Coto de Caza's Governance, Ignorant, Psychotic or ...?

 Posted By CotoBlogzz

Coto de Caza, CA - Since the Coto de Caza (CZ Master) board of directors continue to make boneheaded decisions, such as focusing on teenage vandalism, as opposed to grown-up crimes which have a direct impact on public safety, such as theft, fraud and or moving citations, or the more recent decision to propose extending the district delegate terms from one year to two, thereby consolidating its power base, instead of pursuing the more democratic, direct elections, we are wondering if the board ever got the memo – that is, is the board ignorant or psychotic?

Take for instance a piece published in the CotoBuzz Journal October 30, 2005

CID Legislation – the next step – Reprinted from the CotoBuzz Journal, October 30, 2005

So far, all the CID legislation we have supported such as board of director qualifications, background checks and election reform, has been vehemently opposed by those who by definition, make Home Owners Association non-profit corporations:  Incompetent board of directors, CAI attorneys, property managers and so on.

Evidence A is the CZ Master Association Letter where a Keystone Pacific employees labels a certain type of legislation unreasonable and an effort by the legislature to micro-manage and attributes the passage of this legislation to “..poor practices of a few associations, but more often it is from negative sensationalism by the media or a few disgruntled residents”. 

Grandiose statement from a person who is not supposed to use the forum to make political points, the one who has been identified as one of the most ineffective property managers in the history of Coto.  The same type of behavior that has generated more legislation to make sure HOAs and Property managers do not use association funds to make political points – legislation we also support.  And the same HOA and property manager who blocked a less expensive election reform that we have proposed.  If other associations such as the CZ Master had adopted such proposals much sooner, the Legislature would not need to micro-manage.  So do not blame it on  “..poor practices of a few associations, but more often it is from negative sensationalism by the media or a few disgruntled residents", but on poor management such as the current CZ BOD and poor property managers, such as Keystone.

The next step is to introduce additional legislation to bring in a Chairman/President, on salary, that will make sure property managers, legal counsel and other blood sucking special interest groups and service providers perform, rather than dictate how residents should behave.

Comments

The California State Legislature continues to pass laws aimed at protecting the rights of HOA Members because many HOA Boards and Associations including CZ have abused those rights and failed to manage Associations in keeping with existing laws and Association governing documents.  Laws governing HOA's don't get passed because of the complaints of a few disgruntled homeowners and/or because of the abhorrent actions of a few HOA's.  These laws are being passed because there is wide spread abuse and CZ is no exception to the rule.  These laws are generally opposed by the HOA industry because any law that requires more accountability to Members is a threat to their income streams.    The current CZ Board has squandered our dues money subsidizing outside groups, exposed us to unnecessary danger and liability on our streets, ignored legal agreements, manipulated the last Board election using dirty trick tactics and generally mismanaged the CZ Master Association.  CZ Board Members, please look in the mirror.  These new laws are aimed at all of YOU.   Joe Morabito 


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