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July/August 2012 FocusL.A.’s Premier Source of Information for Community Associations Electric Vehicles 103 Trends & Benefits of Mediation Updates Get Off My Lawn! SAE V THE DATE: Casino Night November 3 ATTENTION! Community Association Boards & Managers!! For Community Association Board Members, HOA Managers and Homeowners living in Association-governed Register Communities. ($40 admission per person for General Public; no soliciting Online Now! Co e mmu SN PO SORED BY titut permitted; must be over 18 nity Associations Ins to attend due to alcoholic www.cai-glac.org beverage service.) October 3 Registration required. CAI Exhibition & Education Skirball Cultural Center • 2701 N. 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Beaumont, Esq., President Beaumont Gitlin Tashjian, 818-884-9998 NEWSWortHY Catherine Gemind, CMCA®, AMS®, PCAM®, President Elect 4 Electric Vehicles 103 Valencia Management Group, 661-295-9474 Matt D. Ober, Esq., Vice President 6 Benefits of Mediation Richardson Harman Ober, PC, 626-449-5577 Joanne Pena, CCAM®, CMCA®, AMS®, PCAM®, Secretary 8 “ Smart” Irrigation Controllers Horizon Management Company, 310-543-1995 Katy Krupp, Treasurer 10 Get Off My Lawn! Fenton, Grant, Mayfield, Kaneda & Litt, LLP, 949-435-3800 DIRECTORS 12 NEWS from SACRAMENTO: Delegate/Liaison Selection Processes Tina Chu, Esq. Adams Kessler, PLC, 310-945-0280 20 How to Get the Most Out of Your Association’s Service Providers Matt Davidson, CCAM® Action Property Management, 800-400-2284 22 Swimming Pool Safety Update Pamella De Armas SAX Insurance Agency, 310-740-4274 24 When to File a Directors and Officers Claim Michael Lewis, CCAM®, CMCA®, AMS®, PCAM® Concept Seven, LLC, 310-622-7012 Gregg Lotane, CCAM®, PCAM® CHApter updATE The Wilshire Condominiums, 310-446-5333 Robert Ridley, Esq. 2 Note From the Editor’s Desk Castlegate HOA, 213-626-0291 David C. Swedelson, Esq. 3 President’s Message Swedelson & Gottlieb, 310-207-2207 C HAPTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NOTEWORTHY Joan Urbaniak, MBA, CMCA® 2012 COMMITTEE CHAIRS 16 Golf Tournament Highlights COMMUNITY OUTREACH 26 Game Night Highlights Meigan Everett, CMCA®, Power Property Management EDUCATION Gregg Lotane, CCAM®, PCAM®, The Wilshire Condominiums FYI FINANCE Jolen Zeroski, CMCA®, Union Bank 3 Essentials of Community Leadership GOLF TOURNAMENT Teresa Agnew, Gifted... creative marketing solutions 30 CAI-GLAC Membership News Daisy Vasquez, Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. LEGISLATIVE ACTION 32 2012 Upcoming Events Lisa Tashjian, Esq., Beaumont Gitlin Tashjian MARKETPLACE 32 Advertisers Index Catherine Gemind, CMCA®, AMS®, PCAM® Valencia Management Group 32 Advertising Information April Tronson Servpro of Burbank, Chatsworth, Van Nuys & Crescenta Valley MEMBERSHIP Vanessa Acosta, Mission Valley Bank Carol Brockhouse, AMS®, Rockpointe HOA MEDIATION SERVICES Save the Date: C asino Night On the Cover Matthew Grode, Esq., Gibbs, Giden, Locher, Turner & Senet, LLP November 3 The Brentwood at Kiowa PROGRAMS/LUNCHEONS Homeowners Association, Linda Healey, PCAM®, The Californian on Willshire see page 5 Los Angeles PUBLIC RELATIONS Photo Courtesy of Stanley Lifton Robert Gavela, Park West Landscape Maintenance PUBLICATIONS Matthew Gardner, Esq., Richardson Harman Ober PC FOCUS Magazine This publication seeks to provide CAI-GLAC’s membership with Sherry Branson, Kevin Davis Insurance Services information on community association issues. Authors are Matthew Gardner, Esq., Richardson Harman Ober PC responsible for developing the logic of their expressed opinions Membership Directory and for the authenticity of all facts presented in articles. CAI-GLAC ST AY CONNECTED: Stephen S. Grane, Alante/MCS Insurance Services does not necessarily endorse or approve statements of fact or Web Site opinion made in these pages and assumes no responsibility for Lynne Collmann, CMCA®, AMS®, Savoy Community Association those statements. By submission of editorial content to CAI-GLAC, SATELLITE PROGRAMS the author acknowledges and agrees to abide by the editorial and Gail Jones, CCAM®, CMCA®, AMS®, PCAM®, policy guidelines. Copyright © 2012. Valencia Management Group All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written Craig Phillips, CCAM®, CMCA®, AMS®, PCAM®, permission is prohibited. CAI is a national, not-for-profit association International Tower Owners Assn. created in 1973 to educate and represent America’s residential SOCIAL community association industry. 130 N. Brand Blvd., Ste. 305 Pamella De Armas, SAX Insurance Agency, Inc. Glendale, CA 91203 Alba Monroy, ABM Property Management National Office Address: Office: 818-500-8636 WINE NIGHT 6402 Arlington Blvd. #500, Falls Church, VA 22042 Fax: 818-500-8638 Joanne Pena, CCAM, CMCA, AMS, PCAM, Horizon Management Co. Tel: 888/224-4321 • Web Site: http://www.caionline.org Jolen Zeroski, CMCA®, Union Bank CAI-Greater Los Angeles Chapter July/August 2012 | www.cai-glac.org 1 2012 CAI-GLAC Super Sponsors PLATINUM Anderson Group Int’l Restoration & about “Smart” controllers and how they Remediation Contractor Animal & Insect Pest Management, Inc. can save associations money. Duramax Building Products When someone builds something on Pacific Western Bank someone else’s property, it is called Payne Pest Management Looking at Trends encroachment. Brian Moreno, Esq. Preferred Commercial Painting, Inc. discusses several alternative approaches R.W. Stein Painting, Inc. & Updates Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP to resolving encroachment issues in E are now officially more common interest developments that GOLD than halfway through the Beaumont Gitlin Tashjian may result in significant savings to the year and enjoying a beautiful Behr Paint Corp./THE HOME DEPOT USA W association and avoid litigation. summer so far. A presidential election CertaPro Painters Ltd. Every day community managers are Del Mar Pacific General Contractors is right around the corner, and Farmers Insurance Group— many issues are on people’s minds: working with an endless number of Steven G. Segal Insurance Agency, Inc. the economy, gun control and the service providers — landscapers, Fenceworks, Inc. environment. electricians, attorneys, insurance Fenton, Grant, Mayfield, Kaneda & Litt, LLP brokers, etc. — the list goes Ferris Painting, Inc. on and on. Roman Esparza, First Bank Association Services Hi Tech Painting & Decorating, Inc. CCAM, suggests ways to Mutual of Omaha Bank/CondoCerts form a lasting, positive PCW Contracting Services, Inc. NotE relationship with your Popular Association Banking from the Editor’S DESK service providers. Rodent Pest Technologies, Inc. Ross Morgan & Company, Inc. Richard Dietz gives us an Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. The first article in this issue gives an update on pool safety and the Virginia Select Painting update on electric vehicles and the Graeme Baker Act. He provides Sky Security Services, Inc. charging stations each vehicle owner valuable information on spa and pool SILVER Accurate Termite & Pest Control needs to have. Many car manufacturers safety requirements and discusses Association Reserves, Inc. are introducing new EV models, so it’s device choices that meet compliance Collins Builders, Inc. just a matter of time before more and standards. Marina Landscape more condo owners will be adding their Painting Unlimited, Inc. Directors and Officers Liability Reconstruction Experts, Inc. charging station to the association’s Reserve Studies Incorporated Insurance is a must for all community garage. Todd Ritter writes about the S.B.S. Lien Services association board of directors. Patrick issues surrounding this trend and what SAX Insurance Agency Prendiville gives excellent advice on Stay Green Inc. you need to know to handle it. when it may be appropriate to file a Swedelson & Gottlieb Three Phase Electric Mediation is a benefit to everyone. D & O claim with your insurance broker. Timothy Cline Insurance Agency, Inc. Property owners and associations alike Union Bank Enjoy the rest of the summer and win in the end when mediation is used BRZEON happy reading! as opposed to a lawsuit. Laura Snoke, Action Duct Cleaning Company Advanced Painting, Wood Repair & Wrought Iron Esq. describes how mediation works — Sherry Branson