Living at Meritage's Live Oak Development in Redlands, CA

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 proper 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

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 HOA 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 pretty 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 have is that our new homeowner board will not be much better than the current one given if candidates such as this individual are not well-informed regarding our community's rules.  How does one lead if one does not know the rules?  We tried to speak to this individual regarding this issue, but the in...

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 dog 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 perm...