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Information about California Senate Judiciary Committee California Senate Judiciary Committee State Capitol - Room 2187 Sacramento, California 0000 Phone: (916)651-4113     Fax: (916)445-8390 http://www.sen.ca.gov/ftp/sen/COMMITTEE/STANDING/JUDICIARY/_home1/profile.htm Rank: No ranking. Summary: JURISDICTION: Bills amending the following: a. Civil Code, except measures related to retail credit interest rates. b. Code of Civil Procedure. c. Evidence Code, except matters relating to criminal procedure. d. Family Code. e. Probate Code. Other Information: Judiciary meets every Tuesday at 1:30 pm in Room 4203. Members: Senator Joseph Dunn (Chair) Senator Bill Morrow (Vice-Chair) - Amanda Morgan Senator Dick Ackerman - Paul Dress Senator Gilbert Cedillo - Cori Ayala Senator Sheila Kuehl - Cyrus Devers Senator Martha Escutia - :Kara Hatfield Staff: Chief Counsel: Gene Wong Deputy chief Counsel: Gloria Megino Ochoa Counsels: Alexandria Montgomery, Amanda Taylor, Melinda Myers Assistant: Carol Thomas and Emily Crossland Homeowner housing bill analysis for SB 137 was done by Amanda Taylor

8. California Senate Judiciary Committee - Archive for 2005     Judiciary meets every Tuesday at 1:30 pm in Room 4203. Members: Senator Joseph Dunn (Chair) Senator Bill Morrow (Vice-Chair) - Amanda Morgan Senator Dick Ackerman - Paul Dress Senator Gilbert Cedillo - Cori Ayala Senator Sheila Kuehl - Cyrus Devers Senator Martha Escutia - :Kara Hatfield Staff: Chief Counsel: Gene Wong Deputy chief Counsel: Gloria Megino Ochoa Counsels: Alexandria Montgomery, Amanda Taylor, Melinda Myers Assistant: Carol Thomas and Emily Crossland Homeowner housing bill analysis for SB 137 was done by Amanda Taylor Posted Jun 23 2006 10:26PM CEST     AHRC Staff (View Profile) , California   7. Request to Analyst Amanda Taylor to include letter of support on SCA 15 bill analysis.     Called to check that Committe had received emailed letter of support for SCA 15. Assistant Carol Taylor siad Gene Wong was not in yet and she'll check with him when he comes in to see if he had received it. Faxed letter to Carol. She has received it at and will give it to Analyst Amanda Taylor to include on the bill analysis. (Bill hearing is at 1.30pm) Amanda Taylor is in and will call back. Posted Aug 30 2005 7:12PM CEST     AHRC Staff (View Profile) , California   6. California Senate Judiciary Committee     Archived - California Senate Judiciary Committee members - 2004 Judiciary meets every Tuesday at 1:30 pm in Room 4203. Members: Senator Martha Escutia (Chair) - :Kara Hatfield Senator Bill Morrow (Vice-Chair) - Amanda Morgan Senator Dick Ackerman - Paul Dress Senator Gilbert Cedillo - Cori Ayala Senator Denise Ducheny - Michelle Rubalcava Senator Sheila Kuehl - Cyrus Devers Senator Byron Sher - Jami Janowiak Staff: Chief Counsel: Gene Wong Counsels: Kara Hatfield, Gloria Megino Ochoa, Michael Yang Assistant: Carol Thomas and Roseanne Moreno Posted Mar 30 2005 6:54AM CEST     AHRC Staff (View Profile) , California   5. Bills should include all HOAs     Re::3. Associations with fewer than 25 units would not be afforded the protections offered by SB1682. Gary Davis , the legislative director for Assemblyman Darrell Steinberg says that AB 2598 (Steinberg) did cover all homeowner associations. According to Gary Davis both AB 2598 (Steinberg ) and SB 1682 (Ducheny) were modified to cover all homeowners associations. if you find otherwise, you should contact Gary Davis at once. AB 2598 will be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday June 29, 2004 at 1:30pm. Posted Jun 29 2004 9:03AM CEST     AHRC Staff (View Profile) , California   4. Write and call you lawmakers and the author Senator Ducheny     Suggestion to:3. Associations with fewer than 25 units would not be afforded the protections offered by SB1682. You pay taxes. You have rights. Write and call your representatives and the author of this bill and ask them to include you as well. If you publish your letters, it will warn many others and form a group that will help your cause. Click her to write to the author Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny (D) - 40th District - Posted May 10 2004 4:01PM CEST     Username withheld San Juan Capistrano, California   3. Associations with fewer than 25 units would not be afforded the protections offered by SB1682.     So, it is true. Associations with fewer than 25 units would not be afforded the protections offered by SB1682. The obvious question is, "Why not"?? We have a board of Directors in our 22 unit condo who apparently have been made abundantely aware of nonjudicial foreclosure. They have levied a special assessment excess of 25% of our annual operating costs without asking us. This was added to an increase in dues of 20% effective the first of the year. But at least the increase in dues was legal. The board never gave the owners an opportunity to vote on the assessment. They simply levied it in violation of California Code 1366. Despite the fact the violation has been brought to their attention, nothing has been done to right the situation. I'm afraid if I refuse to pay the illegal assessment, my property will be foreclosed upon. Is this a reasonable fear? In light of all I've read to date I'd say it was a real possibility. One that I should take seriously. At this time the only way I see to proceed is to pay the illegal assessment and then sue in small claims court to recover it. But I and others should not have to go through the headache of undertaking such action ourselves. Now, should SB1682 include associations of less than 25 units? The answer is right in front of your eyes. How anyone can imagine that small associations have no need for protections afforded by SB1682 is a mystery to me. How difficult would it be simply to make first class condo owners of all of us? Posted May 10 2004 9:49AM CEST     Username withheld San Pedro, California   2. SB1682 would not apply to associations of fewer than 25 units.     My local newspaper, the Daily Breeze, reported a few days ago that SB1682 would not apply to associations of fewer than 25 units. If true, this would exclude us, a 22 unit association, from needed protections offered by SB1682. Posted May 8 2004 8:33PM CEST     Username withheld San Pedro, California   1. Gene Wong - Chief Counsel was analyst for AB 1545 - Julie Bornstein     Gene Wong - Chief Counsel for the California Senate Judiciary Committee was involved in the analysis AB 1545. (Julie Bornstein (D) 1992 -1994 to put assessment liens before the first trust deed.. He faxed AHRC this pending bill. Homeowners and bankers then fought CAI lawyers - Beth Grimm, James Lingl and Julie Bornstein et al two years to defeat this bill. Posted Apr 30 2004 12:00AM CEST     Username withheld San Juan Capistrano, California

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