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Ask the Governor to Veto SB1265 TODAY!

SB1265 is a bad bill for Homeowners Associations and it’s about to hit Governor Jerry Brown’s desk. Take action now to ask him to veto SB1265. CAI’s California Legislative Action Committee (CLAC) makes it easy! Visit their “Current Campaigns” page to send a pre-drafted email to Governor Brown.

Then please call the governor’s office, follow CLAC’s easy instructions:

CALL THE GOVERNOR at 916-445-2841, choose option #6 to speak to a person, and then ask the staffer who picks up for a VETO on Senate Bill 1265. They will ask for you zip code. That’s it. It takes about 30-seconds to call!

View the text of the bill and see it’s progress here: SB 1265

Read more:

The Sacramento Bee – “California’s homeowner association elections are perfectly fair”

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CIS Celebrates International Women’s Day

Today we celebrate International Women’s Day, also known as the United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace.  “It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political…The Charter of the United Nations, signed in 1945, was the first international agreement to affirm the principle of equality between women and men.” (SOURCE: UN.org)

Women in Our Industry

Women are well represented in the HOA management industry as onsite managers, portfolio managers, management company owners and executives and HOA board members. Our industry would be lacking without the contributions of these women. Today we celebrate their achievements and support the progress and advancement of all women in our industry. We encourage management companies, HOA boards, industry professionals and HOA vendors to fight gender inequality by promoting diversity, closing the gender pay gap and taking active measures to prevent violence and harassment against women in their businesses and communities.

We ask that CAI continue to support gender equality and diversity in the industry with more seminars/education addressing these issues. We have also reached out to the Foundation for Community Association Research ask them to do more equality and diversity research to find out where the industry stands on progressing these values.

CIS Supports Women Worldwide

CIS supports women worldwide and invests in women owned businesses around the world with Kiva.org. Today you can join us and double your impact by making a matched loan to support a woman to start a business, go to school or invest in her community.

https://www.kiva.org/lend/international-womens-day

Today, CIS made a new loan to Dawn in the United States to support her small business.

Learn More

Learn more about the gender pay gap and inequality in the U.S. workforce from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau and check out these interesting stats:

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CAI Single Mother’s Outreach

As a member of the CAI Community Outreach Committee, Ann Borowski-Bitter (CMCA) volunteers her time to help our community. Their first project of 2018 is with Single Mother's Outreach. Here are three ways you can help us support this project:

  1. Donation Drive - Stop by our office to say hi to Ann and drop off any of the following items for donation:
    • Diapers size 3, 4, 5 and 7
    • $25 gift cards to Target, Walmart, movie theaters or grocery stores
    • Non-perishable food items
    • Toiletries
    • New, clean/stainless gently-worn clothing for women and children for their "Closet on Main" resale boutique
  2. Closet on Main
    • Donate to Closet on Main, a resale clothing boutique in the Santa Clarita Valley. 
    • Like them on Facebook to help spread the word of this great cause
  3. Donate Online at here (select a contribution amount under "Register Now").
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