Kisha Townhomes Association

We used to be homeowners in this association. However we left because of board of directors were illegally preventing us from attending meetings. Even when we informed them this was against the Davis-​Stirling Open Meeting Act, they continued to prevent us from attending meetings (even citing the Browning Act… but I think they meant the Brown Act which is meant for public organizations).
After we filed a complaint in small claims court, they allowed my husband to attend, but not to speak. Again another violation (besides the violation of the meeting notification codes and the CC&R about meeting notification). In less than six months, we went to court three times. The board lost all three times.
First, the board was fined $ 600 and required to hand over documents and they (president Greg Jaubin and treasurer Scott Allred) agreed to mediation. We met in court in October, but didn’t make mediation until July of the next year. Three guys couldn’t organize their schedules?
By that time, they had taken us to kangaroo court and tried to defraud us out of money by charging us more than it cost to install a lawn (and other extras). That was court case number 2. Their claim was that although it was a unanimous decision by a previous board (which included Scott Allred’s wife, Tanti Loe as president) to allow the lawn to die during the drought, we should be solely responsible. Then they claimed that although that same board voted to pay $ 5 a week for janitorial work (taking out the recycling garbage) it was illegal for a board director to be paid for his work.
My husband was the treasurer and, I don’t know about your experiences, but most treasurer’s duties don’t include taking out the trash. Since they couldn’t actually figure out the proper procedure to hold a hearing and didn’t understand due process, we didn’t attend the hearing. The board took us to court and the judge denied their claim in February.
That judge got our counter-​claim wrong, so we asked the judge to change her decision and won in March the right to get more documents – newsletters and contracts. This was the third time we were in court. Woo-​hoo for us. We didn’t need a lawyer for this, but we did need a lawyer when the board was in contempt of court and wouldn’t even respond to the free mediator provided by the county. So that meant someone, not us, had to pay for the very pricey mediator (and provide us with breakfast and lunch twice).
The worst behavior by a board director during that time was having the treasurer get on a ladder and climb up and steal, not one, but three things from our balcony on three separate occasions and then lie about it. We got a photo of him stealing the last item. After that, we called the police and they knocked on his door and he was forced to give all three items back. Police make excellent witnesses.
I don’t think much has changed. According to the Secretary of State website, the current agent of notification is the same person who was the lead person in all the violations and made all of the court appearances, Scott Allred. He’s so proud of the legal advice he’s given Kisha Townhomes Association as a board director, he lists that as one of his accomplishments on his online resume.
Really? That board couldn’t even get their act together to look into termites when I asked in May. Over a year later, we learned our place did have termites, but the board still couldn’t get their act together to meet and discuss it so it was spot treated before we sold the unit instead of having all five of the connecting units inspected, tented and fumigated since it was a problem under the roof.
We got a large settlement from the insurance agent because the insurance agent knew if the matter went to court, there was a list of violations several inches thick and the board continued to add to them with each passing month and they didn’t have a valid reason for violating code after code, particularly since I explained to them in writing each time.
If you do business with this HOA or if you’re thinking of buying into any HOA, do a legal search on them first. If they’ve been to court that many times and have lost all those times (under two different judges), there’s something wrong with the board governance.
From time to time, there’s also graffiti. Some gang tagging the walls at the front of the complex. As for being a gated community, that’s relative. Anyone can hop over the wall and they have. Someone did and stole both of the fire extinguishers. I once heard someone hop the wall and go running down the back of our units really late at night. Someone stole something out of my husband’s parked car from inside the complex and when my car was parked on the street, someone stole my catalytic converter. Check out the Google street view and look at all the cars and the large trucks. No graffiti on the Google street view though.