Last night at the DNC Kamela Harris warned Americans that their “fundamental freedoms were at stake.” At she will be president for all of us. However, there was no mention that our fundamental freedoms were already lost to some 30% of the people living in authoritarian homeowners associations known as HOAs.
“The truth is out there!” See “The HOA-Land Nation Within America.”
Continuity of government (COG) is the principle of establishing defined procedures that allow a government to continue its essential operations in case of a catastrophic event.
It was intended to preserve the American form of representative government, continuity of federal authority aided law enforcement, ensured general safety, and protected the government from the illegal assumption of power by rival foreign powers or anti-government organizations.
The COG Plan was only activated in the 9/11 crisis until Jan. 6th. According to George Stephanopoulos (The Situation Room), the White House Situation Room put the COG Plan into action on January 6, 2021. President Trump watched TV and in Congress the Secret Service protected VP Pense from the crowd.
Undoubtedly because it was never anticipated, COG did not address the slow erosion of the Constitution and democratic values from within the country, as we see with the HOA-Land Nation within America. HOA-Land describes the collection of HOAs throughout America as “HOA-Land.” It identifies HOA-Land as a nation within America based on its culture, beliefs commonality of contractual CC&Rs acting as their constitution.
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A very disturbing 19-page California bill, AB 1033 (Ch. 752)[1], became law this week that extends HOA-Land with respect to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU)[2]. The rationale seems to be to support low-income housing given the scarcity of California, and gain income for retired people as well. It allows the property owner to have a livable unit (ADU) on his property but requires the owner to form a two-person condo on what was his single-family property. The accessory unit can then be sold as a condo unit subject to the Davis-Stirling condo laws. Why, I ask???
In order to make this plan work a complicated series of amendments were added. In other words, a planning board, for instance, is given authority to allow this approach to housing, along with changes to building requirements, codes, etc.
The Legislative Digest states,
“This bill would, in addition, authorize a local agency to adopt a local ordinance to allow the separate conveyance of the primary dwelling unit and accessory dwelling unit or units as condominiums, as specified, and would make conforming changes. By imposing new duties on local governments with respect to the approval of accessory dwelling units, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.”
To me, this seems like a lot of about nothing, unnecessarily complicating property rights and housing. BUT, extending the fragmented HOA-Land and further eroding adherence to the Constitution – more individual rulers functioning outside the Constitution. It goes beyond home rule laws and the medieval fiefdoms.[3] There is no oath of allegiance to support the Constitution as the supreme law of the land. And condos pay minimal taxes as a non-profit. So, what’s the story??
To paraphrase Jack and the Beanstalk, “Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of a CAI man.” CAI-CLAC is the very powerful and highly active CAI legislative action committee (LAC) representing all CAI California chapters. And then there’s Echo,[4] whose membership structure duplicates the CAI membership structure.
Who says CAI is not a coercive monopoly?[5] Take a close look at California again. Are their any voices in support of homeowners to compete with CAI? No, sorry to say, although one group has had some influence on legislation but it does not stand close to the overall impact of CAI on events concerning HOA-Land.
NOTES
[1] Bill Text – AB-1033 California Family Rights Act: parent-in-law: small employer family leave mediation: pilot program.
[2] ADUs come in all shapes and sizes – for example, a converted garage, a small home in the backyard, or, as often seen in San Francisco, an unused portion of the main house.
[3] A fief was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty (oath to the lord) or “in fee” in return for a form of feudal allegiance, services, and/or payments.
[4] “Educational Community for Homeowners (Echo) is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to assisting California homeowners associations. Members receive guidance through live webinars, Members receive guidance through live webinars, virtual seminars and workshops.
On the HOA Reform (FB) page a woman in medical distress and need of support wrote, in part, “Home health couldn’t get in, friends couldn’t get in, I live alone, no family here. I tried every local government and legal aid, no help. I wrote the BOD many times, and said at August meeting that I had stroke and need gate open.”
Her situation has occurred countless times — single or elderly woman, not on good health, low-income status, and living alone is the object of HOA board abuse. And she cannot get any support from her neighbors. I responded with:
This is the biggest hypocrisy of the use of the name, community association. There is no healthy, productive community of people and calling it so doesn’t make it so. Where is the good neighbor, help thy neighbor policy, and the compassion and the charity toward your neighbor by those who allegedly sought these values. No, none at all! Trying to call it an investment or a business is laughable when we all signed a real estate contract and not a commercial business (UCC) contract! The public has been conned. And your government believes its none of their business. It supports and encourages a successionist private government allowed to function outside the Constitution.
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