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Do You Smell That? It Smells Like Smoke..

We’ve heard over and over about the California drought and the need to cut our water use. The lack of rainfall in California over not only the past year, but over the past few years has made for a very high wildfire risk. Yet how often have we been reminded of the ways to […]

By Compass Management Group, Inc.|July 2nd, 2014|Categories: Safety Tips, Uncategorized|Tags: Backyard Use, barbecue safety, brush fire, CA drought, Common Area, fire, fire pit safety, fire safety, HOA, HOA Management, safety, safety tips, spare the air, wild fire|

How Does Your Garden Grow? – Legislative Update

Some Planned Unit Developments (PUD’s), where owners have a fenced or enclosed back yard, prohibit the owner from using the land for agricultural purposes. Why? Some of the issues associated with growing your own food within an HOA include: If the owners are on shared community water meters, more water may be used by […]

By Compass Management Group, Inc.|July 1st, 2014|Categories: Legislative Updates, Uncategorized|Tags: Assembly Bill, Backyard, Backyard Use, Common Area, Condo, Gardening, HOA, HOA Management|

California’s Drought and the Impact on HOA’s – Legislative Update

On January 21, 2014 California Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency. Climatologists report that the 2013-2014 rainfall season is well on its way to becoming California’s driest period in more than 400 years. 2014 is shaping up to be the third consecutive year of record low rainfall. In 2013, California received a statewide […]