Letter from the Guest Editor

For several years, your Law Journal team has placed a particular emphasis on writing articles focused on mastering the foundational areas of expertise applicable to community managers. These foundational areas are found in Business and Professions Code section 11502 and are the subjects that a certified common interest development manager must complete at least 30 hours of coursework in as part of the certification process.

These include financial issues, contract negotiation and administration, maintenance, rules enforcement, risk management, ethics, and many others. It is these foundations that not only provide a level of expertise but also elevate a community manager to a professional who can shepherd a board through the legal, practical, emotional, and mental challenges that come with governing a common interest development.

Elevate – our goal with each article we publish.

That word “elevate” was a theme of one of our law conferences a few years back, and that is our goal with each article we publish. That elevated skill builds a level of confidence in the community manager that engenders trust and reliability. There is always more to learn and ways we can sharpen one another.

John D. Hansen, Esq.

John D. Hansen, Esq., is an attorney for Baydaline & Jacobsen LLP that specializes in litigation. He’s worked for the industry for 12 years.