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  <title><![CDATA[California HOA & Condo News from CAN]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[News about Homeowner and Condominium associations in California, compiled by the Community Associations Network]]></description>
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     <title>Copper Cove election challenged</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Copper Cove resident and former homeowner’s association board of directors candidate Grant West has accused the association of misleading voters in its recent election.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:26:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.calaverasenterprise.com/articles/2010/09/08/news/news03_copper.txt</link>
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     <title>Two resign from Friendly HOA board in dispute over oil drilling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two members of the Friendly Hills Homeowners Association Board of Directors have resigned following a raucous meeting last week, accusing the board president of blindsiding the board in an attempt to get the board to oppose the city's oil-drilling proposal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:26:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_16012945?source=rss</link>
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     <title>Calif. nuke meltdown site finally set for cleanup</title>
     <description><![CDATA["It's more than we'd hoped for a long time," said Marie Mason, head of a homeowner's association whose four members have all been sick with leukemia, breast cancer or serious thyroid conditions. "We are thrilled."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:23:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39003284/ns/us_news-environment/</link>
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     <title>Prescott Estates Revisited: A complex transformation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, there was no disputing which was the worst neighborhood in Modesto.  It was Prescott Estates -- a complex of 312 condo units plagued by drugs, gangs, fires, trash piles, rodent infestations, leaking roofs and worse.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:24:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.modbee.com/2010/09/04/1324400/prescott-estates-revisited-a-complex.html</link>
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     <title>San Mateo may loan $1.7 million to 67 condo owners to make repairs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Several dozen homeowners in a condo complex are slated to receive $1.75 million in loans from the city to fund repairs the residents say they can't afford to pay for out of their own pockets]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:18:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_15997334</link>
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     <title>Electric Vehicles: What You Need to Know About Home Charging</title>
     <description><![CDATA["If you live in an apartment or condo, you need to start having the discussion about EV charging with your landlord or homeowners' association," said Chelsea Sexton, an electric vehicle marketing expert. "Or have the conversation with your workplace. You need a reliable place for day-to-day charging, and if it's not at home it ought to be at work."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:13:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/drive/ci_15974622?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>HOA ADVISER: Are individual board votes public record?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. When the board of our condominium association votes, is it required that the minutes record how each member voted?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:33:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_15981875</link>
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     <title>Key Figure in 'Staggering Swindle' Pleads Guilty</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The documents from the buyers and banks showed that all the money had instead gone to the sellers. There were two different versions of documents that were supposed to be identical.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:46:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/survival/article_36ebe342-b6b6-11df-9ab3-001cc4c002e0.html</link>
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     <title>Rossmoor residents complaining about coyotes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tension is mounting because the number of attacks have increased - and could rise further as roadwork disrupts the animals' shelter, said David Lara of the Rossmoor Homeowners Association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:10:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_15966336?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>Authorities say candle triggered condo blaze</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire that caused $70,000 in damage to a Palm Springs condominium Tuesday was caused by an unattended candle, according to the Palm Springs Fire Department.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:41:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100902/NEWS01/9020310/1006/NEWS01/Authorities+say+candle+triggered+condo+blaze</link>
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     <title>Candidates give HOA lawsuit mixed reviews</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The 11 candidates running for four open seats on the Third Mutual board gave residents different opinions Wednesday as to how they would proceed with the lawsuit recently filed by the homeowners association against property manager Professional Community Management.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:28:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/candidates-264680-residents-community.html</link>
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     <title>Boards: Third residents use less water, United residents pay more</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in Third Mutual in Laguna Woods Village will need to conserve water in 2011 under a new rate structure, while residents in United Mutual will be asked to pay more]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:50:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/water-264649-mutual-residents.html</link>
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     <title>Fire crews contain blaze to condo's living room</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire that caused $70,000 in damage to a Palm Springs condominium Tuesday was caused by an unattended candle, according to the Palm Springs Fire Department]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:39:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100901/NEWS01/9010309/Updated-Candle-blamed-for-blaze-in-condo-s-living-room</link>
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     <title>Homeowner will fight HOA to keep pigeons</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A defiant Laguna Niguel homeowner will not remove a loft of pigeons from his back yard, despite receiving a formal complaint letter from the Seagate Niguel Homeowners Association board]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:56:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/pigeons-264489-want-birds.html</link>
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     <title>CA Supreme Ct.:  VILLAGE NORTHRIDGE HOA v. STATE FARM FIRE</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ insured party to release must follow rules governing rescission before suing the insurer for damages]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:23:06 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Woman hospitalized in condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire that started in a parked car and spread to the second floor of a condominium building was knocked down by firefighters Monday morning, authorities said]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:59:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38920535</link>
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     <title>Palm Springs firefighters quickly put out condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Palm Springs firefighters kept a small fire contained to the living room of a condominium Tuesday morning, a deputy fire chief said]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:56:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100831/NEWS0803/100831008/Updated-Palm-Springs-condo-fire-causes-70-000-in-damage</link>
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     <title>Deal ends Rolling Hills landslide dispute</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's been more than five years since a chunk of hillside in gated Rolling Hills crashed 100 feet onto a curving street below, blocking the roadway and leaving eight multimillion-dollar homes landlocked and a guesthouse hanging precariously above the landslide.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:56:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_15936763?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>Friends or Neighbors?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[My family has always lived in houses with more than the minimum code requirement distance between neighboring houses, so when I bought a condo in a quiet San Marcos neighborhood it took some getting used to]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:33:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/veronimomi/2010/aug/29/friends-or-neighbors/</link>
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     <title>Turf Stank</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Downtown residents are celebrating a change in greenery around Fahrenheit, an East Village condominium located on the corner of Island and Tenth Avenue.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:24:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/aug/28/turf-stank/</link>
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     <title>Community event addresses state of water</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Olivenhain Municipal Water District, in conjunction with the Village Creek Homeowners Association, transformed a parcel of the Village Park neighborhood into a conservation festival on Aug. 12.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:39:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://thecoastnews.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Community+event+addresses+state+of+water%20&id=9205952]]></link>
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     <title>California appellate court: insurer must defend insured in alternative dispute</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In an important decision, a California appellate court recently held in Clarendon American Insurance Co. v. StarNet Insurance Co. (StarNet)1 that an insurer was required to defend its insured in a statutorily required pre-litigation dispute resolution process.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=0312a0d5-b6df-4436-9f45-b593f877e5e1</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[HOA ADVISER: Taking action against CC&R violations]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. We live in a large townhome development. My neighbor has been in violation of the CC&Rs for several years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:27:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_15910454</link>
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     <title>8 1/2-foot python found near Thousand Oaks condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ventura County firefighters are looking for the owner of an albino Burmese python they caught Wednesday night in Thousand Oaks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:38:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/aug/26/8-12-foot-python-found-near-thousand-oaks-condo/</link>
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     <title>Condo Catches Fire in Palm Springs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire broke out Thursday morning in a Palm Springs condo, but firefighters were able to contain the blaze to a crawl space of the home]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:36:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kpsplocal2.com/Content/Top-Stories/story/Condo-Catches-Fire-in-Palm-Springs/Qcar7wS7fEOfUdeBYxrVdQ.cspx</link>
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     <title>Agoura Hills resident gets contractor in trouble</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A dispute between a homeowner at Meadowridge Condominiums in Agoura Hills and Summus Management, which runs the condos, ended with a visit July 26 from a Malibu/Lost Hills sheriff’s deputy]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:16:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theacorn.com/news/2010-08-26/Police/Agoura_Hills_resident_gets_contractor_in_trouble.html</link>
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     <title>How much is too much for HOA dues?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's no secret that HOAs and the dues required by them are hot-button topics for many.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:55:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/monthly-263527-dues-hoa.html</link>
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     <title>20 residents displaced after condominium blaze</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A three-alarm fire destroyed two units, damaged another, displaced 20 residents and caused an estimated $1.3 million damage at a South San Jose condominium complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:52:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15866269?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>Signs and guard keep private water park for residents only</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners assocation at 4s Ranch have to turn away summer crowds looking for some cool fun]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:29:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/22/park-no-splash-zone-outsiders/</link>
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     <title>HOA ADVISER: How to collect delinquent assessments</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. We have several homeowners in our association who are severely delinquent in paying their assessments but collect rent each month from their tenants. What do you recommend?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:34:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_15839215</link>
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     <title>Fountainwood Residents Say Conservancy is 'Shirking its Duties'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fountainwood resident Serge Morales was shocked when the Los Angeles County Fire Department showed up at his house in May with a notice instructing him to clear the overgrown brush on the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority-owned slope behind his home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:55:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://agourahills.patch.com/articles/fountainwood-residents-say-conservancy-is-shirking-its-duties</link>
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     <title>City Attorney to Starosciak: Don't Get Involved in Election Squabble</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The San Leandro City Attorney's office advised Councilwoman Joyce Starosciak to not get involved in Heron Bay's dispute among some residents over the homeowners association's board elections, according to the numerous sources.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastbaycitizen.com/2010/08/city-attorney-to-starosciak-dont-get.html</link>
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     <title>Residents fight to save trees from chainsaws</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in the Huntington Beach Town Homes woke this morning to sounds of chainsaws and wood chippers and discovered that four neighborhood trees had been chopped down and two more were marked for destruction.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:10:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/trees-262673-residents-neighborhood.html</link>
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     <title>Blocked pathway causes a stir</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city is looking into complaints from residents after a homeowners association decided to block off the only path through the neighborhood to Rengstorff Park, the Senior Center and downtown.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:06:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=3247</link>
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     <title>Many condo owners find paradise up on the roof</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With the flurry of high-rise condos built downtown during recent years, a new outdoor urban lifestyle has taken shape.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:18:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/17/now-this-is-what-you-call-a-skybox/</link>
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     <title>Sherman Oaks residents stop T-Mobile from building cell tower</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sherman Oaks residents have successfully waged a campaign to keep a controversial cellular phone tower out of their neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:17:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_15810159?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>For the birds: Laguna Niguel man fights to keep racing pigeons</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Laguna Niguel resident who lives near Hidden Hills Elementary spent thousands on his pet racing pigeons, but a hearing Tuesday night with his homeowner's association board could force him to set them free.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:44:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/birds-262417-pigeons-phone.html</link>
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     <title>Mission Viejo Rabbitcide Scorned Worldwide</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former wildlife rehabilitator from Lake Shasta has sent the Mission Viejo City Council an online petition signed by more than 700 netizens of the world demanding the same thing:  Stop slaughtering bunnies.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:13:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/council-meeting-mania/rabbit-killing-protest-petitio/</link>
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     <title>Following resident opposition, CZ Master to reject cell tower</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A letter opposing construction of a second cell tower at Wagon Wheel Canyon sports park will be sent from CZ Master Association to the county and Santa Margarita Water District, which leases the land upon which the tower is to be built.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:06:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/tower-262313-residents-board.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Courts continue to struggle with enforcing arbitration provisions in CC&Rs]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a published opinion dated July 30, 2010, the California Fourth District Court of Appeal summarily invalidated an arbitration agreement between a developer and a homeowners association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:30:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=1a1c514f-7d0b-406a-91a6-fcd30dc74862</link>
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     <title>Mountain lions sighted in Coto de Caza</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in this rural, gated community have been warned to limit their outdoor activity because of a rash of mountain lion sightings.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:27:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/lion-262131-lions-mountain.html</link>
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     <title>Judge's preliminary ruling: Scottsdale residents should decide control</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Judge Amy D. Hogue told a courtroom of residents on Friday afternoon that the winner of the dispute in Scottsdale should be the side that has the most support among residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:12:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_15773576</link>
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     <title>HOA ADVISER: Why board members are recalled</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. What are the most common reasons board members are recalled?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:14:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_15766203</link>
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     <title>Owners of Palm Springs View Estates plan to sell mobile home lots</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Melinda Woolley needs only to look past a nearby gate to see what she fears will be the fate of her community, Palm Springs View Estates]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:47:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100813/NEWS01/8120366/Owners-of-Palm-Springs-View-Estates-plan-to-sell-mobile-home-lots?GID=73JeiTr9o3yacL1AaX9c3mK82+SGTcBp5hoTP0pi4cQ%3D</link>
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     <title>Bridgeport Residents Turn Off Welcome Beam At Lighthouse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Placed within the last 24 hours by the Bridgeport Homeowners Association near the corner of McBean Parkway and Newhall Ranch Road, the sign quickly got the attention of photographers whose studios are in the area and who have used the backdrop of the Bridgeport lighthouse for their images.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:46:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://hometownstation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21344:bridgeport-photographers-clarita-2010-08-11-13-13&catid=26:local-news&Itemid=97]]></link>
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     <title>Lake California imposes growing regulations, fines</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of a gated community in northern Tehama County may face stricter penalties if they fall out of compliance with county marijuana rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:34:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15704453?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>Resident sues HOA over proposed parking rules; board backs down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Elk Grove resident two weeks ago sued a local homeowners association after its board of directors proposed several changes to the neighborhood’s parking rules. The board retreated a day later.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:56:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.egcitizen.com/articles/2010/08/10/news/doc4c61ef917038c750966663.txt</link>
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     <title>Lawsuit threatened over mobile home park 'slander'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But Rosemary Sofes, president of a homeowners' association at the park, continues to wonder why park owners refuse to allow supplementary well testing ordered by state water officials, to make sure]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:35:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.modbee.com/2010/08/08/1285354/lawsuit-threatened-over-mobile.html</link>
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     <title>Petition sent opposing MV rabbit killings</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two months after the Palmia Homeowners Association lobbied the City Council for - and received - a permit that allows rabbits to be shot inside of the gated community, some Palmia residents and others are working to stop the killing.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:24:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/rabbits-261540-board-palmia.html</link>
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     <title>Aliso's AVCA board postpones iPad vote</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Aliso Viejo's biggest community association voted Monday to wait and see about purchasing each of its five directors Apple iPads, along with corresponding monthly plans.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:52:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/avca-261479-community-board.html</link>
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     <title>HOA ADVISER: Resolving security issues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. Our condominium association is experiencing a great deal of unlawful activity around our pool area. Can we safely install security cameras in the pool area in order to discourage this type of activity?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:20:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_15693265</link>
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     <title>Huntington Beach votes to annex Sunset Beach</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The move comes as the Sunset Beach Community Association is trying to become incorporated as a separate city.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:34:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/orange_county&id=7589478]]></link>
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     <title>Plan for Torrance to establish homeowners-group standards draws fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a move some see as politically motivated, Torrance Mayor Frank Scotto has proposed imposing "minimum standards" on the city's influential homeowners associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:11:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_15653428?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>Burlingame Hills residents block sewer fee hike</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The sewer district is funded entirely through resident fees, but with Tuesday’s petition, the district will be forced to defer its capital improvement projects, which involve replacing several aging sewer lines]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:57:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Burlingame-Hills-residents-block-sewer-fee-hike-99691459.html</link>
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     <title>Friend Hills Property Owners Association moves into Whittier oil debate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Friendly Hills Property Owners Association has moved into the center of the debate over whether to drill for oil in the Whittier hills.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:34:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_15641071</link>
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     <title>Santa Monica Snuffs Out Patio, Balcony Smoking</title>
     <description><![CDATA[the City Council on Tuesday banned "people from lighting up within 25-feet of a door or window in any multi-unit residential building,"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:31:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://la.curbed.com/archives/2010/07/santa_monica_bans_patio_balcony_smoking.php</link>
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     <title>Preschool saved via Twitter getting remodeled</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A year ago the preschool made national news after the association announced plans to shutter it, saying it was not financially feasible and had lost $200,000 in six years]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:13:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/preschool-260040-association-students.html</link>
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     <title>Tehachapi Fire destroyed more than 40 homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the massive Tehachapi Fire, more than 40 homes and 150 structures have been destroyed. The wildfire began on afternoon Tuesday, July 27, 2010 in Tehachapi and quickly spread near the Old West Ranch community, southeast of Tehachapi]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:38:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://today24news.com/breaking/tehachapi-fire-destroyed-more-than-40-homes-282393</link>
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     <title>Some Things You Need To Know In Terms Of California HOA Insurance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Insuring an entire unit or neighborhood is a huge issue that you may find difficult to tackle. If you’re a member of a homeowner’s association and are worried about the policy your group has, or if you’re looking into purchasing a plan for the first time]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:05:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myestatebuilder.com/some-things-you-need-to-know-in-terms-of-california-hoa-insurance/</link>
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     <title>Tesoro a step closer to joining the city</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rick Ryan, president of the Tesoro del Valle Homeowners Association, said the HOA board of directors recognizes the probability of the community annexing, but board members would like the construction of the community to be complete before annexation is pursued by the city.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:19:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/31470/</link>
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     <title>HOAs and Residential Solar Power Systems in California</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There are a lot of folks in California whose homes (and all improvements done to them) fall under the jurisdiction of a Home Owner’s Association (HOA).]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:21:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.heliopower.com/2010/07/hoas-and-residential-solar-power-systems-in-california/</link>
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     <title>Long-Suffering San Pedro Vue Tower in Receivership</title>
     <description><![CDATA[What a bumpy ride for the San Pedro waterfront's first high-rise condo development. A property developed by Galaxy Commercial Holdings/Carlyle Group]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:57:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://la.curbed.com/archives/2010/07/longsuffering_san_pedro_vue_tower_in_receivership.php</link>
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     <title>HOA ADVISER: Who's responsible for leaky pipes?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. Our condominium building has old galvanized pipes that have been leaking for several years. The board makes repairs, but has refused to repipe the building because our reserves are inadequate]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:24:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_15584468</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Ct of App withdraws ruling that arbitration provisions in CC&Rs ..]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Court of Appeal withdraws ruling that arbitration provisions in CC&Rs are not enforceable against an HOA]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:53:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=9fe31e1d-8684-49e2-919d-f7d2608c7b3f</link>
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     <title>Leaky water main dispute resolved - at a cost</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A 4-year-old dispute between a La Jolla homeowner's association and the city of San Diego over water main breaks on Caminito Avola that allegedly caused road/hillside subsidence on Mt. Soledad has been settled.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:30:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lajollalight.com/news/272184-leaky-water-main-dispute-resolved--at-a-cost</link>
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     <title>Irrigation water shut off to more than 300 homes, residents fuming</title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to the Parkwood Estates Home Owner’s Association, they receive 57 shares of water out of 119 coming from the head gate in the area. But someone had plugged their pipe stopping the water to theirs and other HOA’s]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:27:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc11news.com/news/headlines/98880019.html?ref=019</link>
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     <title>HOA approves additional funds for legal fight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Third Mutual board on Tuesday approved a $100,000 appropriation to help pay for legal expenses in its lawsuit against property manager PCM.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:02:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/lawsuit-258742-board-expenses.html</link>
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     <title>Fire damages three condos in Golden Gate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire at the Naples Place Condos in Golden Gate has displaced eleven residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:35:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38321903</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[HOA ADVISER: Can we amend our CC&Rs?]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. Our association common areas were recently damaged by fire. Our insurance coverage proved to be less than adequate. Can we amend our CC&RS to require minimum insurance coverages?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:29:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_15530733</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Legal Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. Our condominium association calls for the association to treat for termites in the common areas and for homeowners to treat for termites in their units]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:27:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://wehonews.com/z/wehonews/archive/page.php?articleID=5056</link>
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     <title>Lack of transparency of condo board may call for litigation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: We are reaching out to you not as "dissidents" or "troublemakers," as we've been called by our condo association board president, but rather as frustrated unit owners in need of some guidance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:06:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_15530732</link>
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     <title>HOA Saves $251,000 In Water</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Oso Valley Greenbelt Assn and Harvest Landscaping were honored recently by the City for a project that saved 108 million gallons of water over a two-year period.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:40:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://missionviejodispatch.com/?p=17368</link>
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     <title>Board investigates lawsuit against PCM</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Golden Rain Foundation Board released a statement saying it would investigate the claims of fraud and negligence made in a lawsuit filed against Laguna Woods Village property manager PCM.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:47:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/board-257662-made-allegations.html</link>
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     <title>Hard-surface flooring ban stands in United</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The United Mutual board unanimously affirmed a policy Tuesday that prohibits residents from installing hard-surface flooring in upper level units.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:44:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/hard-257635-surface-residents.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners Win Battle Against Large West LA College Development</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The proposed development--consisting of seven new campus buildings in addition to renovations of existing structures--has created an uproar amongst homeowners associations due to changes to an earlier plan for the project]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:34:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://culvercity.patch.com/articles/homeowners-win-battle-against-large-west-la-college-development</link>
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     <title>Residents ram the gates</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some Sunset Heights residents have spoken out against their homeowners association board president’s push for a gated community and private road.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:20:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/30935/</link>
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     <title>One person found dead in Escondido condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One person was found dead today a fire-gutted Escondido condominium, and two other people had to be rescued from nearby burning units, authorities said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:25:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.swrnn.com/southwest-riverside/2010-07-10/local-county-news/one-person-found-dead-in-escondido-condo-fire</link>
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     <title>Homeowners association demands removal of energy-efficient door</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ashley Woods West resident says California Solar Rights Act protects his right to use the passive solar door]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:25:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/ciadai</link>
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     <title>HOA ADVISER: Accommodations for the disabled</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. Is an association required to make alterations to the common area in order to accommodate a member who is disabled or handicapped?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:39:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_15476447</link>
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     <title>Good rabbits, bad rabbits in Mission Viejo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mission Viejo has wabbit woes. In one corner sits the fuzzy, lop-eared pet rabbit; in the other is the wascally wild wabbit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:50:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/-256695--.html</link>
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     <title>Eastlake Area On Alert After Coyote Attacks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Chula Vista community of Eastlake is guarding against an influx of coyotes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:27:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.10news.com/news/24129383/detail.html</link>
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     <title>HOA ADVISER: Naming delinquent members</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. I am on the board of directors of my homeowners association. May the board discuss individual delinquencies (identifying names) at regular board meetings? The association's law firm has advised us that we may do so. I do not feel comfortable in having these types of matters discussed in public. What is your opinion?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:42:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_15429035</link>
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     <title>Disclosing Delinquencies</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. Is there ever a time when it is appropriate for the board of directors of a homeowners association to inform the membership of a serious delinquency in the payment of monthly assessments?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:00:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://wehonews.com/z/wehonews/archive/page.php?articleID=5009</link>
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     <title>Patio fire causes damage to Santa Rosa condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Initially reported as a barbecue on fire on a patio at 7:45 p.m., the blaze had spread through the entire patio to the exterior walls of the home]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:55:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100626/ARTICLES/6261050/1350?Title=Patio-fire-causes-damage-to-Santa-Rosa-condo&tc=ar]]></link>
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     <title>Fires scorch Novato condo, motorhome</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Novato condominium sustained major damage Wednesday after a girl who was home alone started a fire in the kitchen, the fire department said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:51:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.marinij.com/novato/ci_15363602</link>
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     <title>Seahaus owners sue builders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners who paid in some cases more than a million dollars for condos in a pricey La Jolla enclave five years ago want their money back.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:21:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lajollalight.com/news/271104-seahaus-owners-sue-builders</link>
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     <title>O.C. residents want home's solar panels gone</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A house designed to be more environmentally responsible is causing a controversy in a Newport Beach neighborhood. At issue is the solar panels a family has installed on their home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:15:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/orange_county&id=7514655]]></link>
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     <title>SF Condo Conversions Idea Tabled</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A proposal by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to help balance the budget by allowing more condominium conversions has been kicked to the curb by the Supervisor’s Budget Committee.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:11:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kcbs.com/localnews/SF-Condo-Conversions-Idea-Tabled/7528294</link>
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     <title>Condo Owners Fear X-Ray Would Show Mushy Bones</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners who paid in some cases more than a million dollars for condos in a pricey La Jolla enclave five years ago want their money back.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:03:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/housing/article_8a26ee30-7da9-11df-9cd4-001cc4c03286.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[QUERY: Our homeowners association is not being run properly by the board of directors. Is there a government agency that has the power to oversee homeowners associations?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:10:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://wehonews.com/z/wehonews/archive/page.php?articleID=4967</link>
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     <title>Gas Meter Investigated In Condo Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Resident Paul Narloch woke up to the smell of smoke and said he found a gas meter on his patio shooting flames. He grabbed a garden hose and put the fire out once, but it flared up again.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:01:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kcra.com/news/23975317/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Reform Slate Sweeps Pine Mountain Election</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Four reform candidates swept the elections for the new Pine Mountain Club Property Owners Association board of directors today, June 19, at the members' annual meeting]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:04:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://mountainenterprise.com/atf.php?sid=7104&current_edition=2010-06-18]]></link>
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     <title>Moreno Valley condo community struggles to survive</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In his time off from his job as an animal control officer, Matthew Piper mows greenbelts and repairs streetlights free of charge for his Moreno Valley condominium community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:42:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_condo20.242a054.html</link>
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     <title>Fire crews knock down condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Battalion Chief Dennis Hambleton said the fire was started by plumbers who were using a torch to solder copper pipes together in a bathroom. The fire went into the wall and into a common attic between two units]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:40:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/fire-254123-sabol-apartment.html</link>
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     <title>Biggest issues facing mountain resort communities: attaining condo loans,</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There is a saying in the real estate industry that goes: "Every place is unique, but some are more unique than others."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:23:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.tahoebonanza.com/article/20100616/NEWS/100619931/1061&ParentProfile=1050]]></link>
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     <title>HOA Advisor</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. Can our homeowners association establish a rule that prohibits smoking in the common areas?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:09:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_15275391</link>
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     <title>Folsom Condo Owners Awarded Mold Settlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[24 people who purchased converted apartment condos have been awarded a $5 million settlement by an arbitrator who ruled that the condo developer concealed dangerous growths of mold in the units.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:06:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-tv-condomoldsettlement,0,2942812.story</link>
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     <title>Slowing foreclosures may signal bank woes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[California foreclosure activity fell by several measures from April to May, suggesting to some that lenders would rather delay taking back properties and incurring related expenses and loan losses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:27:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/06/14/daily23.html</link>
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     <title>Director resigns, calls HOA's lawsuit too costly</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A director on the Third Laguna Hills Mutual board unexpectedly announced his resignation Tuesday and told a nearly full meeting room of residents the board's decision to file a lawsuit against property manager PCM would be too costly for the community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:38:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/board-253638-community-pcm.html</link>
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     <title>PCM says boards approved incentive plan</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The boards of Laguna Woods Village's four homeowners associations were told in closed sessions about an incentive plan that paid property management employees more than $5 million over the course of a decade, said Jerry Storage, general manager for Professional Community Management.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:33:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/storage-253395-plan-incentive.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners associations settle dispute over parks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two neighboring homeowners associations settled a dispute over shared facilities Monday after a series of contentious attacks and accusations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:05:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100610/COMMUNITY/100619986?Title=Homeowners-associations-settle-dispute-over-parks&tc=ar]]></link>
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     <title><![CDATA[App Ct rules that arbitration provisions in CC&Rs aren't enforceable against HOA]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[An arbitration provision contained in CC&Rs did not bind a homeowners association in a construction defect case against the developer, according to a recent California appellate court decision]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:58:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=73ffd965-3a9f-4aa4-80aa-a59255003869</link>
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     <title>Man Hospitalized After Rescue From Condo Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man was hospitalized after being rescued from a fire that started at his condominium in San Rafael early Friday morning, a battalion chief said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:48:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktvu.com/news/23872504/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners kept their preschool</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At the 1,701-home Lake Forest 1 Community Association, amenities include two swimming pools, a lagoon, six tennis courts - and a preschool.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:25:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/preschool-253024-association-community.html</link>
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     <title>Seniors file suit claiming fraud, abuse by property managers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The second largest homeowners association in the Laguna Woods Village retirement community filed a lawsuit Thursday against their property manager firm claiming fraud, negligence and elder abuse.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:20:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2010/06/11/seniors-file-suit-claiming-fraud-abuse-by-management-company/58951/</link>
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     <title>City issues HOA permit to shoot rabbits</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mission Viejo officials have given the go ahead to homeowners association in a gated community here to control its rabbit population by shooting the animals with pellet guns.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:18:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/rabbits-252888-permit-hoa.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners associations settle dispute over parks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two neighboring homeowners associations settled a dispute over shared facilities Monday after a series of contentious attacks and accusations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:30:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.petaluma360.com/article/20100610/COMMUNITY/100619986/1362?Title=Homeowners-associations-settle-dispute-over-parks&tc=ar]]></link>
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     <title>Folsom condo buyers awarded millions in damages</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Sacramento arbitrator has ordered a Bay Area property developer to assume $4.7 million in mortgage costs for 24 Folsom homeowners who bought water-damaged condominiums in 2005 and 2006.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:01:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sacbee.com/2010/06/09/2810837/folsom-condo-buyers-awarded-millions.html</link>
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     <title>Woman Battling Condo Assn. Over Cat Leash Rule</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This week the condo association in this Stockton community listened to several complaints about stray dogs and cats. They decided Baker's cat must obey the same rules as dogs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:08:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs13.com/local/cat.leash.condo.2.1734012.html</link>
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     <title>Condo owner has to pay for gap in coverage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. I am buying a condo and my lender just told me that the association’s master insurance policy does not provide enough coverage. I called the insurance agent who is writing my personal property insurance and he says that he can add coverage, but it’s going to cost an additional $400 per year. What’s going on?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:08:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://mortgage.freedomblogging.com/2010/06/05/condo-owner-has-to-pay-for-gap-in-coverage/31959/</link>
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     <title>Two injured in City Heights condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two people were injured Friday in a fire that began in the kitchen of a City Heights condominium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:07:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jun/04/two-injured-in-city-heights-condo-fire/</link>
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     <title>Residents howling about dog park</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The planned opening of a dog park on Saturday has some residents of the private community howling.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:29:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/park-251730-dog-community.html</link>
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     <title>Condo Fire at Shaw and Van Ness in Fresno</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A two-alarm blaze damaged two condos in the area of Shaw and Van Ness in Fresno Tuesday night.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:57:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/story/Condo-Fire-at-Shaw-and-Van-Ness-in-Fresno/Yb3IHBaLZkSanvgNC8K4nw.cspx</link>
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     <title>Homeowners’ horror: a high-flying flag</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Like many other Americans, Stan Fisher is flying the American flag this Memorial Day weekend. Unlike other Americans, however, Fisher is going to pay a price. His homeowners association at Trilogy in Nipomo plans to fine him because he is hoisting his salute to fallen Americans on a 25-foot pole in his backyard.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 20:57:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/05/29/1158994/homeowners-horror-a-high-flying.html</link>
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     <title>Proposed DNA testing of dog poo throws issue into national debate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[You're probably tired of hearing my rants about the dog poop problem, but when this story recently aired on the Today Show, I felt compelled to share it with you]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 15:52:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1008890067/Sherry-Davis-Proposed-DNA-testing-of-dog-poo-throws-issue-into-national-debate</link>
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     <title>Seeing red in 'green' panels</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Newport Beach home's installation of 170 hillside solar panels has some nearby neighbors upset at their glare, appearance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 15:15:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailypilot.com/news/dpt-solarpanels052910,0,526543.story</link>
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     <title>Debate swirls about new Irvine condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There’s wide disagreement on how newly reopened Central Park West condo project in Irvine from developer Lennar Corp. will do.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 15:06:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/condos-251042-debate-irvine.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners: Students are urinating, vandalizing property</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Trespass on a private road by local middle school students is drawing the ire of residents and their homeowner association – both are calling for the problem to be stopped]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 12:54:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/school-250730-problem-students.html</link>
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     <title>Upland residents may lose pets due to rule</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The condominiums' Home Owners Association recently ruled to enforce a one-pet rule, which has left some residents scrambling to find new homes for their pets.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 17:39:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sbsun.com/breakingnews/ci_15148066</link>
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     <title>Fire damages Martinez condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire inside a condominium caused about $65,000 worth of damage Friday afternoon, according to the Contra Costa Fire District]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 11:52:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15138844?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>End of the trail for La Vina homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The La Vina Homeowners Association has conceded defeat in its long, costly battle to bar the public from two hiking trails around the luxury 220-acre gated development.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 17:05:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_15127419</link>
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     <title>On Home Owner Associations, or, how to herd cats</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Attorney Answers Your Questions on…]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 14:39:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://wehonews.com/z/wehonews/archive/page.php?articleID=4824</link>
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     <title>Wall of water inundates Terra Linda condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Early Tuesday morning, Kristen Pearce was wide awake listening to what sounded like "a torrential downpour," but when she looked outside she could clearly see it wasn't raining.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 16:28:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_15120434</link>
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     <title>Oceanside condo fire blamed on worker's spark</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire that damaged a five-unit condominium complex Wednesday evening was sparked by work being done in one of the units, officials said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 16:15:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/19/oceanside-condo-fire-blamed-workers-spark/</link>
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     <title>Do I have to tell the HOA I'm selling my condo?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Here’s a question I’ve been asked from time to time: "I want to sell the condo I live in. Do I need to let the homeowners' association know I’m selling?"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 20:13:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.examiner.com/x-32686-SF-Real-Estate-Examiner~y2010m5d18-Do-I-have-to-tell-the-HOA-Im-selling-my-condo</link>
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     <title>No lake for City in the Hills</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's official: The promised lake and waterfall that for years served as one of City in the Hills' main selling points will never be]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 18:05:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1008888669/No-lake-for-City-in-the-Hills</link>
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     <title>Condo Owners On Shaky Ground</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Deciding whether or not to buy earthquake insurance is a dilemma for California homeowners, but it's doubly difficult for condominium and town home owners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 18:01:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/insurance/articles/?storyId=34319&bIndex=5]]></link>
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     <title>Homeowners Association Homework Saves Money</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Actually studying the data can really help save money for HOA's]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 17:39:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://capistranoinsider.typepad.com/sustainable_living/2010/05/homeowners-association-homework-saves-money.html</link>
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     <title>Developer, five others indicted in condo deal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Investors lured into a far-reaching mortgage scheme that ultimately led to dozens of foreclosures in three North County condominium projects might not be able to reclaim their tarnished credit]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 10:18:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/18/developer-5-others-indicted-in-condo-deal/</link>
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     <title>Man indicted on fraud charges in condo scheme</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A federal grand jury has indicted a Bay Area man on fraud and money laundering charges in connection with the purchase of hundreds of condominiums throughout California using other people’s identities and credit ratings]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 17:42:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/14/man-indicted-fraud-charges-condo-scheme/</link>
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     <title>Mission Hills to cut down 328 trees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The board of directors of the planned community Mission Hills in Laguna Niguel sent a letter to residents saying 328 trees - mostly eucalyptus - will be cut down as part of the first phase of a tree removal plan. It will cost residents $49,200.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 18:58:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/trees-248250-gates-hills.html</link>
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     <title>Delinquent assessments: RSF homeowners associations faring better than most</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners associations around San Diego County and throughout the state are having a tough time maintaining services in the face of foreclosures and delinquent assessments, but associations in Rancho Santa Fe appear to be faring better than in other areas]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 17:19:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.delmartimes.net/news/269347-delinquent-assessments-rsf-homeowners-associations-faring-better-than-most</link>
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     <title>What are the rights of private security companies?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I live in a gated senior community, The Four Seasons, and our HOA hired a security patrol, Channel Islands Patrol, to provide nightly security patrols of the common areas.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 16:04:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bakersfield.com/askthecalifornian/x2067885748/What-are-the-rights-of-private-security-companies</link>
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     <title>State water law spurs grass ban</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Under a regulation drafted by The City in response to a state water law, grass would not be allowed to cover more than one-fourth of newly landscaped areas greater than 1,000 square feet]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 17:15:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/State-water-law-spurs-grass-ban-92741564.html</link>
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     <title>Neighbors prepare to battle Burrtec</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The residents of the high-end, historic Rancho Mesa neighborhood are readying a preemptive arsenal of arguments against the proposed relocation of Burrtec Waste and Recycling Services into their midst.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 13:40:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hidesertstar.com/articles/2010/05/01/news/doc4bdbd07d4fa04082022959.txt</link>
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     <title>Historic Palm Springs condo complex gets grant to restore tiki features</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Palm Springs Preservation Foundation announced Thursday it awarded a $1,200 grant to the Royal Hawaiian Estates (RHE) Home Owners Association to contract with local firm o2 Architecture to design and possibly restore "tiki apexes" to the historic 1960 condo complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 13:32:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100430/NEWS01/100430028/Historic+Palm+Springs+condo+complex+gets+grant+to+restore+tiki+features</link>
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     <title>Mediation, not litigation, holds up loans for condo complex at The Estuary</title>
     <description><![CDATA[However, even though there is NO litigation, this was enough to hold up the lending processes. This puts the short sale sellers at risk of foreclosure if they can't close their sales soon.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:37:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.examiner.com/x-27963-Oakland-Real-Estate-Examiner~y2010m4d28-Mediation-not-litigation-holds-up-loans-for-condo-complex-at-The-Estuary</link>
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     <title>Condo renter beats bureaucracy to win battle to buy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Yes, it took 18 months in this lender-controlled market to buy one house. But it was a rare happy ending in the midst of this meltdown.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:30:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/23/2700003/home-front-condo-renter-beats.html</link>
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     <title>Calabasas Lake access rights are contested</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Calabasas City Council and Calabasas Park Homeowners Association struggled to reach a solution as to how to solve a legal issue involving taxpayer funds that are used to maintain the partially gated Calabasas Lake.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:07:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theacorn.com/news/2010-04-22/Front_Page/Calabasas_Lake_access_rights_are_contested.html</link>
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     <title>Old condos never die</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowners and their respective boards most probably need to invest $25,000-35,000 per unit into renovation of the project. Also, it is highly likely that the reserves are not in place to affect the renovation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:44:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.sddt.com/Commentary/article.cfm?Commentary_ID=200&SourceCode=20100420tzb]]></link>
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     <title>Condo blaze caused by fireplace</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A condominium fire left 10 people homeless Saturday morning in Rancho Mirage.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:36:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100418/NEWS01/4180310/1026/NEWS12</link>
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     <title>San Francisco condos rebound - in a small way</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The big-boy developers may be out of the line-up, but the San Francisco condo sector is showing some surprising bench strength.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:40:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/04/19/story3.html</link>
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     <title>Legal opinion sought on lease restriction</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Management staff is in the process of preparing a report for the board to help answer questions about changing or keeping the six-month–lease restriction in United Mutual,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:44:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/board-244328-mutual-restriction.html</link>
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     <title>Pacifica condo at risk of being red-tagged</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The recent storms caused a deck on the building and concrete re-enforcement on the cliffside to give way this week.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:53:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/peninsula&id=7388405]]></link>
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     <title>Lightning sparked 3-alarm blaze in NW Fresno</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A lightning strike sparked a fire that caused extensive damage to two northwest Fresno condominiums this afternoon, fire officials said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:29:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/04/12/1894237/firefighters-battle-3-alarm-blaze.html</link>
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     <title>Volunteers thwart vandals at wild preserve</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The fence is repaired. New cactus is in place. A new sign is up, replacing one destroyed by vandals]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:10:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/crider-243320-sign-conservancy.html?pic=5</link>
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     <title>Homeowners association files complaint after discovering $400,000 missing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Somis homeowners association filed a police complaint March 16 against two residents, alleging they stole $400,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:49:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thecamarilloacorn.com/news/2010-04-08/Police/Homeowners_association_files_complaint_after_disco.html</link>
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     <title>Discovery Bay property owners association recall moves forward</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners will soon have the chance to vote on recalling the board of directors of a property owners association here.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:14:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_14845613?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>Residents of red-tagged condo in Santa Cruz to be allowed back</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of an oceanfront condo complex shuttered three weeks ago due to safety concerns will be allowed back in to collect their belongings as soon as the Monterey Towers homeowners' association submits a formal evacuation plan to the city]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:16:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_14842533</link>
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     <title>Laguna Woods residents: Strawberry stand a safety threat</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Degrading. Undignified. Disgusting. A threat to safety. Those were the allegations being made at a meeting Tuesday about a strawberry stand set up inside Laguna Woods Village.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:21:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/stand-243078-woods-community.html</link>
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     <title>Laguna Woods residents owe $750,000 in delinquent fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than $750,000 in assessments are still owed to the two largest homeowners associations in Laguna Woods Village, according to the community's property management company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:29:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/united-243044-third-delinquent.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA["Clean & Sightly" too ambiguous a standard for maintaining property for App Ct]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[that it is not uncommon for homeowners' association covenants to contain a "clean and sightly" standard, this standard is nonetheless ambiguous and susceptible to various conflicting interpretations]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:50:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.leagle.com/unsecure/page.htm?shortname=inncco20100406496</link>
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     <title>Elderly woman dies in Torrance condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An elderly woman died early Wednesday morning after her Torrance condominium caught fire.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:40:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/04/elderly-woman-killed-in-torrance-condo-fire-.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29]]></link>
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     <title>Appeals court affirms public's right of access to La Vina hiking trails</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The public's right of access to foothill hiking trails around the gated, 220-acre La Vina housing development was upheld Monday by the Second District, California Court of Appeal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:37:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_14834345</link>
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     <title>SF Board controls fate of downtown condo tower</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A looming showdown at the Board of Supervisors over the controversial plan to build a 38-story condominium tower next to the Transamerica Pyramid is going to make or break the project, the developer said today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:44:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=60704&tsp=1]]></link>
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     <title>Apartment and Condo Water Meters Get Approval</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The City Council on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance that requires developers to install water meters for each unit in new multifamily and mixed-use homes in San Diego.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:39:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Apartment-and-Condo-Water-Meters-Get-Approval/UlAQ-gS0k0u-asmJrOMMqQ.cspx</link>
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     <title>Two RMA Directors Play Political Games</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two RMA Directors have been busy wasting the associations time and money. Director Andy Keyes and Director Roy Harmon (pictured below) have started a witch hunt by accusing Director Dick Cox of demeaning past boards, a violation of the code of conduct for directors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:36:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.murietaonline.com/two-rma-directors-play-political-games-900</link>
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     <title>Bankruptcy looms for Clovis subdivision</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The developer of a beleaguered Clovis subdivision has filed for bankruptcy protection, leaving the neighborhood of large homes without finished streets and other improvements that were part of the original project.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:20:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/04/03/1883781/bankruptcy-looms-for-clovis-subdivision.html</link>
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     <title>Insurers: Calif. Court Decision Emphasizes Need for Timely Defense</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The California Court of Appeal has ruled that an insured can recover full defense costs, when an insurer fails to respond with timely defense]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:50:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2010/04/02/108705.htm</link>
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     <title>Future of West Cliff Drive complex still unknown</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Engineers evaluating an oceanfront condominium complex could make a recommendation as early as today about whether it's safe for owners and tenants to move back in while the city weighs rebuilding plans.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:30:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_14798548?source=most_viewed</link>
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     <title>Fire Causes $20K Damage To La Mesa Condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire at a two-story condominium in La Mesa caused about $20,000 in damage but no one was hurt, authorities said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:47:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.10news.com/news/23022198/detail.html</link>
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     <title>KPMG: '09 financials fair; no evidence of incentive plan</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The money went where it was budgeted to go. That was the conclusion presented this week by KPMG, the auditing firm hired for $117,000 to look at the 2009 financial documents of Laguna Woods Village's four homeowners associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:00:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home</link>
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     <title>Coto Village residents denied gate passes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Residents of The Village no longer have access to temporary paper passes to enter the gates of Coto de Caza, leaving some residents unhappy with the cost-cutting move by the CZ Master Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:35:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/association-241939-village-coto.html</link>
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     <title>Council mulls ordinance to punish anyone caught fudging paperwork</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A certification document indicates, among other things, the signees are full-time Rancho Mirage residents and up-to-date on paying home owners association fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:50:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100331/NEWS01/3310307/Council+mulls+ordinance+to+punish+anyone+caught+fudging+paperwork</link>
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     <title>Appellate court overturns ruling favoring Carson mobile home park owner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A state appellate court has delivered a win to Carson city officials, overturning a trial court decision that permitted the owner of Carson Harbor Village mobile home park to convert the property into individually owned plots.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:23:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14789165?source=most_emailed</link>
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     <title>Local residents fight to keep colorful bus</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Elk Grove residents Katie and Chris Palmer are fighting a decision by the Laguna West Neighborhood Home Owners Association (HOA) that ordered them to repaint their short school bus, decorated with Disney and Pixar characters, or else pay a fine.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:34:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.egcitizen.com/articles/2010/03/30/feature_story/doc4bb28d556008c221334998.txt</link>
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     <title>Family seeks help after fire destroys home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The family's condo on Flower Creek Lane, along with most of the family's belongings, were destroyed. Although nobody was injured, the family cat died in the fire.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:20:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/family-241811-bird-fire.html</link>
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     <title>Condo Complex Forces Homeowner To Get Rid Of Pit Bulls</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The rules and regulations for the River Colony condominium complex in Mission Valley are an inch thick, but it's one sentence on one page that could turn one homeowner's world upside down.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:47:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.10news.com/news/22971578/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Future of red-tagged West Cliff Drive condo in limbo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowners association of the 50-year-old West Cliff Drive condominium where eight residents were forced to leave more than a week ago may decide Monday to permanently fix the building or move ahead with plans to build anew.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:20:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_14761894</link>
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     <title>Buena Park man hospitalized after condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man who tried to extinguish a fire in a Buena Park condominium unit by himself suffered smoke inhalation]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:05:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.oclnn.com/orange-county/2010-03-25/courts-crime/buena-park-man-hospitalized-after-condo-fire</link>
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     <title>Murder defendant linked to SF condo fraud</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police in San Francisco are connecting a multimillion-dollar real estate fraud to a San Francisco man on trial for murder. A formal announcement is expected by the district attorney's office Thursday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:23:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/7_on_your_side&id=7349168]]></link>
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     <title>Man dies in mobile home fire in Rancho Cucamonga</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man died Wednesday afternoon in a fire in the Ramona Villa senior mobile-home park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:18:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fireengineering.com/index/articles/news_display/142920902.html</link>
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     <title>Cows trigger ugly homeowners association fight in Simi</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At the center of this community rift are Randy and Margaret Miller, who fought to keep eight cows on their secluded ranch-style property just off of Meander Drive.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:27:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/mar/23/cows-trigger-ugly-homeowners-association-fight/</link>
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     <title>Hard-surface floors put to sound test</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ A second level unit in Third Mutual with hard-surface floors tested below the sound rating standard and now the homeowner's association must decide how to address noise complaints associated with hard-surface floors in upper level units.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:46:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/floors-240587-units-hard.html</link>
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     <title>Duplex fire in north Chico claims a life</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire at a duplex in Chico claimed the life of a man believed to be the homeowner early Saturday morning.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:41:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicoer.com/ci_14722805?source=most_viewed</link>
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     <title>Eight residents to move-out of West Cliff Drive condos for weekend</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ 50-year-old condominium on West Cliff Drive at Columbia Street was yellow-tagged by the city Wednesday, forcing eight residents to temporarily move out while improvements are made to the sagging roof, according to the homeowners association president.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:52:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_14715472</link>
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     <title>Man Killed In Golden Hill Condo Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Authorities suspect that the blaze was started either by a space heater that caught a couch on fire or from faulty electrical wiring.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:42:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.10news.com/news/22888918/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Proposal could make Rossmoor transfer fee permanent</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A state Senate bill could allow the Rossmoor community in Walnut Creek to make permanent a one-time fee that brings in millions of dollars for capital improvements and other expenses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:57:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14703687?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>A Year Later, Losses Pile Up in Complexes Ravaged by Swindle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Little more than a year has passed since the first foreclosure notices started showing up on 81 North County condo units wrapped up in a massive real estate scam. Since then, the complexes have been reeling from the effects of vacancies and plunging property values.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:17:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/housing/article_6e60f758-2819-11df-a420-001cc4c03286.html</link>
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     <title>Westside residents sue over Expo line</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As many observers expected, a coalition of Westside homeowner groups has filed a lawsuit challenging the thoroughness of the environmental study recently approved for the Expo Light Rail line]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.smdp.com/Articles-c-2010-03-15-69243.113116_Westside_residents_sue_over_Expo_line.html</link>
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     <title>Woman Hurt, 2 Cats Killed In Irvine Condo Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A woman was injured and two cats were killed Friday in a fire at a two-story condominium complex in Irvine, a fire captain said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:05:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs2.com/local/Fire.Irvine.Condo.2.1556646.html</link>
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     <title>Otay Ranch condo owners fight transit lanes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of Otay Ranch condominium owners are fighting plans to pave over a greenbelt in front of their homes and turn it into rapid-transit bus lanes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:49:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/11/owners-fight-transit-lanes/</link>
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     <title>Scottsdale residents vote to replace existing management</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The gated community, plagued by gangs and crime problems, has endured an internal war between two opposing resident groups that each claim the right to control the town house association's board.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:08:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_14651093</link>
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     <title>Homeowners Feeling Hosed Over Landscaping Issues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners in one Coachella Valley neighborhood say they're paying for something they're not getting.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:05:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kpsplocal2.com/Content/Top-Stories/story/Your-Stories-Homeowners-Feeling-Hosed-Over/koDzb7gBYkGurQJvjH5fKA.cspx</link>
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     <title>High surf threatens homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[All that remains of a small, sandy beachfront yard once filled with lounge chairs and a fire pit are precariously stacked, protective boulders that residents of a four-unit Imperial Beach condominium complex say have sunk up to 10 feet.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:03:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/09/high-surf-threatens-homes/</link>
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     <title>Richmond condo fire displaces six</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fireplace fire got out of hand Wednesday evening and grew into a two-alarm blaze that displaced six people, the Richmond Fire Department said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:03:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14511615</link>
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     <title>Hemet-area readers react to doomed mural</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Readers responded with advice to the news that Rich Sanford and Judy Lee Parson will paint over the beach-scene mural on the back of a Sierra Dawn Estates mobile home at the insistence of the Hemet senior community's homeowners association board.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:13:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/columns/bobpratte/stories/PE_News_Local_E_ebob03.428ad37.html#end</link>
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     <title>Issue of missing Oceanside streetlights not close to solution</title>
     <description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Monday’s Just Fix It report about an Oceanside development where dozens of streetlights have been removed brought a correction from one of the parties involved in the matter — and some additional information about the unresolved dispute between the city and a homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:11:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/03/issue-of-missing-oceanside-streetlights-not-close/</link>
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     <title>Height limtation upheld by App. Ct.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Finding the Cramers knowingly violated the height guideline, the trial court ordered them to bring their home into compliance. They contend the height regulation was unenforceable because the Association failed to prove it had been properly adopted and the trial court abused its discretion in awarding injunctive relief rather than damages. We affirm]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:59:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.leagle.com/unsecure/page.htm?shortname=incaco20100226003</link>
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     <title>Dispute keeps Rancho del Oro streets in the dark</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A letter to residents in December from the Villages of Rancho del Oro Homeowners Association attributed the removal to the city’s maintenance budget, but it left many questions unanswered. Snow asked Just Fix It "who’s responsible" for safely lighted streets.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:56:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/01/dispute-over-light-fixtures-keeps-rancho-del-oro/</link>
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     <title>SJ Condo Complex Evacuated After Crew Hits Gas Line</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A construction crew ruptured a gas line in San Jose Friday morning, forcing the evacuation of a condominium complex, a fire captain said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:36:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktvu.com/news/22684555/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Beach mural's days are numbered</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Judy Lee Parson's beach mural sadly will have to be painted over following a mediation session with the board of directors for the Sierra Dawn Estates senior neighborhood in Hemet.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:16:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_E_ebob26.3c30ccd.html</link>
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     <title>Deutsche Bank Hit with $64M Suit Over Troubled Vegas High-Rise</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of Californians who bought planned condos at the troubled Cosmopolitan high-rise project on the Las Vegas Strip say Deutsche Bank "perverted the class-action system" and "railroaded" buyers into an unfair settlement that netted $64 million worth of deposits, all while "playing coy" as to whether the project will even include condos at all]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:13:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/02/25/25060.htm</link>
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     <title>Walnut Creek condo fire quickly contained</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Contra Costa Fire District firefighters quickly contained a one-alarm kitchen blaze at a condominium complex Wednesday afternoon]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:27:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/walnut-creek-alamo/ci_14464633</link>
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     <title>Laguna Woods Village general manager replaced</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Milt Johns, the much-criticized general manager of Laguna Woods Village, has been removed from his post, effective immediately.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:42:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/johns-236161-community-board.html</link>
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     <title>Mountain View police find $10K in stolen checks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Five checks belonging to "Greenwood Circle HOA," made out to various people or companies, and valued at just over $10,000, were among the recovered mail.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:27:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=15824</link>
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     <title>Glendale: Smoking warnings might be over</title>
     <description><![CDATA["The concern is, yes it is private property, but there are a lot of common areas," Jiminez said. "They can’t understand why it doesn’t apply to condos and town homes."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:36:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.glendalenewspress.com/articles/2010/02/23/politics/gnp-smoking022310.txt</link>
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     <title>Decision to cut trees splits neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A decision to cut down more than 50 eucalyptus trees at a Scripps Ranch condominium complex has divided neighbors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:46:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/feb/20/decision-to-cut-trees-splits-neighbors/</link>
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     <title>Living in Nature’s Backyard Requires Coexisting with Coyotes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A coyote encounter that recently resulted in the death of a small dog was the catalyst for a presentation on coexisting with coyotes sponsored by the Big Rock Homeowners Association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:19:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://malibusurfsidenews.com/stories/201002/201002180001.html</link>
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     <title>Third Board still working on management contract</title>
     <description><![CDATA[LAGUNA WOODS Third Mutual directors said Tuesday the board was still working through details of the contract with community manager PCM one year after the contract expired.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:49:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/contract-234785-mutual-board.html</link>
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     <title>Opposition fails to block HOA’s tree-cutting move</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowners association plans to cut more than 50 eucalyptus trees near Willow Creek Road for safety reasons despite opposition from some residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:19:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/feb/16/opposition-fails-block-hoas-tree-cutting-move/</link>
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     <title>App. Ct. Tosses Dispute Between San Francisco Attorneys as SLAPP</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Seltzer, of the Seltzer Law Group, owned a condominium unit located in a Marin City development managed by the Headlands Homeowners Association and the Eugene Burger Management Corporation Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:15:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.metnews.com/articles/2010/selt021610.htm</link>
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     <title>Opposition fails to block HOA’s tree-cutting move</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowners association plans to cut more than 50 eucalyptus trees near Willow Creek Road for safety reasons despite opposition from some residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:45:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/feb/16/opposition-fails-block-hoas-tree-cutting-move/</link>
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     <title>Homeowners, associations battle over turf</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Rocky Wilson figures that just by landscaping his small front yard with artificial turf, he could save enough water annually to take a five-minute shower daily for about six years. If only his homeowners association would let him.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:44:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/feb/16/hoas-homeowners-turf-battle/</link>
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     <title>Activists file DBPOA recall petition</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A coalition of property owners has filed a petition to recall six of the seven board members of the Discovery Bay Property Owners Association (DBPOA), accusing the board of - among other things - mandating membership in what some believe is an illegal association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:30:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thepress.net/view/full_story/6060275/article-Activists-file-DBPOA-recall-petition-?instance=top_stories2</link>
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     <title>State Forces More Condos on Bay Area Cities Despite Lack of Demand</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Why have cities like Pleasanton and Clayton, California, recently rezoned land to make way for more condos? Why does Dublin have so many higher density projects sprinkled throughout the City?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:58:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.arounddublinblog.com/2010/02/ca-state-forces-more-condos-on-bay-area-cities/</link>
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     <title>'Battle royal' brewing over planned S.F. tower</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There doesn't seem to be much middle ground when it comes to a proposed 430-foot condominium tower that would rise next to San Francisco's iconic Transamerica Pyramid.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:50:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/11/MNV21BV2JL.DTL</link>
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     <title>O.C. seniors banned from growing medical pot</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Seniors at Laguna Woods Village were banned from growing medical marijuana in a community garden, but many call it a lifeline to survival.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:09:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/orange_county&id=7270879]]></link>
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     <title>Old Topanga wants out of Calabasas</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Old Topanga area, which was annexed by Calabasas shortly after the city was incorporated in 1991, have decided they want out. Old Topanaga Homeowners Inc., the HOA, has taken steps to return to unincorporated Los Angeles County.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:00:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theacorn.com/news/2010-02-11/Front_Page/Old_Topanga_wants_out_of_Calabasas.html</link>
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     <title>Cliff erosion threatens 4 Monterra homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The land is in the commons area of Monterra, owned jointly by homeowners. The subdivision is limited to residents aged 50 and older.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:33:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2010-02-02_cliff_erosion_threatens_homes</link>
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     <title>Neighborhood pulls together to keep street beautiful</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Steele and the HOA cut a deal with Valley Tree Service of Lodi. If 100 residents signed up, the cost would drop from several hundred dollars per tree to $100.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:34:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100210/A_NEWS0803/2100313/-1/a_news05</link>
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     <title>HOA council to listen to disaster prep advice</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Palm Desert HOA Presidents Council will hear an emergency preparedness presentation at 10 a.m. Thursday at Marrakesh Country Club]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:41:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100209/NEWS08/2090309/1006/news01/HOA+council+to+listen+to+disaster+prep+advice</link>
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     <title>Residents to be sent $422k bill for levee leaks unless city can recover funds</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sending the bill to the people of Hamilton isn't fair, said Spiro Stratigos, president of the Hamilton Homeowners Association. "Someone messed up, and it wasn't the residents," he said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:55:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.marinij.com/novato/ci_14360146</link>
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     <title>Stolen Access</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two recent car break-ins at a downtown condo garage have residents concerned for their vehicles and personal property. Despite having a gated residential parking area that requires a remote fob for entry, thieves have still managed to gain access.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:31:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/feb/06/stolen-access/</link>
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     <title>Tennis teacher accused of condo scam</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A 45-year-old San Francisco tennis instructor has been charged with fraudulently obtaining ownership of three high-rise condominiums and borrowing $2.2 million against them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:42:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/05/BAOM1BTBD7.DTL&tsp=1]]></link>
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     <title>Dispute over land transfer lands Claremont, Palmer Canyon HO's back in court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Palmer Canyon and Padua Hills residents had filed suit against the city, alleging negligence in failing to properly clear brush in the adjacent Claremont Wilderness Park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:43:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14338502?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>Tiki-themed condo complex gets historic designation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Royal Hawaiian Estates condominium complex in south Palm Springs now can boast living in the city's first residential historic district, too.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:30:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100205/NEWS01/2040391/1026/news12</link>
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     <title>Condo Conversion Lottery Comes But Once A Year</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A small group of San Franciscans gathered on the fourth floor of City Hall Wednesday morning to watch a spinning plastic container filled with lottery tickets.  The chosen few walked away with apartments worth at least 20 percent more than they were a few hours earlier.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:07:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://missionlocal.org/2010/02/condo-conversion-lottery-day-comes-but-once-a-year/</link>
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     <title>Condo policy leaves owners, tenants frustrated</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In San Francisco there is a call to change a long-standing system that allows people to convert their apartment building into condominiums. It is a slow process that can leave people waiting years for the chance to become home-owners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:04:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=7256631&rss=rss-kgo-article-7256631]]></link>
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     <title>Who Put the Dogs Out?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A growing pack of owners face housing restrictions that are redefining the size and shape of man’s best friend-ever downward.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:55:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/feb/03/feature-who-put-dogs-out/</link>
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     <title>Foreclosures clog courts in Orange, will go online</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Condo associations are accusing us of not foreclosing fast enough," said Alex Sanchez, president of the 400-member bankers association. "How are we going to get the economy jump-started if, after six, seven, eight months, people are still living there but have stopped paying and are not maintaining the homes?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:18:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/os-foreclosures-court-auction-20100202,0,1698353.story</link>
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     <title>Condo Fire Sends Resident to the Hospital</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A resident suffered minor smoke inhalation today in a fire that broke out in an Indio condominium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:40:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=11913846</link>
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     <title>HOA maintains Old Orchard beauty (board response to news story)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It’s amazing how the malcontent always gets the media coverage, not the majority who are generally happy, albeit mostly silently, with the way things are run on their behalf.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:19:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/23961/</link>
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     <title>HOA says staircase is life threatening, city says not its property</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A staircase serving as a pedestrian walkway near one of the city's largest homeowner associations poses a life-threatening risk, HOA officials said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:04:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/-231588--.html</link>
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     <title>Whispering Palms continues fight against mixed-use</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The decision by the county Board of Supervisors to approve the mixed-use development at the entrance to Whispering Palms did not sit well with residents of the Whispering Palms community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:44:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://thecoastnews.com/view/full_story/5690358/article-Whispering-Palms-continues-fight-against-mixed-use?instance=coast_more_news</link>
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     <title>Hoses may have exposed residents to contaminants</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some residents in nine buildings in Laguna Woods might have been exposed to contaminated water after a supply line broke Sunday and maintenance crews temporarily restored service using garden hoses]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:37:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/hoses-231434-water-residents.html</link>
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     <title>Seven Oaks homeowners consider allowing history museum on grounds</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Seven Oaks residents next month may be asked whether the Rancho Bernardo Historical Society should be allowed to build its long-awaited museum next to their community center.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:01:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/rancho-bernardo/article_c756f555-f373-5013-bed2-f724de774de2.html</link>
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     <title>Neighborhood needs to heal after 'ugly' dispute over cows</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Last year the homeowners association board approved the existing cattle on the Millers’ property. The HOA’s rules in 1997 allowed cattle ownership]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:24:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/jan/26/simi-valley-to-allow-cows-on-bridal-path-area/</link>
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     <title>How condo developments helped spur a renaissance in SoMarket</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Since its first condominium projects emerged in the late 1980s, perhaps no neighborhood in San Francisco has seen such a dramatic transformation as the South of Market (SoMa) district.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:17:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/23/RET01BKTDL.DTL</link>
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     <title>Association presidents to meet at country club</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Palm Springs Homeowners Association Presidents Council will hold its next meeting 9 a.m. Tuesday at Seven Lakes Country Club,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:06:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100123/NEWS01/1230331/1006/news01/Association+presidents+to+meet+at+country+club</link>
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     <title>HB Resident Gets 28 Restraining Orders Against Him for Jerkish Ways</title>
     <description><![CDATA[45-year-old John Patrick Rogers now has 28 permanent restraining orders against him for apparently being an immature jerk.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:11:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/crime-sex/hb-resident-gets-28-restrainin/</link>
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     <title>Novato homeowner with driveway sink hole calls on city to fix drainage problem</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city has told her that the drain pipe is on private property and it does not have jurisdiction. The homeowners association has been advised to stay out of it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:20:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_14249167</link>
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     <title>Calif. Fire Does $1.75M in Damage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[About $1.75 million in damages was reported after a fire Thursday night forced the evacuation of a three-story building in the Laguna Woods Village retirement community, authorities said]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:52:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.firehouse.com/topics/top-headlines/calif-fire-does-175m-damage</link>
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     <title>Roadway damaged by rainfall in Aliso Viejo Tuesday</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ALISO VIEJO Crews have to repair more than 400 feet on Woodfield after water from Tuesday's storm damaged a manhole cover and seeped under the pavement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:29:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/laguna-230043-fire-park.html</link>
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     <title>Reports of damage and flooding in Laguna Woods</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Managing agent PCM staff reported hundreds of calls to property services reporting damages in Laguna Woods Village as of Wednesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:29:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/wednesday-230036-reported-damage.html</link>
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     <title>Lightning Strike At South Bay Condo Sparks Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A lightning strike in south San Jose Tuesday afternoon hit a drainpipe on the side of a building and traveled inside to start a small fire, a fire captain said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:47:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktvu.com/news/22279781/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Risk manager says every resident needs insurance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After the Jan. 14 fire in Third Mutual, the homeowner's association board and managing agent staff stressed to residents the importance of homeowner's insurance at Tuesday's board meeting.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:39:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/fire-229889-residents-insurance.html</link>
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     <title>Shades of beige</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Annoyed with his homeowner’s association, man paints house in stripes]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:53:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/23441/</link>
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     <title>Water runs dry</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Huntington Beach enforces tighter restrictions in effort to conserve water; for one, restaurants only serve drinking water on request]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:56:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://hbindependent.com/articles/2010/01/18/top_stories/hbi-water011410.txt</link>
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     <title>Abandoned midway through construction, condo project now an `eyesore'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Five stories tall and covered top to bottom with brown tarps, the abandoned condominium development at St. John Avenue and Green Street is hard to miss.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:09:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_14206717</link>
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     <title>Third legal fees more than double budgeted amount</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But Price said that number for Third, a homeowner's association that operates and maintains more than 6,000 units in the Village, is likely to rise as the bills continue to come in from the last month of the year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:13:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/mutual-229420-fees-price.html</link>
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     <title>10 Displaced After Bird Rock-Area Condo Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire at a Bird Rock-area condominium complex injured a senior citizen Friday and left her and 10 other residents, including two children, temporarily homeless]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:23:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.10news.com/news/22248712/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Winter months are the time to fine-tune irrigation systems</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners associations, for their part, are also seeing the merits of investing in water-saving irrigation rotors, since they have large areas of turf and other landscaping, which can be costly to maintain.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:44:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thevalleychronicle.com/articles/2010/01/15/news/doc4b50cb9fec683568438513.txt</link>
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     <title>Public access, homeowners' rights core of Lechuza battle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The head of a state agency, which seeks to improve public access to Lechuza Beach, says a homeowners association wants to restrict such access. The issue may end up in Coastal Commission hands.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:06:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2010/01/13/news/news5.txt</link>
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     <title>Discovery Bay homeowners panel manipulated court ruling, some members say</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The board of the Discovery Bay Property Owners Association is trying to expand its powers by manipulating a court ruling that it violated a state law when fining a member, some residents say.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:10:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/real-estate-news/ci_14172977</link>
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     <title>Man Who Attempted To Bomb Pasadena Condo Complex Pleads Guilty</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man who claimed to working on behalf of the radical environmental group Earth Liberation Front when he attempted to bomb a Pasadena condominium complex that was under construction pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit arson.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:37:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/city-news/elf-arson-guilty-pleaa/</link>
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     <title>50 firefighters knock down condo blaze</title>
     <description><![CDATA[About 50 firefighters responded to a four-unit condominium after a fire was reported this morning, authorities said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:35:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/fire-228468-firefighters-units.html</link>
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     <title>Firefighter Revives Cat While Fighting Flames</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A grease fire got out of control in Rabun's condo. She grabbed one of her cats, and fled out the front door.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:18:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Firefighter-Revives-Cat-While-Fighting-Flames--81092687.html</link>
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     <title>San Juan asks residents to cut watering for a week</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A water-treatment plant in Yorba Linda will be down for seven days, leaving San Juan and other south Orange County cities exposed to a short-term water shortage, according to a city statement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:02:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/water-227564-city-san.html</link>
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     <title>Third Mutual wants water money back</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rahn said one of the problems that faces Third, a homeowner's association that oversees condominiums in the Village and common areas, is that residents do not see their individual savings from conservation because they don't receive an individual water bill.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:32:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/water-227450-mutual-third.html</link>
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     <title>Orange County - No bottom eyed yet for condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ For the 2010 condo market, the driving forces for this market are the loosening of lending guidelines for condos with communities that are new with lower pre-sale numbers;]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:28:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://lansner.freedomblogging.com/2010/01/06/no-bottom-eyed-yet-for-condos/50661/</link>
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     <title>Getting the SCV off the grid with the help of HOAs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[So it is not out of character for our community that, following the election last year, two Santa Clarita residents independently came up with ideas to involve local homeowner associations in getting on the environmental bandwagon being touted by most politicians on both sides of the aisle.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:23:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/22982/</link>
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     <title>Tardy levees could cost homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than 100 local homeowners could be required to carry costly flood insurance because three Coachella Valley levees did not meet federal deadlines.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:44:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100107/NEWS01/1070318/1006/news01</link>
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     <title>Battle brewing over Lechuza Beach plan</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A state agency wants to make improvements to a public beach access area that local residents say violate their homeowners association rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2010/01/06/news/news1.txt</link>
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     <title>Residents have concerns about Westlake Village park</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The initial land swap took place in 2005 between the Westlake Canyon Oaks HOA and the Triunfo YMCA, which owned seven acres of undeveloped land near the community. The HOA owned 50 acres on Thousand Oaks Boulevard, the site of the current park construction.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:58:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/jan/05/residents-have-concerns-about-westlake-village/</link>
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     <title>Developer explores kicking street maintenance down road</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A local developer is looking to use two new planning rules to place road maintenance responsibility for his subdivision on a future homeowners’ association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:07:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.uniondemocrat.com/2010010498779/News/Local-News/Developer-explores-kicking-street-maintenance-down-road</link>
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     <title>Botched condo conversion tied to nonprofit's venture</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As a branch of Sacramento's Nehemiah Corp. of America prepares to break ground on Township 9, one of the most significant developments planned for the capital region, an earlier condominium project funded in part by the organization faces litigation by disappointed buyers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:46:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2435462.html</link>
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     <title>After covering mortgage payments, city takes possession of below-market-rate con</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An unusual case in which the city of Menlo Park paid mortgage installments and homeowners association fees on a below-market-rate condominium unit for over two years ended with the city's finally obtaining the property through a court ruling on Dec. 1.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:40:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.almanacnews.com/news/show_story.php?id=5681</link>
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     <title>Fire damages Azusa condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A first-alarm fire broke out at a condominium Monday night damaging two units.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:22:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_14083707</link>
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     <title>RPV residents lose house, 8 cats to fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A house fire that reportedly killed eight pet cats on Sunday also destroyed the home of longtime Portuguese Bend residents who are active in the eclectic, gated Rancho Palos Verdes community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:40:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_14083079</link>
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     <title>Roosevelt Wants Auction, ASAP</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Attorneys with the firm Buchalter Nemer, who are representing Bank of America and other creditors in the case, argue that the sale of a limited number of units at the Roosevelt would diminish the value of the entire property, in part because it would trigger additional costs for the building owner. As soon as one unit sells, the building owner would then have to fund homeowner association fees for all unsold units,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:36:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2009/12/28/news/doc4b393ed348700121597468.txt</link>
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     <title>HOA disclosures a case of bad timing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I'm buying a condo in California, and have already removed all my contingencies. I have just realized that there were some documents that weren't provided to me before and they point to a possible litigation being pursued against the builder by the homeowners association (HOA). How is this even possible, and what is my position?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:28:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/real-estate/hoa_disclosures_a_case_of_bad_timing-80218702.html</link>
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     <title>Rusting street lights coming down in Ranch Del Oro</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dozens of decorative street lights in Oceanside's Rancho Del Oro community are being removed because they've become a safety hazard, but the question of who pays to replace them is unresolved.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:51:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/oceanside/article_ce687a40-266f-57f7-8df5-8e913e74f6cb.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners association brings joy with Christmas toy donations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[SAN LEANDRO'S Estudillo Estates Homeowners Association helped bring the joy and magic of Christmas to needy children this year when members donated more than $350 in toys to the Alameda County Firefighters Holiday Toy Drive.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:55:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.insidebayarea.com/food-wine/ci_14010427</link>
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     <title>No Park For Christmas: City Scrooges Timberline</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ A local homeowner’s association won’t get its park in time for Christmas, and City Hall is turning out to be Scrooge in this story.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:26:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://missionviejodispatch.com/?p=13519</link>
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     <title>Salinas fire crew aids in Pebble Beach fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Salinas firefighters assisted in putting out a fire that forced the evacuation of at least 11 people at a Pebble Beach condominium Monday night.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:24:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20091222/NEWS01/912220316/1002/NEWS01</link>
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     <title>A power struggle in Carson</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Southern California churns with homeowner association disputes, but the one that has consumed a sprawling complex of town homes in Carson is in a whole different stratosphere]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:26:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/6it5pH</link>
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     <title>County mum on Mace Meadows horse flap</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Mace Meadow Homeowners Association's covenants bar husbandry of large animals, but the organization is defunct and covenants are not enforced. Powell said the issue seems to be one of who pays to sue the horse keeper, Lawrence Caris, since no HOA has raised money for that purpose.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:50:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/news/newsview.asp?c=263962</link>
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     <title>Homeowners association brings joy with Christmas toy donations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[SAN LEANDRO'S Estudillo Estates Homeowners Association helped bring the joy and magic of Christmas to needy children this year when members donated more than $350 in toys to the Alameda County Firefighters Holiday Toy Drive]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:33:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.insidebayarea.com/hayward/ci_14010427</link>
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     <title>Fire victims say new trees are new hazard</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A handful of outspoken residents are demanding that the homeowners' association move the trees farther from homes - or remove them all together.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:13:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/trees-224665-fire-new.html</link>
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     <title>Westlake woman gets 4 years for embezzlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Westlake Village woman was placed in handcuffs Tuesday and taken to jail after being sentenced to prison for stealing more than $457,000 from a homeowners association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:33:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/dec/15/westlake-woman-gets-4-years-for-embezzlement/</link>
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     <title>3-alarm blaze at Buena Park condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[About 60 firefighters attacked the three-alarm fire at 48 Lincoln Court]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:02:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fire-224173-mckeown-blaze.html?pic=1</link>
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     <title>La Mesa condo fire causes $120K in damage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A non-injury fire at a condominium complex did about $120,000 worth of damage today in La Mesa, a city fire official said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:07:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-12-13/local-county-news/la-mesa-condo-fire-causes-120k-in-damage</link>
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     <title>Verdant revolt achieves lusher look</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But residents of the 3,900-acre, 835-unit upscale community in the state Route 56 corridor said they wanted more green and, despite the current water shortage, have spent more than $1 million to plump up their common areas]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:34:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/13/verdant-revolt-achieves-lusher-look/</link>
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     <title>Dispute leaves man stumped</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Of the hundreds of tree stumps remaining from mid-October's storms, one in north Stockton, in Randall Kelley's front yard, has attracted the attention of his neighborhood's homeowners association, which told Kelley his failure to remove it could result in a fine.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:07:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091211/A_NEWS/912110314#STS=g33315gz.xf0</link>
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     <title>Etiquette coach in hot water over gesture</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An etiquette coach for "The Real Housewives of Orange County" acknowledges in a letter to residents of her Dana Point gated community that she gave "the finger" to a man during a homeowners association meeting where she was serving as a board member.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:07:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/poulson-222966-etiquette-board.html</link>
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     <title>FHA's condo financing rules already scuttling projects</title>
     <description><![CDATA[New lending rules for condominium buyers are already forcing some developers to change or scrap plans for new projects for fear too many buyers will be shut out.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:20:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-us-condo-construction-new-rules,0,1872222.story</link>
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     <title>Bears overrunning a Duarte neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA["We have this brand-new population of bears because of the fire and they're hungry and they're getting used to people," said Carie Osburn, who sits on the board of directors of the Duarte Mesa Homeowner's Association. "They're all over the place now."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:05:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_13936376</link>
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     <title>Little love for HOA members</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the world of shared communities, where local government is closer than the curb. Homeowners associations run everything from maintenance to landscaping to cleaning up the goose poop. Volunteering to serve on a board can be a rewarding – but also thankless – job]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:34:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/board-222565-association-associations.html</link>
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     <title>Solar panels causing some storms</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Even as California and the federal government encourage solar power, homeowners often have to fight homeowners associations for their right to install the systems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:08:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-solar-panels30-2009nov30,0,5567208.story</link>
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     <title>Walnut Creek fire displaces eight residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A suspected kitchen fire in Walnut Creek has displaced eight residents at The Keys Condominiums]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:00:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_13887317?source=most_emailed</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Pioneer neighborhood growing angry over homeowners' CC&R violation]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Do the rules apply to everyone? Not when you lack an agency or legal body to enforce them, according to numerous residents in a Mace Meadow subdivision in Pioneer.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:23:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/news/newsview.asp?c=263105</link>
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     <title>Menifee extends traffic enforcement to private roads in gated community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Between the dirt bike riders, speeders and parked cars blocking the neighborhood mailbox bank, the Tierra Shores homeowners association had seen enough.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:01:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_sstreets22.44f92dc.html</link>
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     <title>Malibu West Home Owners Group Seeks Role in Trancas Park Suit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If the board of the Malibu West Homeowners Association has its way, it may become more involved in the pending litigation between the Malibu Township Council and the City of Malibu over Trancas Park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:02:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://malibusurfsidenews.com/stories/200911/200911190003.html</link>
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     <title>Cordelia woman astounded by erroneous bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Members of the Green Valley Homeowners Association are in discussions with the city over a potential long-term option for customers to buy out the system themselves, association president Bill Mayben said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:45:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_13822484</link>
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     <title>Fire at San Jose condo complex destroys or damages 8 units</title>
     <description><![CDATA[San Jose fire fighters Friday night battled a three-alarm blaze at a condominium complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:05:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_13787185?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>3 Adults, Child, Dog Displaced By Condo Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three adults, a child and a dog found themselves displaced Thursday following a non-injury kitchen fire at their condominium just outside Camp Pendleton, authorities said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:32:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.10news.com/news/21593986/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Condo complex to become Palm Springs' first residential historic district</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Royal Hawaiian Estates Condominiums in South Palm Springs is poised to become the city’s first official residential historic district, following lengthy debate Tuesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:28:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091110/NEWS01/91110033/Condo+complex+poised+to+become+Palm+Springs++first+residential+historic+district</link>
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     <title>Lending a Hand: Condominiums represent an added risk to lenders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[From a layman's perspective there are three primary forms of homeownership: the traditional single-family residence, the planned unit development -- often referred to as a townhome -- and the condo]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:23:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_13735378</link>
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     <title>Tension behind the gates</title>
     <description><![CDATA[However, the poor economy has meant that some of the neighbors can't keep up - and this hits homeowners associations in a unique way. Neighbors are financially yoked together, and problems for one can mean problems for all the rest]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:13:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/pay-don-neighbors-2640857-people-hoa</link>
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     <title>Nearly a Year After the Tea Fire, Westmont Faculty Families Return Home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Within days after the fire, Westmont and the Las Barrancas Homeowner’s Association united, hiring Westmont alumnus Don Erickson to oversee the entire rebuilding process of the college’s buildings and the faculty homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:36:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.noozhawk.com/local_news/article/110209_westmont_tea_fire/</link>
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     <title>3 People, 1 Dog Displaced After Condo Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three people and their dogs were displaced Sunday following a fire at their condominium in Palm City, authorities said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:01:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.10news.com/news/21494367/detail.html</link>
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     <title>East Bay woman fighting to keep home, dog</title>
     <description><![CDATA[She has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression since being brutally beaten in 2007, according to letters from her doctors. She can't work. Her doctors agree she needs Manny, records show.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:02:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/pets-animals/ci_13679590</link>
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     <title>Tensions flare at Fairbanks Ranch meeting over Chanukah party issue</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Each December, the exclusive, gated neighborhood of Fairbanks Ranch holds a holiday party in the community clubhouse, complete with a decorated tree, a costumed Santa Claus, holiday cookies and songs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:40:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-29/local-county-news/tensions-flare-at-fairbanks-ranch-meeting-over-chanukah-party-issue</link>
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     <title>Three Men Arrested for Rash of Thefts in Santa Cruz County</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The sheriffs department have arrested three men after attending a public safety community meeting held by the Board of Directors of the Pasatiempo homeowners association in response to a rash of recent thefts.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:24:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kionrightnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11375998</link>
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     <title>Timely $10,364.55 gift stuns agency</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Hiddenbrooke Community Association's donation to Alternative Family Services couldn't have come at a better time.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:40:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.timesheraldonline.com/news/ci_13633438</link>
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     <title>Cars Towed at Shoreline Entrance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Heron Bay Homeowners Association recently made a contract with a tow company to remove cars that don’t belong to residents of Heron Bay, or their guests]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:17:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sanleandrotimes.com/*ws4d-db-query-Show.ws4d?*ws4d-db-query-Show***LIM-BJI-246248246247254251-1463***-Database***-***sltimes(directory)a_slt(directory)***.ws4d?sltimes/a_slt/column.html</link>
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     <title>Judge will resolve Scottsdale Estates ownership dispute</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A judge will soon be asked to resolve the dispute over who controls Scottsdale Estates, a troubled, 600-unit condo complex in Carson.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:54:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_13602831</link>
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     <title>Fight continues against Trancas Park</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Seeking an injunction to the construction of Trancas Canyon Park, the Malibu West Homeowners Association last week voted 74-72 to contribute $32,500 to fund the Malibu Township Council's ongoing lawsuit against the city's approval of the project.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:22:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2009/10/21/news/news1.txt</link>
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     <title>Bosa Forces Its Downtown High Rise HO's to Replace Defective Cooling Towers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The system failed less than eight years after installation forcing the homeowners at Horizons to take out a bank loan for close to one million dollars to finance the removal and replacement of their HVAC cooling towers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:10:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS164173+21-Oct-2009+PRN20091021</link>
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     <title>Cobra on the loose at Del Cerro condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Warning signs were posted telling neighbors in Del Cerro a king cobra escaped from its owner at the Adobe Falls condo complex]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:04:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.760kfmb.com/Global/story.asp?S=11354683</link>
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     <title>Rancho Cucamonga condo kitchen fire displaces two families</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A condominium caught fire Tuesday, damaging one unit and displacing two families]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13603062</link>
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     <title>Residents Take Action Over Neighbor's Excessive Water Use</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Several residents in a Mira Mesa neighborhood went through extreme measures to turn off one neighbor's water after allegations of waste]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:28:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.10news.com/news/21344197/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowners group seizes control of Scottsdale Estates clubhouse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the latest twist in a long-running power struggle, a dissident homeowners group has seized control of the clubhouse at Carson's Scottsdale Estates town house complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:09:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_13576147</link>
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     <title>La Mesa condo fire extinguished</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Firefighters quickly doused a fire in a condominium Thursday night that caused about $100,000 in damage, authorities said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:49:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/16/bn16condo115232/?metro&zIndex=183946]]></link>
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     <title>Villa Riviera squabbles calm down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A new Villa Riviera Condominium Association board has been seated. And a settlement has been reached on a lawsuit that touched on a couple of the old issues and on a railing on the 15th floor.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:01:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_13570849</link>
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     <title>Payment plan for HOA fees extended</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The board of the Ladera Ranch Maintenance Corp. approved Wednesday an extended payment plan option of up to 24 months for homeowners delinquent on their homeowner's association fees]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:28:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/homeowners-larmac-facilities-2608187-beebe-delinquent</link>
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     <title>Carson residents sue Shell for contamination</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A law firm representing 343 residents of a Carson housing tract filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Shell Oil, alleging the company knowingly contaminated the neighborhood more than 40 years ago]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:20:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_13562531</link>
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     <title>Palm Desert Country Club owners get bankruptcy loan</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Club residents heard the news about the loan at a homeowners' association meeting Tuesday evening, said Phyllis Harkins, the association’s general manager.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:16:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091014/NEWS01/91014016/1263/UPDATE</link>
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     <title>Broker Seeking Alliance of Condo Owners Downtown</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residential real estate broker Gregg Neuman has been working behind the scenes for the past six months to organize an alliance of homeowners associations drawn from downtown San Diego’s 48 largest condominium buildings.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:27:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.sdbj.com/article.asp?aID=15339475.7760684.1839071.9805528.7620581.670&aID2=141458]]></link>
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     <title>Torrance condo association won't let litigants run for board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In response, the board proposed a new bylaw preventing any resident from holding office for six years if he or she brought any sort of legal action against the association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:38:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_13533602?source=rss</link>
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     <title>Pacific Highlands Ranch: A failed concept or failure in execution?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The community of Pacific Highlands Ranch has existed for over five years. It is at an important crossroads, where decisions made now can direct it towards success or failure. Now is a crucial time to review its history and use it as a guide of how the community can move forward in order to save it from failure.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:32:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.carmelvalleyleader.com/news/261561-pacific-highlands-ranch-a-failed-concept-or-failure-in-execution</link>
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     <title>Water-wising up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[San Diego finally comes to terms with its arid reality]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:01:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/11/water-wising/?features&zIndex=180007]]></link>
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     <title>Survey says: Sunset Beach residents want their own city</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Residents of Sunset Beach cast a vote against joining their southern neighbor Huntington Beach, opting instead to become their own city]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:21:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/beach-sunset-community-2601627-city-huntington</link>
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     <title>Morrison homeowners upset at board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gerstel complains that the volunteer board members of the Morrison Ranch Homeowners Association are illegally paying themselves in the form of free dinners, gift cards and other perks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:32:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theacorn.com/news/2009-10-08/Front_Page/Morrison_homeowners_upset_at_board.html</link>
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     <title>Gate security concerns cause Lake Wildwood flap</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A proposal to eliminate a guard at the north gate of Lake Wildwood in Penn Valley during the graveyard shift proved so contentious, it sparked a recall action and the eventual resignation of the president of the homeowners association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:45:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theunion.com/article/20091007/NEWS/910069967/1053</link>
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     <title>Canyon Lake may crackdown on home businesses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Canyon Lake's Public Safety Committee on Tuesday called on city department heads and the Property Owners Association to begin looking for ways to get control over the growth of unlicensed and unpermitted home-based businesses in the gated community]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:02:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_sbiz07.451293e.html</link>
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     <title>Hemet subdivision residents live with unkept promises</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two years ago, the 500-home Peppertree subdivision was being built and touted as a mix of five distinct communities with upscale residences for adults 55 and older.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:36:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/localnews/hemet/stories/PE_News_Local_S_pepper05.4358edf.html</link>
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     <title>Los Angeles Condo Buyers Left in Limbo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Downtown Los Angeles (myFOXla.com) - You've bought a new home and you're ready to move in. Then, the government gets involved and everything stops. That's the story dozens who bought spots in the Concerto condo construction in Downtown Los Angeles are facing.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:53:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/money/Concerto_Project_Limbo_20091003</link>
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     <title>Downtown condos sustain fire and water damage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nearly two dozen downtown condominiums were damaged by water after sprinklers extinguished a fire last night.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:23:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/02/downtown-condos-sustain-fire-and-water-damage/?metro&zIndex=176049]]></link>
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     <title>Man rescues children from condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man came to the rescue when a fire erupted at a condominium complex in Carson Thursday night.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:06:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7044542]]></link>
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     <title>Former property manager pleads guilty to grand theft</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Daphne Ann Brenon, 53, of Westlake Village pleaded guilty in September to two counts of grand theft and one count of filing a false tax return. She admitted to stealing more than $150,000 from two area homeowners associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:17:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.toacorn.com/news/2009-10-01/Community/Former_property_manager_pleads_guilty_to_grand_the.html</link>
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     <title>City, agencies helping HOAs save water, cash</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The workshops are aimed at informing residents about water conservation and energy-efficiency programs and incentives provided by the city and utility companies.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091001/NEWS01/909300359/1006/NEWS01/City++agencies+helping+HOAs+save+water++cash</link>
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     <title>Palm Desert HOAs to form networking group</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When Palm Desert resident Carol Kocherhans was dissatisfied with the management company at the Regency Palms community where she lives, she started looking for a way to swap information with other homeowners’ associations in the city]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:45:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090930/NEWS01/90930030/Palm+Desert+HOAs+to+form+networking+group</link>
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     <title>Palos Verdes Estates homeowner charged with running a party palace</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This isn't the first time a homeowner association spat has enveloped Palos Verdes Estates.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:50:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-wedding-mansion30-2009sep30,0,7636824.story</link>
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     <title>Condo Residents Sue Developer, City Over Sewage Smell</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents living in the Grande North condominium complex in downtown San Diego spent $500,000 to $2 million just to live there, but 10News has learned that they may also be living with a potential health risk.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:35:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.10news.com/news/21142996/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Long Beach's Condo Conversions Haunt Rental Market</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Perhaps one of the biggest drags on rents is the amount of condominium stock coming back onto the market as apartments]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:23:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lbpost.com/don/6709</link>
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     <title>Be wary of buying into homeowner association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It has always been wise to take extra care when buying a house or apartment in a community governed by its owners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:16:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/26/RE6919EO69.DTL</link>
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     <title>Access Does Not Make Private Property a ‘Public Accommodation’</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A property owner’s decision not to actively deny the public access to private recreational property does not convert the property into a "public accommodation" under the Americans With Disabilities Act or California law, the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled yesterday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:44:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.metnews.com/articles/2009/caro092309.htm</link>
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     <title>Homeowners Association Ignores Hazardous Brush Problem (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighbors who live on a brushy canyon called KUSI's Michael Turko when a fire hazard grew out of control. Turko says they're dealing with dangerous dry brush and a homeowners association that's ignoring the problem.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:25:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kusi.com/features/turko/60522047.html</link>
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     <title>Fast-moving fire engulfs condominium in Novato</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A two-alarm fire ravaged a condominium in Novato's Pacheco Valle neighborhood Thursday, leaving at least three people homeless, authorities said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:48:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/losgatos/ci_13361181?source=rss</link>
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     <title>Condos: We’re not a toilet, so pay up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeless living at serene park have been defecating near neighboring condominiums, complex owners say. The owners want reimbursement, as well as new fence or restrooms.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:52:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2009/09/20/topstory/dpt-canyonparkhomeless082609.txt</link>
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     <title>Muck-lined street not in La Mesa, as condo owner was told</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When material dropping from a tree in front of his condominium complex made a parking lane along Alvarado Road look mucky, Herbert Frank put in a call to the city of San Diego requesting street sweeping.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:38:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/sep/21/muck-lined-street-not-la-mesa-condo-owner-was-told/</link>
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     <title>Man Upset HOA Won't Allow Brush Clearing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The land is owned and controlled by a homeowner’s association, the Community Association of Bernardo Heights. Wolf said that despite repeated requests and complaints, the CABH refuses to do proper brush clearance on the land.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:39:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.10news.com/news/21020270/detail.html</link>
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     <title>AVCA writes off more than $58,000 in bad debts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Aliso Viejo Community Association board unanimously approved writing off more than $50,000 worth of bad homeowner debts at its monthly meeting Monday night]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:25:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/avca-bad-debts-2567442-homeowner-year</link>
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     <title>Fresno condo complex in meltdown</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There's a pool at Stonemark condominiums in Fresno, but no one swims. For-sale signs dot the complex. Dozens of padlocks signal a ghost town.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:00:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/1636183.html</link>
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     <title>When is an HOA like a canary?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[To ponder this riddle, you must of course know that "HOA" stands for "Homeowners' Association." An HOA has most of the characteristics of the national form of American governance. It's a group of people who tie their economic and social futures together through individual and combined ownership.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:03:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.sddt.com/Commentary/article.cfm?Commentary_ID=142&SourceCode=20090911tzb]]></link>
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     <title>Morning fire destroys top half of Fairfax condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An early-morning fire Thursday destroyed the upstairs of a two-story Fairfax condominium]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:15:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_13307862</link>
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     <title>HOA to cut services to delinquent residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ The letters will notify these homeowners that in one week they will lose access to HOA facilities and services, including pools, tennis courts, skate and water parks, clubhouses, Cox Internet and e-mail.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:27:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/letters-services-ranch-2557917-hoa-ladera</link>
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     <title>Child Drowns In Newhall HOA Pool</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A two-year-old boy drowned Saturday after falling into the community pool at the condominium complex]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:32:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://hometownstation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17668:drown-newhall-clarita-2009-09-08-14-50&catid=26:local-news&Itemid=97]]></link>
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     <title>O.C. luxury condo developer in bankruptcy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Business Journal reports that real estate developer Bob Bisno, whose development company constructed high-profile luxury condos near MainPlace mall in Santa Ana, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:20:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://lansner.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/07/oc-condo-developer-in-bankruptcy/35625/</link>
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     <title>Ex-property manager pleads guilty to grand theft</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Westlake Village woman has pleaded guilty to two counts of grand theft and one count of filing a false tax return and admitting to taking more than $150,000, Ventura County prosecutors said Tuesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:37:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/sep/01/ex-property-manager-pleads-guilty-to-grand-theft/</link>
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     <title>Musician's refusal to move RV from Sun City lot strikes sour note</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Even though an old bus-turned-motor-home has been peacefully collecting dust in a dirt lot for almost a year, it's kicking up a small cloud of controversy in Sun City.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:44:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_sbus30.44af31f.html</link>
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     <title>HOA Shuts Down Capistrano Family's Lemonade Stand for Girl With Cancer</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But in their two weeks selling lemonade, they have been forced to stop by the San Juan Hills Estates homeowners association, which complained of potential traffic buildup and danger for the children who may be tempted to cross the street.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:44:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://thecapistranodispatch.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=1116&cntnt01dateformat=%25B%20%25d%2C%20%25Y&cntnt01returnid=15]]></link>
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     <title>Fire reported in 2-story condo in Tustin</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire in a three-story condo was kept in check by fire sprinklers that restrained the fire in a bedroom today, authorities said]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:39:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fire-bedroom-officials-2543515-reported</link>
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     <title>Torrance Condo Owners Fighting Bill  (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of condo owners are each facing a 75-thousand dollar bill and if they don't pay it, they could lose their homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:52:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://topicInfoLink</link>
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     <title>Desert Lakes homeowners protest proposed purchase of golf course</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Following a meeting held last Wednesday by a group of the Desert Lakes Homeowners Association members who oppose the proposed purchase of the golf course, the group gathered]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:03:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rgj.com/article/20090819/FERNLEY01/908190340/1306/fernley</link>
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     <title>HUD Rules May Hurt Builders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some new rules scheduled to go into effect this fall on condominium loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration are discriminatory, bad for the environment, and could make affordable housing more difficult to build.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:44:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.sdbj.com/article.asp?aID=308484902.591547.1820793.7755722.9026347.921&aID2=140052]]></link>
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     <title>Who’s minding McSweeny Farms?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the bankrupt McSweeny Farms development in southeast Hemet say the neighborhood in which they are living is a far cry from the one they were promised when they moved in over the last several years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:21:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thevalleychronicle.com/articles/2009/08/21/news/doc4a8ed6b87014b328422253.txt</link>
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     <title>For recovery, add water</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Kurt Rahn, landscape and recreation director for Professional Community Management, said the company has focused on water-efficient irrigation systems and low-flow plumbing fixtures in the housing developments it builds and operates.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:34:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/business/local/stories/PE_Biz_S_water21.3737862.html</link>
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     <title>It’s the little things</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lake Isabella-Bodfish Property Owners Association hosted the Kern River Valley Fire Safe Council at their Aug. 12 meeting.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:52:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kvsun.com/articles/2009/08/20/news/doc4a8af2e2241a5657042803.txt?FORM=ZZNR8</link>
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     <title>Sunset Beach considers becoming its own city</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After Sunset Beach's request to become part of Seal Beach was denied, members of the 1,200-community are looking at becoming their own city]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:53:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/sunset-beach-incorporation-2535191-city-county?FORM=ZZNR2</link>
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     <title>Commitment and Twitter save preschool</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The commitment and passion of parents and teachers of one of South County's oldest preschools convinced a local homeowners association board to let the school live.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:32:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://topicInfoLink</link>
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     <title>Fire damages 7 condos in Rohnert Park</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A dramatic fire gutted parts of a Rohnert Park condominium complex Wednesday evening, displacing seven people and sending an elderly woman to the hospital.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:45:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090819/ARTICLES/908199880/1350?Title=Two-condos-destroyed-in-Rohnert-Park-fire</link>
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     <title>Desert Lakes homeowners protest proposed purchase of golf course</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Following a meeting held last Wednesday by a group of the Desert Lakes Homeowners Association members who oppose the proposed purchase of the golf course, the group gathered outside the home of DL HOA President John Angleson and also Vice President Mike Logue to protest the purchase.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:15:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rgj.com/article/20090819/FERNLEY01/908190340/1306/FERNLEY/Desert-Lakes-homeowners-protest-proposed-purchase-of-golf-course</link>
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     <title>2 sent to hospital after T.O. condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fire burned part of a condominium in Thousand Oaks Monday afternoon, sending two people to the hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:56:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/aug/17/Fire-burns-T-O-condo/</link>
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     <title>HOA trying to collect fees from investor</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I read with great interest your article about the homeowners association that would not enforce the covenants, conditions and restrictions]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:34:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/realestatenews/ci_13054702</link>
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     <title>Fraudsters luring tenants with phoney deals</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The ruse is a relatively common variation on the advance fee fraud, better known as the Nigerian scam, in which a target is persuaded to send sums of money with the expectation of securing a larger gain.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:39:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/584817</link>
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     <title>Two neighborhoods eye annexing to Santa Clarita</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two communities - one north and one east of Santa Clarita - are considering joining the city]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:07:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/16717/</link>
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     <title>Condo owners push for solar</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But in condo communities, residents have to get permission from their homeowners associations, which are allowed to place “reasonable restrictions” on solar installations]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:56:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090813/NEWS07/908120378/1013/news07/Condo-owners-push-for-solar</link>
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     <title>Candle To Blame For Condo Fire in Monterey</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Earlier, the power went out in the complex. The woman used a candle to read a book, fell asleep as the candle burned. The candle caught the drapes on fire.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:38:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kcba.com/Global/story.asp?S=10883955</link>
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     <title>Turning unfinished condos into affordable housing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A plan to turn unfinished senior condominiums into affordably priced apartments and temporary housing for homeless families will come before the Temecula City Council tonight.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:06:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_temcouncil11.45c3113.html?FORM=ZZNR6</link>
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     <title>Uncertainty -- over water rules -- grows lush like a lawn</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Water and homeowners association officials say the new restrictions leave plenty of room for people to keep their lawns green. But one state lawmaker has proposed legislation that would protect residents from association fines for brown lawns.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:50:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_waterwars11.405035d.html</link>
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     <title>Recyling greenwaste a new trend</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Beginning in April 2004, Davis decided to take that green waste, grind it into a large mountain of earth-toned mulch and use it in the landscape designs of the properties he services.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:45:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sgvtribune.com/living/ci_13018667</link>
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     <title>Forgive board of directors for tough choices</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowner associations are going through some interesting times. Budgets are tight, yet maintenance projects are getting done. People are nervous and uncomfortable but at the same time happy, comfortable and at peace. No doubt you are seeing this.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:51:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090808/LIFESTYLES11/908070336?FORM=ZZNR</link>
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     <title>Second rattler found in Lake Forest Lake II community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A rattlesnake, baring its fangs and shaking its rattle, was the second in three days found in the yard of a home in one of the city's largest homeowner associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:43:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/rahn-snake-lake-2522261-put-down</link>
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     <title>Country clubs debate solar installations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The only problem is The Lakes is a condominium community, and that means the Carlsons don’t own the roof of their 4,400 square foot home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:19:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090806/NEWS01/90806024/Country+clubs+debate+solar+installations</link>
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     <title>Condo buyers find it tough to get mortgages</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But Hong, 26, couldn't get a mortgage. The problem wasn't with him - it was with new, tighter rules for condo loans that are affecting entire developments.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:27:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/04/BUCT190GMM.DTL</link>
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     <title>‘Broken’ Condos: Upside Down Multi-Family World</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Decreased property values, slow housing sales, and lack of access to financing are a few of the factors that have led to a spate of "broken" residential condominium projects in the Los Angeles area.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:32:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.sfvbj.com/industry_article_pay.asp?aID=14366236.5099346.1813461.9532706.8209556.062&aID2=139488]]></link>
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     <title>Break for homeowners benefits Canyon Crest developers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Canyon Crest developers became collateral beneficiaries of a city council decision aimed at protecting existing subdivision homeowners from homeowner association fees that could have been as much as $300 a month.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:20:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20090731/DVTONLINE01/90730018</link>
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     <title>'No Trespassing' sign near public pathway angers Menlo Park residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Menlo Park residents soon won't have to wonder if they're breaking the law when strolling through an upscale Linfield Oaks development that has posted a "No Trespassing" sign at its entrance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:46:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12971848?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>Candle suspected in Del Mar condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Someone who left a candle burning is believed to have started a fire that caused about $4 million damage to a six-unit condominium complex in Del Mar, it was reported today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:43:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-08-02/news/candle-suspected-in-del-mar-condo-fire</link>
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     <title>HOA files claim against Laguna Niguel</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowners association alleges a contractor working in the Marina Hills neighborhood did about $64,000 in damages while making repairs on behalf of the city]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:57:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/city-hoa-repairs-2512538-claim-landscaping</link>
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     <title>Novato's Millworks condos switch to rentals after only two units are bought</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The stagnant housing market has prompted the owner of the new Millworks building in downtown Novato to change tactics from selling to renting.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:15:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_12928235</link>
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     <title>San Diego high-rise condo market goes from frenzy to fizzle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thousands were built downtown in recent years, but many are unsold or in foreclosure and prices have plummeted. The upside is that those priced out of the area can afford them - if they can get loans.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:28:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-condobust27-2009jul27,0,881890.story?track=rss</link>
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     <title>Is deactivating gate transponders legal?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ladera HOA says residents delinquent on fees will lose amenities, including automated gate access to Covenant Hills]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:35:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/community-larmac-access-2507011-ladera-owner</link>
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     <title>Some HOA's agressively pursuing foreclosures (video report)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Video news report from KTVU in California]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:43:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktvu.com/video/20138540/index.html</link>
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     <title>Homeowner Associations Wield Great Power Amid Foreclosures</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Californians are well aware of the flood of foreclosures that have swept through and continue to sweep through the state in this nagging recession that is now 19 months old. In the first half of 2009, more than 390,000 Californians were foreclosed upon in nearly 3% of the state’s housing units.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:57:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktvu.com/news/20138028/detail.html</link>
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     <title>More mobile home parks trying to become condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mobile home parks, still affordable to many people, have become the latest housing battlefield. A growing number of park operators want to convert the spaces those mobile homes occupy to condominium ownership - a move that some residents say would price them out of their homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:13:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/21/MN0V18OLQR.DTL&tsp=1&FORM=ZZNR]]></link>
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     <title>HOA board must follow rules too</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Home Owner Association living means living in a community where there is a governmental set of rules that everyone lives by. Some of the rules are created and enforced within the community and others are created by our legislature. Those are called laws.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:28:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090718/LIFESTYLES11/907170359/1026/news12</link>
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     <title>Ladera residents say HOA has right to cut services</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Many Ladera residents in interviews and in online comments said they support the decision by the board of Ladera Ranch Maintenance Corp., or LARMAC, to cut access to homeowners' association amenities from residents who are delinquent on their HOA fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:16:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hoa-paying-larmac-2498484-residents-pay</link>
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     <title>Partial disclosure insufficient</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sellers of residential properties in California are obligated, as we all know, to disclose to the would-be buyer "facts materially affecting the value or desirability of the property that are not known by or within the reach of the diligent observation of the buyer."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:06:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20090716/OPINION/907169981/1066</link>
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     <title>Lake Wildwood split over changes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Currently, I am troubled by the split in our community over changes being made as the Board of Directors looks at every area of our operations for ways to manage our community in a more efficient and cost-effective manner.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:58:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theunion.com/article/20090713/OPINION/907129989/1026/NONE</link>
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     <title>HOA to cut amenities for residents delinquent on fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents who are delinquent on their homeowners association fees will be denied access to community amenities and community-based Internet and e-mail access unless they bring their accounts current]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:22:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/larmac-residents-cards-2489648-facilities-community</link>
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     <title>Homeowner groups tackle recessionary pains</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One big slice of Orange County living is homeowner associations (HOAs) - the communal governance groups running numerous neighborhoods. The real estate downturn has been hard on HOAs, too.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:17:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://lansner.freedomblogging.com/2009/07/11/homeowner-groups/29561/</link>
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     <title>Condo and Loft Insurance - Is It Necessary?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People often ask "Do I really need condominium insurance?". According to Rick Wiese at Providing Insurance & Financial Services, State Farm Insurance in San Diego, the answer is without a doubt - Yes, you do!]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:58:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/east-village-by-type-of-sale/2009/jul/09/downtown-san-diego-92101-condo-and-loft-insurance-/</link>
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     <title>Other crimes seen recently near reported racial attack</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The assault - in fact any crime at all in the gated community of Covenant Hills - is rare, authorities said. But in the past two weeks there have been reports of vandalism and stolen equipment involving golf carts in the 800-home community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:53:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/carts-assault-guadarrama-2486017-golf-authorities</link>
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     <title>Condo leader gets jail sentence</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Newport Beach man was sentenced to two years in prison Friday and ordered to pay hundreds of thousands in restitution to a local apartment complex association that he had been stealing from when he was its leader.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:18:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2009/07/06/topstory/dpt-kontos062709.txt</link>
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     <title>San Diego assigns 11 water cops to check waste</title>
     <description><![CDATA["It has been almost two weeks since I reported my HOA running the irrigation sprinklers EVERY day," one resident wrote. 
A water-waste analyst for the city responded to the resident, saying the homeowners association would be contacted that day.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:58:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/28/1m28water005535-san-diego-assigns-11-water-cops-ch/?metro</link>
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     <title>Judge's condo-conversion decision favors city</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A coalition of affordable-housing advocates and environmentalists on Friday lost a legal battle with the city of San Diego over its approval of a number of condo conversion projects]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:37:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/26/bn26condo202723/</link>
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     <title>Condo association president gets 2 years for embezzling $530,000</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former head of a Newport Beach condominium association was sentenced to two years in prison Friday in a case involving embezzling more than $530,000 and shining laser beams into cockpits of police helicopters, county prosecutors said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:55:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/prosecutors-kontos-association-2476635-laser-condominium</link>
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     <title>Homeowner arrested for allegedly attacking HOA board member</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man who allegedly expressed anger against his Home Owner's Association by wielding a hammer and two-by-four at a board member was arrested by police on Wednesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:38:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=1670</link>
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     <title>A Day in the Life of a Water Cop</title>
     <description><![CDATA["So it’s the east side, right here, it looks like, town homes or something, something with the HOA I’m sure," Page says as he pulls off to the side of a residential road. "So it could be the HOA’s just not aware of what’s going on. We don’t see any water running down the side of the street here."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:31:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kpbs.org/news/2009/jun/23/day-life-water-cop/</link>
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     <title>Positive written rules likely easier to live by</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Communities are often defined by their rules. What makes neighbors compatible in a community is their desire to live similar lifestyles.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:00:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090620/LIFESTYLES11/906190337</link>
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     <title>Noltemeyer Targeted For Recall By Summit Homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than 100 people signed a petition to recall Noltemeyer, who was elected to the homeowners association board in December, citing her inability to work with the team and personal attacks on board and committee members.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:29:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://hometownstation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16772:noltemeyer-recall-clarita-2009-06-19-17-24&catid=26:local-news&Itemid=97]]></link>
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     <title>After two-year battle, mobile home park goes condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The 99-unit Rancho de Sonoma Mobile Home Park is cleared for a condo-style conversion, the Sonoma City Council voted Wednesday night. The 5-0 decision, influenced by legal directives as to exactly what the Council could consider, allows owner Preston Cook to convey ownership to current tenants]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:20:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://sonomasun.thmm.com/?p=8377</link>
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     <title>Reducing fire risk depends on communitywide efforts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mountain communities are no strangers to the precautions and preventative measures recommended to lessen the fire risks that arrive with the hot summer months. But knowing and doing are two very different things.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:03:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sierrastar.com/104/story/49081.html</link>
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     <title>So long to Concord's 73-year-old smokestack</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Restoring and preserving the smokestack was estimated to cost its owner -- the Cowell Homeowner's Association -- as much as $3 million. So the association decided that spending the approximately $450,000 to demolish it would be cheaper.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:55:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/scavenger/detail?entry_id=41839&tsp=1]]></link>
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     <title>How to finance a condo (no, it’s not like a house)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There are several different issues that arise for condo buyers versus those looking to purchase what we label as a Single Family Residence, or SFR.  First and foremost, the Home Owners Association (HOA) will be examined as part of the approval process.  Before funding a loan the lender wants assurance the HOA is in good financial shape.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:49:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://huntingtonhomes.freedomblogging.com/2009/06/16/how-to-finance-a-condo-no-its-not-like-a-house/40981/</link>
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     <title>AVCA residents were incorrectly billed for three years, HOA says</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Members of the city's largest homeowner association were allegedly billed incorrectly for three years, a mistake that could result in members having to make up hundreds of thousands of dollars]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:20:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/association-members-board-2381756-chun-merit</link>
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     <title>Evidence grows in swindling case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Kailua woman awaiting trial in state court on identity theft and related charges involving 11 people lived part-time in a Manhattan Beach, Calif., condominium where police seized evidence of more potential victims.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:26:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090611_evidence_grows_in_swindling_case.html</link>
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     <title>Cease-fire reached in L Street condo battle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of Sacramento city's most bitter – and bizarre – legal squabbles is ending.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:07:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sacbee.com/shallit/story/1930249.html</link>
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     <title>Newly Renovated Palm Desert Country Club to Close?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Palm Desert Country Club is in danger of shutting down because of the poor economy. It is shocking news to homeowners whose life revolves around golf and who bought homes overlooking the green]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:39:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=10496796&nav=9qrxeD5w]]></link>
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     <title>Little enforcement of law requiring pool upgrades</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Six months ago, a new federal law began requiring owners of public and semipublic pools to upgrade their drains in an effort to prevent swimmers, especially young children, from drowning.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:28:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/06/1m6drain232928-little-enforcement-law-requiring-po/?metro&zIndex=111912]]></link>
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     <title>Canyon Lake plans to use federal funds to refurbish condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Canyon Lake is seeking up to $1.2 million in federal funds to purchase and refurbish up to eight condominiums now in foreclosure so they can be resold to first-time homebuyers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:48:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_S_scanyon05.4b4e719.html</link>
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     <title>State investigates discrimination claim against homeowners association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The state Department of Fair Employment and Housing is investigating a complaint alleging that the Hidden Valley Lake Association has discriminatory rules and practices that especially affect children and families.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:34:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://lakeconews.com/content/view/8948/764/</link>
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     <title>Condo deposits returned amid buyer shortage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Developers of San Diego’s tallest mixed-use condominium high-rise, at Tenth Avenue and A Street Downtown, have decided to cancel all escrows and return home deposits to some estimated 300 buyers because too few purchased homes to meet financing deadlines.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:26:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.sdnews.com/pages/full_story?article-Condo%20deposits%20returned%20amid%20buyer%20shortage%20=&page_label=home&id=2669318-Condo+deposits+returned+amid+buyer+shortage&widget=push&instance=hom]]></link>
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     <title>Cat search at Fresno condo goes awry</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police responding to what they thought was a report of cat burglars at a north Fresno condominium complex instead found cat searchers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:09:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fresnobee.com/updates/story/1449909.html</link>
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     <title>San Jose May Forgive Part Of Debt For New Condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[City redevelopment officials said they are prepared to forgive as much as $2 million of the $10 million Mesa Development owes the city for the land for its 213-condo tower project]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:37:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs5.com/local/san.jose.high.2.1030537.html</link>
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     <title>Disabled tenant left high and dry</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A 51-year-old disabled woman is living in a condemned West Third Street condominium without water service despite a city order to vacate the building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 17:38:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090529/ARTICLES/905299800?Title=Disabled-tenant-left-high-and-dry</link>
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     <title>Benicia Marina says walkways are too small for cops' Harleys</title>
     <description><![CDATA["It's considered public access and sometimes we will go through on patrol or responding to calls," Spagnoli said. "There are residential burglaries (in the condominiums) and reports of suspicious people on the docks. Usually people are happy we patrol this area."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 17:35:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_12484271?source=most_viewed</link>
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     <title>Homeowners association presidents form council</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The presidents of Palm Desert homeowner associations are invited to help form a new HOA Presidents Council.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 20:32:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090527/NEWS01/905270321/1144/RSS26</link>
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     <title>Court Says Condos Trump Prayer</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Here's one thing you can't landmark: a church. So says a 1994 state law that exempts religious organizations from having their buildings landmarked by the government if such designation would cause "substantial hardship."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 19:51:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around_town/real_estate/Court_Rules__Nob_Hill_Church_Can_Go_Condo_If_They_Want_BAY.html</link>
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     <title>San Mateo condo complex to vote on smoking ban</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One San Mateo condominium complex may soon be turning into a microcosm of Belmont, the neighboring city that made national headlines in 2007 by banning smoking in condos and apartments.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 20:46:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_12443416?source=most_viewed</link>
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     <title>Thousand Oaks neighborhood has communitywide plan to conserve water</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As California faces a water shortage and mandatory cutbacks, a Thousand Oaks neighborhood has a plan to save untold gallons and thousands of dollars each year, officials say.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 20:25:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/may/25/thousand-oaks-neighborhood-has-communitywide-to/</link>
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     <title>Foreclosures overwhelm condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Just about all the problems wrought by the collapse of the local and national housing markets have converged on Brookhaven Condominiums, a complex in south Escondido.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 21:47:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/05/21/business/z6e625fba234d887a882575ba006e2ebb.txt</link>
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     <title>Fire season ignites call to action</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Coral Reef resident Scott Kalkin says it’s about time. Occupying a seat on the Princeton-by-the-Sea Homeowners Association board of directors, Kalkin says he and his neighbors are adamant about cleaning up the heaping fuel beds behind their homes,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 21:42:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hmbreview.com/articles/2009/05/20/news/doc4a1437ecc9d0c038239020.txt</link>
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     <title>Distressed property sales hit upscale condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Auctions of brand-new, often luxurious condos in prime locations increase as developers desperate to unload them try to attract buyers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 17:44:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-condo-auction18-2009may18,0,1417748.story?track=rss</link>
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     <title>Oceanside beach condo gutted by fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A beachfront condominium was gutted by a fire early Monday morning after a family renting the unit was awakened by smoke alarms, fire officials said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 11:52:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/may/18/bn18fire075943/</link>
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     <title>Dacus property misuse alleged</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dacus property neighbors filed a formal request for dispute resolution on May 7, alleging that the Rancho Santa Fe Association has violated the regulatory code with their actions]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 14:30:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.delmartimes.net/news/257055-dacus-property-misuse-alleged</link>
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     <title>Cupertino warns OA board about questionable cable, telephone contracts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city of Cupertino sent out a letter in late April to the Home Owners Association board warning of some new "aggressive" attempts by cable and telephone providers to secure long-term agreements with apartment and condominium complexes. The letter was written in response to resident complaints.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 22:33:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_12356680?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>Homeowners association threatening foreclosures</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lincoln Crossing residents have recently begun receiving notices of intent to foreclose - but from the homeowners association, not the banks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 22:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://lincolnnewsmessenger.com/detail/114271.html</link>
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     <title>Size of Sea Ranch Lodge expansion stirs controversy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Passions are running high at The Sea Ranch over a proposed $50 million lodge expansion in a coastal known for its signature approach to blending bare-wood buildings with sweeping coastal landscapes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 17:36:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090510/ARTICLES/905109926/1349?Title=A-Sea-Ranch-setback</link>
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     <title>Investors feeling duped by Fremont businessman</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Frances Greenspan thought she had found the ideal investment when she decided to take out loans on three Escondido condos, sight unseen.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 16:37:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/realestatenews/ci_12327679?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>Drain woes roil Scottsdale</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A condominium at Scottsdale Estates has been empty for at least six months. But every week or two, the neighbors see water seeping from under the garage door.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 12:10:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_12331892</link>
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     <title>Deposits to go back to buyers of condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Nearly 300 buyers in downtown San Diego's largest high-rise condominium were notified by the developer yesterday that their deposits will be returned, and they will be offered incentives to later repurchase units in the 679-unit complex]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 10:33:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/may/08/1m8condo002733-deposits-go-back-buyers-condos/</link>
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     <title>Banker: 'What'd I Do Wrong, Officer?' Cop: 'You've Got Algae in the Pool, Sir'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Officials at a Citigroup Inc. office in St. Louis placed a call to this desert town recently. The bank had caught word that Indio was coming after the lending giant with fines and threats of criminal charges. The offense: an algae-infested swimming pool at 79760 Eagle Bend Court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 08:49:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124112509277274533.html?mod=yhoofront</link>
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     <title>Another Day, Another Cell Tower Rejected</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Register's now reporting that the Woodbridge Village Association has walked away from negotiations with T-Mobile.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 20:57:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/naranja-news/ho-hum-woodbridge-cell-tower-r/</link>
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     <title>Vue’s Views Bring on Lawsuit in San Pedro</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There’s some testy litigation going on between the developer of the Vue project and a group of buyers who put down deposits in the San Pedro condo turned hybrid condo/rental building on Sixth Street.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 20:56:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://la.curbed.com/archives/2009/05/vues_views_bring_on_a_lawsuit_in_san_pedro.php</link>
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     <title>When Fixing Up the Lobby Becomes a Luxury</title>
     <description><![CDATA[These days, at a downtown condo project, window-washers come biannually instead of every three months. Painters touch up the halls once a year, half as frequently as they once did. Security guards work fewer hours. Renovation plans for the sparsely furnished lobby are on indefinite hold.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 21:28:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2008/12/09/housing/850hoas120908.txt</link>
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     <title>Complicating San Diego's Water Crunch: All Those Condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When Mary Ellen Lenz and her husband moved here from Chicago last May, she was surprised at what she perceived as San Diego's lack of water conservation efforts.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 21:26:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/11/environment/853complexes031109.txt</link>
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     <title>Another Sign of Foreclosure Trouble in California</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Here’s another sign that California’s foreclosures could jump in 2009: Delinquencies on dues owed to homeowner associations have risen sharply.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 21:23:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2009/05/06/another-sign-of-foreclosure-trouble-in-california/</link>
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     <title>Fire Damages Potrero Condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The fire started in the back bedroom of the condominium unit and Talmadge says it was initially difficult to track down because of the closeness of the adjacent building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 20:32:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kcbs.com/Fire-Damages-Potrero-Condo/4343388</link>
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     <title>Dacus neighbors complain of property misuse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Several Dacus property neighbors claim the Rancho Santa Fe Association is "clear-cutting" environmentally protected wetlands. They plan to address the homeowner's association board]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 21:43:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.delmartimes.net/news/256640-dacus-neighbors-complain-of-property-misuse</link>
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     <title>A bitter battle for power</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At one time, Scottsdale Estates was a nice place to live. But the gated condo complex in Carson deteriorated long ago into a haven for drugs and gang crime.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 19:45:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_12283271</link>
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     <title>Is it time for a synthetic lawn?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With California's drought and water shortages, water rationing may be coming soon. At the very least you might have to plan your lawn-watering to a mandatory schedule. At the worst ... who knows?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 19:37:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/12695/</link>
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     <title>Reserve funding for homeowner association important now</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Reserve studies are a very important part of a homeowner association's financial plan. Typically, the annual operating budget is the most visible - one line item in that budget is the reserve allocation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 19:32:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090502/LIFESTYLES11/905010341/1026/news12/Reserve+funding+for+homeowner+association+important+now</link>
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     <title>Roofing Business Alleged in State's Largest Worker's Comp Fraud Scam</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The District Attorney there says Petronella and his wife are guilty of the largest known worker's compensation insurance fraud scam in state history.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 19:43:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=10289573&nav=9qrx]]></link>
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     <title>Fresno Condo Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fresno firefighters rushed to a condo fire in Northeast Fresno.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 18:19:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=6790627&rss=rss-kfsn-article-6790627]]></link>
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     <title>Tougher mortgage rules often leave condo sellers in a bind</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lenders are forced to examine the makeup of entire complexes before extending loans to buyers or approving refinancings. The greater scrutiny is making it tougher to buy and sell condos.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-condos29-2009apr29,0,1238189.story</link>
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     <title>Members billed wrong for 3 years, homeowners association says</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Members of the city's largest homeowners association were billed incorrectly for three years, an audit has revealed, in a mistake that could mean that members must make up the difference, which could be hundreds of thousands of dollars.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:20:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/association-members-board-2379734-chun-merit#</link>
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     <title>Linda Vista condos tied to alleged scheme</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A wave of loan defaults that has swamped a 42-unit Linda Vista condo-conversion project makes it the fourth complex in the county linked to a Bay Area man to be overwhelmed by pending foreclosures]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:29:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/25/1n25condos00150-linda-vista-condos-tied-alleged-sc/</link>
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     <title>Trees will be replaced at Palm Springs HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Windstorms and improper maintenance caused dozens of trees to fall down, homeowner Lorraine Lawrence said]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:43:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090423/NEWS01/90423031</link>
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     <title>Judge stops board from replacing ‘argumentative’ director in Laguna Woods</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowners association board that unceremoniously dumped a director  - without cause - won’t be filling that seat for a while]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:54:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/04/22/judge-stops-board-from-replacing-argumentative-director-in-laguna-woods/17099/</link>
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     <title>Malibu West residents vote to file lawsuit against city</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Malibu West Homeowners Association Board of Directors held a last-minute vote Monday in an attempt to "negotiate with the city" over the Trancas Canyon Park project]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:49:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2009/04/22/news/news1.txt</link>
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     <title>Pelanconi homeowners hail new sound wall</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After years of battling against the effects of more than $50 million worth of public works projects in and around the San Fernando Road corridor near the Ventura (134) Freeway, the Pelanconi Estates Homeowners Assn. is hailing a recent decision to extend a long-sought-after sound wall along nearly the entire upcoming Fairmont Avenue "flyover" bridge.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:22:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.glendalenewspress.com/articles/2009/04/22/news/gnp-projects22.txt</link>
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     <title>Mission Viejo gives go-ahead to shoot rabbits in Casta del Sol</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The City Council unanimously approved Monday granting an exception to the Casta del Sol Homeowners Association that allows it to use firearms under controlled circumstances and conditions to shoot rabbits within the community's gated area.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:27:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/rabbits-mission-viejo-2370462-variance-area</link>
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     <title>Man burned in carport fire that collapsed roof</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The nearby St. Albans condominium building also caught on fire, with flames racing through the building's common attic. One condo suffered fire damage, and as many as six others suffered smoke and water damage.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:22:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fire-carport-caswell-2370396-roof-building</link>
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     <title>Private well owners may benefit from new water-saving program</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sonoma County Water Agency is seeking 25 homeowners, 10 homeowner’s associations or businesses with agricultural irrigation facilities]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:55:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://sonomasun.thmm.com/?p=7459</link>
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     <title>Jensen Drive becomes a public street</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bennett, however, predicted trouble down the road.  "I don’t like the precedent this sets," he said. "Get ready for other HOAs coming to us."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:54:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20090417/DVTONLINE01/90416023</link>
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     <title>Turf wars: Does grass always have to be greener?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[John Gioia's homeowner association warned him last fall - during the drought - to water his front lawn more to meet the community standards for lush and green.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:50:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/localnews/ci_12157982</link>
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     <title>Bill to outlaw homeowners' association bans on low-water-use plants</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two of California's biggest urban water districts agree, and have teamed up to sponsor state legislation that would bar local homeowner associations from requiring lush lawns in droughts and prohibiting homeowners from replacing lawns with less-thirsty plants.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:07:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/california-earthquakes/ci_12157982</link>
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     <title>Confusion Reigns at Condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The owner of a property management company that's been renting out dozens of condos in Escondido and San Marcos that are at the center of a real estate scam says he's ending his contract to manage the units, but won't say whether he plans to continue to collect rents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:47:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/04/16/this_just_in/627goliac041509.txt</link>
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     <title>Renters become unwitting victims in condominium mortgage scheme</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tammy and Sanford Goldberg have had their share of financial setbacks, what with Tammy out of work, Sanford injured on the job and a bankruptcy filing a few years ago. Yet they dutifully paid their monthly rent, unaware until two months ago that the Escondido condo where they live was headed for foreclosure]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:41:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/15/1n15renters003434-renters-become-unwitting-victims/</link>
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     <title>Appreciate the differences in neighborhoods</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighbors in a community need to appreciate those around them. We don't have to agree with one another, but we should appreciate the differences and love one another.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:26:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090411/LIFESTYLES11/904100346/1026/news12</link>
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     <title>Investors are duped in condo scheme</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Real estate experts say some of the investors, like Greenspan, were straw buyers recruited to purchase properties on behalf of another for a fee.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:23:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/11/1n11condos003950-investors-are-duped-condo-scheme/?zIndex=81007</link>
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     <title>Police Pilots Say They Got the Pointer (HOA embezzlement in story)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to court records, more than $548,000 went missing from association coffers under Kontos’ watch.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:09:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocweekly.com/2009-04-09/news/moxley-confidential/</link>
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     <title>Tidal wave of distressed units hit O.C. condo market</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The last 12 months have been a very tough ride for the Orange County condo market, especially higher-end condos like the new high-rise product. The theme is short sales and distressed sales are here to say for the near term -]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:24:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://topicInfoLink</link>
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     <title>Falling behind on HOA dues? Here’s what can happen</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It’s a rare sight in a sea of repo sale notices: a Huntington Beach home is heading to a foreclosure sale because the owner hasn’t paid $7,509.59 in homeowners association dues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:02:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://huntingtonhomes.freedomblogging.com/2009/04/04/what-can-happen-if-youre-late-on-your-hoa-dues/27625/</link>
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     <title>Violations can be solved internally</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When a board decides to impose discipline to bring a member into compliance with the association's CC&Rs and Rules and Regulations, it must follow certain procedures referred to as "due process"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:08:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090404/LIFESTYLES11/904030341</link>
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     <title>Water restored to residents affected by break</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Water was restored to residents at a large condominium complex in Mission Valley Friday afternoon a day after a concrete water main broke.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:45:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/03/bn03water171011/</link>
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     <title>CA: Amid Silicon Valley drought commercial pool owners fret about new safety law</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Even as Silicon Valley is poised to ration water for the first time in two decades, public pool owners are dumping millions of gallons of water into the sewers in order to comply with a new federal law designed to reduce drowning hazards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:52:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12058271?source=most_emailed</link>
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     <title>Palm Trees Coming Down at Marquesa at Monarch Beach</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The trees were the subject of a lawsuit filed in 2004 demanding that Marquesa force residents to trim trees that exceeded the height of their homes, a rule included in the HOA’s conditions]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:22:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.danapointtimes.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=760&cntnt01dateformat=%25B%20%25d%2C%20%25Y&cntnt01returnid=51]]></link>
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     <title>HOA nightmares: Has this happened to you?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With the economy in shambles, more homeowners are falling behind on their HOA dues and becoming delinquent. For those homeowners who don’t pay their dues, the whole community often suffers as the HOA is forced to put pressure on everyone else to cough up the cash to keep the neighborhood afloat.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:40:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://southcoasthomes.freedomblogging.com/2009/04/02/hoa-nightmares-has-this-happened-to-you/</link>
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     <title>Proposed water rate hike blocked</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Not only would this affect individual homeowners in a neighborhood hit hard by foreclosures, this would be adding an extra $200,000 to the homeowner association's budget," said Marnie Aislin-Kay, who heads the association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:39:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_swater01.46fa24a.html</link>
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     <title>Condo short sale - who pays HOA fees?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[I recently had a client interested in a condo listed as a short sale.  In addition to owing a first mortgage against the home, the owner had also failed to pay HOA fees for many months. I wondered if my clients would be responsible for the HOA fees after they took possession of the property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:36:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.examiner.com/x-6691-SF-Homes-Examiner~y2009m3d29-Condo-Short-Sale--Who-Pays-HOA-Fees</link>
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     <title>Stay safe; gates won't deter determined thief</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Community living is intended to be neighborly living. This means living in a way where we all take care of one another. This doesn't mean we lose our privacy, but it does mean we are aware of our neighbors]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:05:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090328/LIFESTYLES11/903280302</link>
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     <title>'Fess up with real estate disclosure--the truth and nothing but the truth</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Did you reveal every shred of history about your home or condo when you sold it?  Real estate disclosure laws have progressively become more far-reaching all over the U.S.  Last month, however, a California court made an important disclosure ruling.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:30:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.examiner.com/x-2027-Housing-Examiner~y2009m3d26-Real-estate-disclosure-the-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth</link>
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     <title>Condo debacle back on the table</title>
     <description><![CDATA[That pesky clerical error that gave a political supporter of Mayor Gavin Newsom a chance to build a taller Mission District condo than would otherwise be allowed just won't go away]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:19:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=37530</link>
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     <title>Solar fight hits home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After having three solar panel permits denied by the Palos Verdes Homes Association Art Jury, Bartz - who owns a solar system installation company in Rancho Palos Verdes - threatened the association with legal action. On Tuesday, the city of Palos Verdes Estates approved the projects, bypassing the association’s recommendation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:27:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pvnews.com/articles/2009/03/19/local_news/news2.txt</link>
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     <title>Amador community association fined for discharge</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Central Valley Water Board issued a $24,750 fine to the Oaks Community Association in Ione for violations of its waste discharge requirements.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:35:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/news/newsview.asp?c=255068</link>
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     <title>HOAs looking for members</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The United Homeowners Association represents all 25 neighborhood homeowners associations in the city and, in conjunction with the city, is making March HOA Awareness Month.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:26:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=107435</link>
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     <title>Dublin home will become small boarding house</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Dublin Ranch Homeowner's Association opposed the plan because it saw it as a business that would create repeat customers, which is against association rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:54:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11943046</link>
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     <title>Angry Buyers File Lawsuit Against Roosevelt Lofts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The practice of developers fudging their sales numbers may come back to haunt Milbank Real Estate, the local developer behind Roosevelt Lofts in downtown.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:35:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://la.curbed.com/archives/2009/03/angry_buyers_file_lawuit_against_roosevelt_lofts.php</link>
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     <title>Large runoff near condo complex in Mira Mesa needs plugging</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Friday afternoon, a steady flow headed west by the community park, senior center and teen center, past an office park (where it was joined by another stream that trickled from behind a pancake restaurant), disappearing only when it reached a storm drain east of Camino Ruiz - at least a third of a mile from the point of origin.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:01:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/18/lz1m18fixit01331-large-runoff-near-condo-complex-m/</link>
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     <title>Ladera delinquency rate on HOA payments at 5 percent</title>
     <description><![CDATA[About 5 percent of Ladera Ranch homeowners have defaulted on their homeowners' association fees, according to Andrew Schlegel, vice president of finance for Merit Property Management.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:33:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/schlegel-ladera-homeowner-2337968-board-association</link>
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     <title>Attorney General's Office in fight against the San Lorenzo Village Homes Associa</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When Mike Ratto's request to hold a special election to repeal the bylaws of the San Lorenzo Village Homes Association was dismissed by the association board last month, Ratto wrote to the state attorney general.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:25:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_11921151</link>
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     <title>Which party is responsible for fixing damage?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Many homeowner associations are professionally managed. Those that are recognize the value of having the assistance in managing the community. A question often comes up: Who gets the privilege of the management services?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:27:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090314/LIFESTYLES11/903130356</link>
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     <title>Sand Canyon HOA honors SCV firefighters</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Sand Canyon Homeowners Association recently paid tribute to members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department during the association's annual meeting held at the Robinson Ranch Clubhouse in Sand Canyon]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:12:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/10592/</link>
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     <title>Bill would let agencies trump homeowners association rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two of California's most powerful forces ---- water agencies and the property rights of homeowners' associations ---- may be on a collision course.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:53:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/03/10/news/sandiego/z49c4485bcb5277ed882575740056faf1.txt</link>
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     <title>Families Evacuate as Flames Burn Condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A condo fire in North Salinas has displaced three families.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:36:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ksbw.com/news/18871535/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Arson suspect arrested in Palm Springs condo fire Sunday</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police arrested the resident of a Canyon Country Club Estados condominium that caught fire Sunday on suspicion of arson.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:09:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090302/NEWS0801/90302034</link>
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     <title>No one hurt, but man held after blast in Palm Springs condominium</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A condominium was damaged and a man was detained Sunday following an explosion that rattled a normally quiet South Palm Canyon Drive complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:24:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090302/NEWS0803/903020308/1006/news01</link>
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     <title>Action Line: Condo owners and satellite dishes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q I've been looking online for the answer to my question, and can't find it. I live in a condo, and one of the rules is that you can't mount a satellite dish to any part of the structure. However, they have to be mounted to something, whether it's to a wall or a tripod mounted to a deck.They allow the dishes, but basically don't allow the installation]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:59:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/actionline/ci_11783019?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>Maintenance logs can help in future</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a homeowner association, the responsibility for the common area maintenance is with the board of directors. Management helps by facilitating the board's requests and directives]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:47:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090228/LIFESTYLES12/902270344/1026/news12</link>
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     <title>Council leaves final decision on Bridle Path bovines in hands of HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[lA family's quest to keep its cows has pitted neighbor against neighbor for the last three months in the Bridle Path community of Simi Valley. And residents there will have to agree to disagree for a while longer, since Monday night's three-hour public hearing failed to deliver a final resolution]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:29:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.simivalleyacorn.com/news/2009/0227/front_page/002.html</link>
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     <title>San Diego: End Is Nearing for Downtown’s High-Rise Condo Boom</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than a hundred new condo and apartment projects consisting of 11,300 units have been completed since 2001 in downtown San Diego]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:09:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.sdbj.com/industry_article.asp?aID=71535041.362955.1750567.1332229.8140574.234&aID2=134650]]></link>
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     <title>Homeowner's association annual meeting covers cost-cutting methods, neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city's largest homeowner's association unveiled cost cutting measures and plans for a neighborhood monument program at the group's annual meeting Wednesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:49:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/annual-community-neighborhood-2319137-meeting</link>
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     <title>Menifee homebuilder John Laing padlocks Holiday clubhouse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of a Menifee retirement community are locked out of the clubhouse and swimming pool that lie inside their gates.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:39:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/business/realestate/stories/PE_Biz_S_laing26.384e38b.html</link>
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     <title>Seniors hope their free food won't stop</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners plan to fight for their food at their upcoming HOA meeting in early March, said Jean Seyford,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:38:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/food-park-program-2316611-residents-mccullough</link>
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     <title>Mike Ratto's crusade against the San Lorenzo Village Homes Association continues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mike Ratto's fight to repeal the bylaws of the San Lorenzo Village Homes Association continued during the recent board of director's meeting.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:12:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_11762557</link>
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     <title>Emergency panel to change tactics</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Members of the Rancho Mirage Emergency Preparedness Commission say they need to change how they reach out to residents to prepare for a disaster.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:33:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090222/NEWS01/902220368</link>
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     <title>Circle of friends saves San Jose woman from foreclosure</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Donna Wigness has cried plenty of tears during the months she's battled depression and the bank that foreclosed on her West San Jose condo]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:58:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_11751504</link>
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     <title>Mayor Lauds Water-Saving Condo Community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mayor Jerry Sanders is encouraging San Diegans to follow the lead of a condominium community when it comes to conserving water.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:28:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9878269</link>
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     <title>Segway Not Welcome at Eco-Development- Even if You Have a Disability</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A resident of eco-community and tourist destination the Sea Ranch in Northern California, de Losada certainly thought his Segway was the perfect choice for the green lifestyle promoted by the community]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:07:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://sustainablog.org/2009/02/18/segway-not-welcome-at-eco-development-even-if-you-have-a-disability/</link>
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     <title>Alternative energy bill advances</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Senate panel voted Tuesday for an alternative energy bill that would ensure a homeowner association can't restrict a homeowner's right to install and use solar energy systems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:50:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/348/story/624494.html</link>
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     <title>Boring in on a woodpecker controversy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[To the woodpeckers, the ridge-top homes in Rossmoor are the perfect place to stash their food. For years, the energetic birds have bored holes in more than a dozen town houses and hidden acorns in the walls. The homes look as if they have been raked by machine-gun fire.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:10:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-woodpeckers16-2009feb16,0,2231757.story</link>
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     <title>Neighbors locked in dispute over noise</title>
     <description><![CDATA[What is music to Martin Gutierrez is something else to Richard Alvarez - it's a crime.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:19:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/15/1m15noise224854-neighbors-locked-dispute-over-nois/</link>
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     <title>HOA boards must keep finances stable at any cost</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowner groups are going through some unusually tough times. This is partly because of the economic times and partly because of rumors and misinformation that association leaders are choosing to buy into.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:55:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090214/LIFESTYLES11/902130349/1067</link>
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     <title>Bankrupt Gearhart files for Chapter 7</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Once a prolific builder known for his civic involvement in the North County, Kelly Gearhart has filed for bankruptcy protection in his new home state of Ohio.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:49:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/620439.html</link>
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