Orange County Register and the Coto de Caza Board of directors and report the facts!
Letters
Unreal State of Real Estate Bills
May
20, 2007
The bill would have excluded owners in common-interest developments. Protecting some but not all homeowners is a travesty, which serves to undermine the protection of the general public, considering the huge majority of homeowners who live in common-interest developments.
My same objection applies to sister bills 980 and 127. The truth of the matter is that, if passed, these bills would force homeowners to hire lawyers every time a real estate transaction occurs, and they would place more responsibility on real estate agents to enforce new disclosure laws.
California is already experiencing enough litigation, especially in the homeowners association arena. These bills would just add to that, thus their wording deceitfully conveys a cloak of protection while doing the opposite.
I. HOFFMAN
Encinitas
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Two
of the Worst & Most Detrimental Laws to Hit
California are Sponsored by None Other than:
California Association of Realtors (R) The Gold is
Gone --No more gold in the Golden State!
Dear Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,
SHATZI! PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR PROMISE TO US. Please
listen to the people who support you and look to you
to help us! When you first began buying property in
California NO ONE told you what you could or could not
do...
THE
LAW OF INTENDED CONSEQUENCES - WHAT A DIFFERENCE A
"WORD" MAKES: NO! ON ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 563
It apparently does not matter that titleholders with a
vested interest in their property cannot get their
legislators to carry legislation to help US, but, they
can waste taxpayer funds by preventing the bills WE
WANT and NEED by CHANGING *ONE* WORD in an...
EMERGENCY!
EMERGENCY! OOPS! WE JUST HAD THE MEETING! YOU MISSED
IT!!
So THIS is what the Senate calls an "Open
Meeting." How many Open Meetings have THEY been
to? Obviously not many. ROTFLMAO!
CAN
YOU OUTSWIM YOUR HOA SHARKS? or will you drown trying?
Owning, let alone living in an HOA is a tough JOB and
requires you be physically fit, possess a certain
sophistication of the processes, and have the
character let alone stamina, that allows you to be
persistent in a manner that indescribable to REAL...
HEY
GRAY PANTHERS! YOU GOT IT WRONG!
(c) D. Vanitzian
May 16, 2007The Gray Panthers are on record as
SUPPORTING A BAD BAD BAD BAD BILL: Senate Bill Number
948. SHAME ON YOU. Where the heck are you getting your
information from?
The
Law of Unintended Consequences: Legislation and HOA
BOD Cause and Effect: Clueless in my CAR
Coming off a most improbable but successful campaign
to defeat SB 670 author and HOA advocate Vanitizian
thanks supporters making a connection between the
quality of legislation being passed in Sacramento, and
the quality of life in most homeowners...
Paraphrasing
the LA Times on Defeat of SB670 & Wicked Twin
Witches of the West - SB 127 & AB-980
Taking a page out of the OC Register?s ?paraphrased
reporting?, an article written by LA Times staff
writer Diane Weder titled ?Bill to limit transfer fee
founders?, published appropriately on May 13, 2007,
quotes the president of the statewide Realtors...
One
More Near Miss Avoided - Clueless in My CID/HOA
The number one rule in the Australian Aviation
Magazine?s list of Flight Rules is the one about
airplane take off and landing: Every takeoff is
optional, Every landing is mandatory!It is safe to say
that most travelers know that takeoffs and
Private
Transfer Tax - Good for the Common Interest
Development (HOA/CID) Industry or Good for the
Politicians?
When we received our copy of the report that the
California Association of Realtors (CAR) used to
Sponsor and help draft transfer fees, we were
confused. Given that Vanitzian has become an icon in
Sacrament (some say a thorn in the legislature's
side),...
How
to Communicate with the CZ Master Association (and
other HOAs)
Recently a CotoBuzz contributor received a stupid
lawyer letter stating that the CZ Master Association
board would no longer accept his requests via email.
OCR
Paraphrasing in Laguna Woods Village
The CotoBuzz Journal previously reported on a brewing
scandal related to alleged misuse of credit card by
property management company employees in an article
titled Laguna Woods Residents Outraged by Use of
Credit Cards Issued to Property Manager...
Letters to the editor
Letters-
Unreal State of Real Estate Bills
Regarding "Bill to Limit Transfer Fees
Founders," May 13, on Senate Bill 670: The
measure left the illusion of limiting the use of
transfer fees, while in reality it would have
undermined Civil Code Section 711, which has existed
to protect Californians...
Power
hungry association steals home from mentally ill
person for $540 Assessments. The monthly fees for the
home paid in full for nearly 20 years ago is only $183
a month. Brother tried to pay the money but the board
would not accept it.
My brother lost his home in Coldwater North
Cooperative, Inc because he is mentally ill and didn't
know he had to pay $540 in dues. My mother left her
home to us to protect my brother. The monthly fees for
the home she paid in full for nearly 20 years...
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