Guaranteed Transparency Coming Soon...
This new law is currently being worked thru the California Government.
Hopefully it will be implemented soon. It will allow for public release of recordings of HOA meetings if they are recorded. With this being a public release, this will then allow the public to release it on their own platforms.
Also, it will be prohibited (email/text/phone, etc) communication between Board Members, Management Companies or anyone else between sessions for HOA business! Which I validate is happening.
AB 1184. Homeowner Association Accountability and Transparency Act of 2026. This bill proposes amendments to several sections of the Davis-Stirling Act, covering a variety of topics. The bill proposes requiring general notices of emergency rule changes to include the text of the proposed change, the purpose and effect, and the date the rule change will expire. The bill proposes to prohibit a majority of the directors of the board, outside an authorized meeting, from using a series of communications of any kind, directly or through intermediaries, to discuss, deliberate, or take action on any item of business within the board’s subject matter jurisdiction, except in an emergency. The bill would also exempt from this prohibition certain informational and ministerial communications. The bill further proposes that if the association becomes involved in litigation, it must provide notice of the litigation in its annual budget report. The bill further proposes that if open session board meetings are recorded, the recordings must be considered a record of the association and made available to members on the same basis as written meeting minutes.The bill further proposes to require that board meeting minutes include certain information regarding the date, time and location of the meeting, information about the notice and an agenda provided to the membership, the names of directors present and absent, and whether members and/or guest speakers were present. The bill also clarifies that amending the operating rules is not subject to the election procedures in Civil Code § 5100. The bill will also require that the results of director elections provided to the members include the term for each elected director.
