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The Mail Carrier's Plea for House Numbers

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This video requires its own post given the absurdity of the matter. My husband was taking out the bins yesterday evening ahead of Friday morning's trash pick-up, when our mail carrier approached to ask for his help.  She asked that he request of "the people in charge" (i.e., Meritage Homes) that visible house numbers be installed on the homes.  My husband replied that we had, in fact, requested these, but that the developer, Meritage Homes, had basically informed us that it had complied with the local requirements and would do no more. Link to video:  The Mail Carrier's Plea for House Numbers When the HOA sent out a communication regarding its intent to allow for the installation of house numbers without a $75 Architectural fee, we submitted Written Comments in which we argued that homeowners SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE for these as visible house numbers are a fundamental part of the purchase of a home.  Of course, Meritage never bothered to reply. I addressed this iss...
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Helpful and Frequently-Violated Rules

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CC&Rs Section 10.2 - Enforcement 10.2.1 Generally- The Association, any Owner, including Declarant as an Owner, or the City as a third party beneficiary, shall have the right , but not the obligation, to enforce compliance with the Project Documents in any manner provided by law or in equity, or in bringing an action for damages, an action to enjoin the violation or to specifically enforce the provisions of the Project Documents ... In the event the Association or any Owner shall employ an attorney to enforce the provisions of the Project Documents against any Owner, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and costs in addition to any other amounts due as provided for herein . All sums payable hereunder by an Owner shall bear interest at the maximum rate permitted by law from the due date less any grace period provided, or if #1525986v4 -47- DOC #2023-0297683 Page 55 of 73 advanced or incurred by the Association or any other Owner pursuant to au...
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Facebook Group Posts

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The following posts are from a private community Facebook group Live Oak Residents which appears to have been renamed Live Oak & Trolley Heights Residents in October 2025.   Facebook group posts allude to 03/20/25 board meeting call that may not have been initiated by Keystone and/ or the Meritage-controlled Board.  We inquired about this during IDR on 08/11/25 and the Secretary of the HOA Board, Nick Harris, insisted that the call took place despite T. Levin's comment that the Host never started the meeting. Meeting minutes indicate that 2 homeowners participated in the call.   Spring 2025 (?) Facebook Post -  Group's moderator had to call out the unknown individual  who maliciously revealed my name in a group in which posts are meant to be anonymous
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New NO PARKING Signage in Shared Driveways (Willow)

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The Meritage-controlled HOA board and Keystone got it wrong... again!  We no longer believe it's a matter of incompetence- at this point, we're inclined to believe that the outgoing Meritage-controlled board is simply acting in its own best interest and attempting to pass the costs of the VC/ DS-conforming signage and delay enforcement (via towing) to the new homeowner HOA.   Email dated 03/05/26 to Board President, E. Joelson, regarding recently-installed NO PARKING signs Email dated 01/16/26 to Board President, E. Joelson, regarding NO PARKING Vendor Selection
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The Parkways

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The parkway is the patch of land that runs between the sidewalk and road.  As we understand it, this land is owned by the City, but managed by the HOA.  Modifications to these parkways are  prohibited per the only newsletter sent out to the Live Oak community in June 2025, but i t appears this rule is not being enforced by the developer-controlled HOA given  the multitude of homes in the Alder and Sycamore communities which have modified the parkways in front of their respective homes.     We were disappointed to learn that one of the candidates for the new homeowner board has modified the parkway in front of their home.  Essentially, the concern we now have is that our new homeowner board may prove to be no better than the current developer-controlled board if candidates such as this individual are not well-informed regarding our community's rules.  What type of leadership can we expect if a prospective board member is not familiar with...
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Coyazo Park - The Quasi Off-Leash Doggie Park

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Week of 02/23/26 - Signage installed ahead of the park' s grand opening to the public.  We are hopeful that the City of Redlands will enforce its leash laws, unlike our Meritage-controlled HOA Board in the Live Oak community. Ignorance or Entitlement? Responsible and conscientious dog-owners should know better than to allow their dogs to run off-leash in public spaces, and, especially, in newly-built baseball, football, and soccer fields.  Alas, as they say, there's nothing common about common sense and then you also have your entitled jerks!    An angry neighbor recently asked why I took this so personally to which I responded that my feelings are irrelevant... the only argument that matters is that IT IS THE LAW .   San Bernardino County Leash Law (Code: 32.0108 Control of Animals) requires all animals to be restrained whenever they are on public property or unenclosed private property. (a) No person owning or having control of any animal shall per...
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