Easements are the right to enter and use land owned by someone else. Public entities frequently acquire utility easements, but public roads are typical of established communities. Residents in rural areas, and some residents in newer planned developments, are more likely to be familiar with...Read More
The California Department of Real Estate reports that between 1993 and 2012 the number of applications for common interest communities, which includes condominiums and planned developments, was almost ten times the number of standard subdivisions. The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act requires developers to form...Read More
After health orders issued to slow the spread of COVID-19 and corresponding high unemployment made it increasingly difficult for tenants to make rent, California took action to put on hold evictions for nonpayment of rent due to COVID-19.Read More