Posted By CotoBlogzz
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - While most of the readers in this forum are conversant with the smoke-filled backroom deals concocted to enact National Health Care Reform, such as Supack’s Soul Sale, Unions’ Bribe, The Louisiana Purchase, the Cornhusker’s Kickback fand most recently the $26 Billion Teacher’s Job bill the President characterized as “as special interest, only if you think it is”, I dare say not to many know that something similar has been going on here in California for at least the last decade so, embodied in in what I call California’s Triple Threat: 1) Unions, 2) Lobbyists and 3) Parasitic Bureaucracies.
A perfect illustration of the latter is the Lawyers Job’s Bill the California Law Revision Commission (CLRC) has been working on. Donie Vanitzian’s highlights the problems with the legislation in a detailed critique addressed to Mr. Hebert and the CLRC titled The Temple of Blame & the HOA Attorneys Full Employment Act dated August 12, 2010
The letter not only raises some very serious issues which deserve a clear and concise response from the CLRC, but it is also timely, illustrating major issues the state and the country now face as we head to mid-term elections.
1. Ms. Vanitizian letter supports the argument that the CLRC is simply another parasitic bureaucracy promoting special interests and doing the job the legislature should be doing, instead of displaying a pathological desire to tax-and-spend, driving California into an economic abyss.
2. Ms. Vanitzian’s characterization of “this blatantly obvious push for pork-barrel legislation is scandalous,” reminds us of Rahm Emanuel Manifesto: “Don’t let a crisis got to waste”
3. Ms. Vanitzian’s opinion that “ … this make-work project of yours is nothing less than a calculated fraud perpetrated on the public for no other reason than to rewrite a law that has existed for two decades, that people have come to know, and that the Legislature refuses to amend properly prior to its and the many other Chartered amendments,” should remind our readers of the recently enacted $26 billion teacher’s bailout which the President characterized as “only a special interest bill, if you think (the teachers’ union) is a special interest group.”
4. Ms. Vanitzian’s opinion that “…. the California Law Revision Commission, whether artful or not, IS circumventing the real issues surrounding public complaints of abuse by boards and management companies and said laws pertaining to common interest developments,” reminds us of the recently enacted Financial Reform Bill in which the two parasitic bureaucracies mot likely to be dismantled: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, were left intact,
Re-electing Barbara Boxer will be simply aiding an abetting the CLRC – a special interest group, but only if you think it is.
Comments
CLRC
Submitted by Therese Daniels on Sat, 2010-08-14 16:02.
Cotobuzz has presented an article close to my heart because I've been in conflict with the over bearing boards of two HOA boards for the past 12 years. Ms. Vanetzian's profund and insightful letter "Temple of Blame & the HOA Attorneys Full Employment Act" to CLRC is an eloquent description of what title holders have been suffering for the past several years. This article clearly demonstrates the malevolence of purpose by these unethical attornies to force stupid, petty laws against title holders in favor of vindictive HOA boards and their property management companies. I know only too well how corrupt and manipulative HOA boards. their property management companies and their attornies' who rule against the title holder.
There is nothing more confusing than the CLRC's attempt to SIMPLIFY the current laws. Though the existing laws were not the best SIMPLIFIYNG them according the greedy CLRC's idea is even worse. The the road to hell is paved with alleged good intentions. Surely they (CLRC) have better things to do then make more hell for the already worn down title holder who is simply trying to keep what he has and take care of his family.
I've been fighting HOA Boards for the past 12 years. To my dismay I discovered those who serve on those boards are not qualified. They look to the property management companies whose only purpose is to make the boards think they can't manage with out them. The management companies pay the lawyers to justify why HOA can't manage with out them. The lawyers main goal is to convince the property management companies they can't manage with out their lawyers who support CLRC to create more legal confusion so that the poor titleholder is helpless. The judges consistently support the HOA boards above the title holders! It is hopeless for the title holder!
What a pitiful night mare this corrupt group has caused. Thank you Cotobuzz and Ms. Vanetzian for your courage to clearly expose CLRC for what it is--a corrupt and useless organization that exists only for its own self perpetuation.
Problems at CLRC
Submitted by Donie Vanitzian, JD on Tue, 2010-08-17 16:32.
The California Law Revision Commission (CLRC) has a lot to answer for, including issues that the public may never learn about even under the Freedom of Information Act or the California Public Records Act. I have made demands under both Acts and firmly believe that the CLRC should be audited by an outside entity with no ties to government and no ties to special interests. Presently, I have reason to believe, as other individuals do, that the CLRC's excessive entanglement and heavy influence of/with special interests corrupts their so-called "work."
This so-called "work" (ie, "make-work" is a more appropriate term) that the CLRC manages to produce is top loaded on special interests demands, and arguably in many instances beyond the scope of the CLRC's mandate. The errors in laws that they have caused to happen throughout the years have had wide reaching ramifications for all Californians who are forced to abide by them no matter how bad they are. Those so-called CLRC "Recommendations" are often characteristic of sloppy work, untested laws and theories, and laden with inherent ill-thought out crossovers in laws, all of which leaves Californians caught in the crosshairs paying a steep price.
I am not the only one complaining, there are attorneys and judges whether publicly or privately with more stringent statements and thoughts on the CLRC than me.
While the public wonders "what the hell's going on" and how did these laws come to be, the CLRC is busy masterminding trap after trap, penalty after penalty, fine after fine, all waiting for the unsuspecting public to run afoul of laws they need a Masters Degree to decode -- let alone needing an impressive salary to hire lawyers to defend them once they violate those stupid laws.
The CLRC (and I will omit the otherwise more descriptive expletive that would better describe what the CLRC actually does and settle for this benign term instead =>) "messes" with the public AND arguably -- for lack of a better analogy manipulates its books and its own records to present a view that in my opinion appears "doctored" and not at all representative of what really goes on in that agency/commission/department or whatever fancy name they want to call themselves.
Anyone on the wrong end of the present director or its past directors or the CLRC in general, suffers their wrath be it abuse of position, overreaching into the private sector and/or businesses of others to make sure their (the CLRC's) image is not "sullied" and their promises to the legislature are fulfilled, at any cost? If you want to say that the present CLRC directors and/or past CLRC directors or others affiliated therewith, that were or are part of the CLRC would use his/her/their position(s) in the CLRC "inappropriately" (in quotes) for certain reasons--even protecting the CLRC, I can't stop anyone from wondering or from thinking about that.
I wouldn't trust **anything** that comes out of that "Commission" - not their word, not their writings, not their proposals, not their recommendations. Nothing! Nada! Nothing!
In my opinion most all that goes into the CLRC comes out a "sausage" of sorts. The CLRC should be scrutinized by another governmental department that is impartial and unbiased on a regular basis. When that time comes, I may speak up further.
Until then, its: Caveat Emptor to every California citizen with regard to dealings with the CLRC and the CLRC's connection to California legislators.
Fantastic Article!!!