westend wrote:
Bring your pretty new trailer home, clean it up, and fix all the bits. Wave at the neighbors and smile. These HOA Nazi's have to learn that people have lives and we're all not robots glued to a phone to complain.
Um, NO!
Although most HOA's hire management companies to do a lot of grunt work, the actual leadership is in California has to be made of of fellow homeowners who volunteer to do what ends up being a really tough job.
Those fellow homeowners didn't write 99% of those rules (the developer does), and they often have no realistic way of removing key ones (like the ones that typically limit RV parking to 48-hours or less).
Acting like this one rule you don't like doesn't apply to you is why the rules are necessary. And it just invites your neighbors to drop a dime on you every single time you violate any rule in the future.
I spent a lot of hours over multiple years working on HOA boards while I lived near the OP. I had the not-so-delightful experience of being part of a mass board recall because of very bad behavior by my fellow board members (e.g. using the HOA's landscaping company to do work on his own property). I shut-up, paid my fees on time, and switched my volunteer work to pet therapy visits.
Please enjoy your camping as a way to get away from most of these issues, but please don't encourage other forum members to flaunt the laws/rules that apply where they live.