Committed to Advocacy on Your Behalf I am honored to have been chosen to lead CACM, the only California organization that solely dedicates our advocacy efforts on your behalf; our manager and management company members! I am thankful to have a well-rounded career in different regions of the U.S. ranging from managing luxury high rises to the extra-large association with 30,000 residents. I have hands-on experience with the daily challenges that you experience in your professional career. I plan to utilize that knowledge so CACM can better serve you! When I was participating as a member of CACM, I had an interest in how I and my management team can take advantage of the educational opportunities offered through CACM, and how my clients can see those advantages. I was concerned that the sunset clause for manager certification would be removed from Business & Professions Code 11502-11506. I am extremely happy to announce Senate Bill 1480 passed in the recent legislative session, making the manager certification program requirements permanent status effective January 1, 2019! Simply put, CACM provides the only California-specific courses that make you eligible to be called a “certified” manager in California. This is a huge accomplishment for you, our manager and management company members. Your CACM educational team is in the process of improving and expanding these courses to maintain the high education and certification standards our members expect.
Other Legislative Accomplishments Senate Bills 1265 and 1128: Governor Brown VETOED these bills! Commonly known as the Election Bill, this Bill would have deleted certain qualification requirements to be elected to a HOA board of directors. Thankfully, CACM’s lobbying efforts, in cooperation with other industry organizations, was successful in providing common sense perspectives to our Governor. These are highly visible accomplishments, but our work is not done! We are already gearing up for the 2019 legislative session, advocating for you. In the coming months, CACM will be improving our legislative communications to afford you the ability to ask questions and for us to provide you updates quickly. Lastly, please add my email address (tfreeley@cacm.org) to your acceptable email system. I want to make sure we have an open line of communication! As your new President & CEO, I am honored to represent you as the leader of this remarkable organization. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you!
Thomas Freeley, President & CEO
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