To call your Assembly Member, follow these steps:
- Click here to find your elected officials, then input your address. Click “Continue.”
- On the Directory page, click the State button.
- Click on your Representative where you’ll find contact information, including the phone number. Click on the Committees tab to see if your Assembly member is on the Housing & Community Development Committee. If so, please call and follow the steps below.
- The staff who answer the phone may ask your name, if you are a constituent, and the bill number you are calling about (SB 1007).
- State CAI-CLAC’s position is that we oppose SB 1007.
- The office will log the call, and the legislator will have the information as to where constituents stand and how many have weighed in when they take action on the bill.
- If you are provided with an opportunity to discuss reasons for your opposition, use the talking points below.
When calling, use these talking points:
- I am calling today as a constituent to ask you to oppose Senate Bill 1007.
- SB 1007 caps common interest community annual assessment increases at 8%, unless authorized by a member vote.
- Assessment caps ignore real costs like insurance, utilities, and repairs that must be paid regardless of how fast these costs increase. Associations cannot just ignore these real costs.
- Community associations are mandated by state law to address these issues. Under California statute, associations are only allowed to budget for actual operating costs.
- SB 1007 will force deferred maintenance that will lead to large unpredictable special assessments as well as further declining infrastructure if associations cannot obtain financial support to meet maintenance and repair obligations
- Mandating a membership vote to increase assessments is ineffective. Elections are costly and votes involving finances are hard to pass because homeowners often reject necessary budget increases, creating safety risks.
- Existing law prohibits an association from increasing regular assessments by more than twenty percent, without the approval of a majority of a quorum of members.
- Please vote to oppose SB 1007 to avoid financial harm to California’s community associations.
More About SB 1007 and Why CAI Opposes the Bill
SB 1007 caps assessment increases at 8%. Assessment caps ignore real costs like insurance, utilities, and repairs that rise faster than inflation. Community associations are mandated by state law to address these issues. Under California statute, associations are only allowed to budget for actual operating costs. There is no profit or fluff built into the budget.
SB 1007 will force deferred maintenance that will lead to large unpredictable special assessments as well as further declining infrastructure if associations cannot obtain financial support to meet maintenance and repair obligations.
Mandating a membership vote to increase assessments is ineffective. Elections are costly and votes involving finances are hard to pass because homeowners often reject necessary budget increases, creating safety risks.
Existing law prohibits an association from increasing regular assessments by more than twenty percent, without the approval of a majority of a quorum of members. SB 1007 disrupts this proven framework, which has worked through multiple economic cycles without driving unaffordability.
SB 1007 passed the Senate is now moving through the Assembly. Act now and tell your legislators to oppose this bill.
Thank you for your commitment to advocate on behalf of the approximately 14.5 million Californians living in 5,056,000 homes in more than 51,250 community associations across the state. We couldn’t do this work without you.
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