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CAI GreAter Los AnGeLes ChApter • www.cai-glac.orgNEWSWORTHY:6 Charging Up in the Parking Lot:The New Electric Vehicle Charging Station Law10 Electric Vehicles 101: Will My Property Need EVstructure?14 Termites and Taxes16 Attractive Summer Landscape Trends22 Reducing Fuel for Brush Fires24 Reading Is Fundamental26 How Strong and Stable Is Your Bank?28 Priority if Assessments Liens:A Pitfall of Judicial Foreclosures and Money Judgments30 The Latest HUD How-To on FHA Approval32 Top 12 Budgeting MistakesCHAPTER UPDATE:4 Note From the Editor’s Desk5 President’s MessageNOTEWORTHY:2 Homeowners Association Marketplace –A World of Progress11 CAI State Legal Forum13 CAI Fiesta Bowl Highlights17 Golf Tournament Highlights23 CLAC Contributors for 201135 CAI-GLAC Membership Recruiter Contest36 Low-Cost Mediation Service36 Essentials of Community Leadership WorkshopFYI31 CAI-GLAC Membership News34 2011 Upcoming Events34 Recruiters of the Month34 Advertisers Index34 Advertising InformationOn the CoverThe Ritz CarltonPhoto courtesy of Sherry BransonKevin Davis Insurance ServicesThis publication seeks to provide a CAI-GLAC’s membership with information on community association issues. Authors are responsible fordeveloping the logic of their expressed opinions and for the authenticity of all facts presented in articles. CAI-GLAC does not necessarily endorse or approvestatements of fact or opinion made in these pages and assumes no responsibility for those statements. By submission of editorial content to CAI-GLAC,the author acknowledges and agrees to abide by the editorial and policy guidelines.Copyright © 2011. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. CAI is a national, not-for-profit associationcreated in 1973 to educate and represent America’s residential community association industry.National Office Address: 6402 Arlington Blvd. #500, Falls Church, VA 22042Tel: 888/224-4321 • Web Site: http://www.caionline.org2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORSOFFICERSMatt Davidson, CCAM ® , PresidentAction Property Management, 800/400-2284Jeffrey A. Beaumont, Esq., President ElectBeaumont Gitlin Tashjian, 818/884-9998Matt Ober, Esq.,Vice PresidentRichardson & Harman, PC, 626/449-5577Catherine Gemind, CMCA ® , AMS ® , PCAM ® , SecretaryValencia Management Group, 661/295-9474Katy Krupp, TreasurerFenton, Grant, Mayfield, Kaneda & Litt, LLP, 949/435-3800DIRECTORSPamella De Armas, SAX Insurance Agency, Inc.Virginia Kemp, Carlton Square HOAGregg Lotane, CCAM ® , PCAM ® , Merit Property ManagementKatie Marcoe, CCAM ® , Seabreeze Management CompanyKay Murphy, 700 South Lake HOADiana Stiller, PCAM ® , 101 Ocean Condominium HOADavid Swedelson, Esq., Swedelson & GottliebApril Tronson, Servpro of Burbank, Chatsworth,Van Nuys & Crescenta ValleyCHAPTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTORJoan Urbaniak, CMCA ®2011 COMMITTEE CHAIRSCOMMUNITY OUTREACHMeigan Everett, CMCA ®Power Property ManagementEDUCATIONGregg Lotane, CCAM ® , PCAM ®Merit Property ManagementFINANCE COMMITTEEJolen Zeroski, CMCA ® , Union BankGOLF TOURNAMENTGary Lieberman, Payne Pest ManagementTeresa Agnew, Gifted…creative marketing solutionsLEGISLATIVE ACTION COMMITTEELisa Tashjian, Esq., Beaumont Gitlin TashjianMARKETPLACETim McHale, ACE Duraflo Pipe Restoration, Inc.Matt Ober, Esq., Richardson & Harman, PCMEMBERSHIPTina Chu, Esq., Adams Kessler PLCMEDIATION SERVICESMatthew Grode, Esq.,Gibbs, Giden, Locher, Turner & Senet, LLPPROGRAMS/LUNCHEONSKaren Kokowicz, CCAM ® , CMCA ® , PCAM ® ,Coro Community Management & ConsultingPUBLIC RELATIONSRobert Gavela, Park West Landscape MaintenancePUBLICATIONSSherry Branson, Kevin Davis Insurance ServicesFOCUS NewsmagazineSherry Branson, Kevin Davis Insurance ServicesMembership DirectoryStephen S. Grane, Alante/MCS Insurance ServicesWeb SiteLynne Collmann, Savoy Community AssociationSATELLITE PROGRAMSGail Jones, CCAM ® , CMCA ® , AMS ® , PCAM ®Valencia Management GroupMichael Lewis, , CCAM ® , CMCA ® , AMS ® , PCAM ®Concept Seven, LLCSOCIALPamella De Armas, SAX Insurance Agency, Inc.Alba Monroy, ABM Property ManagementCAIGREATER LOS ANGELES CHAPTER2753 West Broadway, Los Angeles CA 90041Office: 323/254-9526 Fax: 323/254-9903www.cai-glac.orgJuly/August 2011 • 3