{"id":1079,"date":"2026-08-10T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2026-08-10T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:00:00","slug":"california-debates-capping-hoa-dues-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/california-debates-capping-hoa-dues-hikes\/","title":{"rendered":"California Debates Capping HOA Dues Hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/mark-mallorca\/california-hoa-dues-remotion-videos-99eb\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>California lawmakers debated a bill that would have required homeowner approval before HOA dues could rise by &gt;8% in a single year.<br \/>\nUnder state law then, associations could raise dues by up to 20% without a vote; &gt;1\/3 of residents lived in HOA neighborhoods, median fees ~$300.<br \/>\nBackers said an 8% vote threshold could give homeowners more predictability as they managed higher mortgage, insurance, utility, and other property-related costs.<br \/>\nCritics said HOAs also faced higher insurance, repair, and energy bills, especially in older condo communities where dues could rival major housing costs.<br \/>\nThe proposal advanced despite bipartisan opposition, amid a wider California effort to limit HOA authority through fine caps, added transparency, and required maintenance reserves.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California lawmakers debated a bill that would have required homeowner approval before HOA dues could rise by &gt;8% in a single year. Under state law then, associations could raise dues by up to 20% without a vote; &gt;1\/3 of residents lived in HOA neighborhoods, median fees ~$300. Backers said an 8% vote threshold could give [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1079"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1081,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions\/1081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}