The Edgewood Information Archive

August 13, 2024

Archive of a second cease-and-desist letter dated August 13, 2024, issued by Grime Law LLP on behalf of the Edgewood Homeowners Association during the ongoing 2024 Edgewood HOA governance and recall controversy in Citrus Heights, California.

The communication followed an earlier cease-and-desist demand issued the previous month regarding the use of the Edgewoodhoa.org website domain name and associated email addresses. According to the document, the Association alleged that the website and related communications created confusion regarding whether the site represented or acted on behalf of the homeowners association. The letter requested that the website and email names be changed immediately and shortened the prior compliance deadline to Monday, August 19, 2024.

The letter states that failure to comply could result in disciplinary proceedings against the homeowners associated with the property, including fines, suspension of common-area recreational privileges, special individual assessments for attorney’s fees incurred by the Association, and potential litigation relating to alleged unauthorized use of the Association’s name and alleged misrepresentation. The document additionally references the possibility of recovering attorney’s fees and recording judgments against real property if litigation were successful.

Archived discussions preserved elsewhere within the Edgewood archive describe the cease-and-desist communications as occurring during a period of escalating conflict involving reserve funding disclosures, recall petition activity, online forum discussions, publication of related materials, and growing public criticism of HOA governance and management practices.