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Cease and Desist #2

Dated : 13/08/2024

SLAPP

The Edgewood HOA, Citrus Heights.

1st Response

Archive Artifact Summary

August 13, 2024

Archive of a second cease-and-desist communication published during the 2024 Edgewood HOA governance dispute, a period marked by escalating conflict between HOA leadership and residents engaged in public criticism, forum discussions, and community recall petition efforts within the Edgewood community in Citrus Heights, California.

The document is presented as part of the broader historical record documenting tensions surrounding reserve funding disclosures, special assessment concerns, governance disputes, and resident-led transparency efforts occurring during the 2024 recall campaign period.

According to archived discussions preserved elsewhere within the Edgewood archive, residents alleged that cease-and-desist letters and related legal communications were issued in response to public commentary, online forum activity, publication of HOA-related materials, and criticism directed toward association leadership and management practices.

The archived artifact is preserved alongside contemporaneous forum posts, reserve study materials, newsletters, resident correspondence, and recall petition documentation to provide historical context regarding interactions between homeowners, board leadership, property management representatives, and community advocacy participants during the dispute.

The document is maintained within the archive as part of an ongoing effort to preserve records associated with the 2024 Edgewood HOA controversy and to document the progression of events surrounding community governance, financial transparency concerns, and resident-organized recall activity.

This artifact is presented as part of the historical archive and is provided for contextual reference alongside resident communications and forum discussions from the same timeframe.
First page of a cease and desist letter from Grime Law LLP to Stephen C. Hill and Safiya A. Hill, Trustees, dated August 13, 2024. The letter references the Edgewood Homeowners Association and demands that the recipients change a website and email names that are allegedly confusingly similar to the Association's by August 19th. It lists potential disciplinary actions including fines, suspension of recreational facility use, a special individual assessment for attorney's fees, and the right to file a lawsuit for CC&R violations, unauthorized use of the Association's name, and misrepresentation.
Second page of the cease and desist letter from Grime Law LLP to Stephen C. Hill and Safiya A. Hill, Trustees, dated August 13, 2024. This page continues by stating that if the Association prevails in a lawsuit, state law and the CC&Rs require the court to award attorney's fees, and the Association will file any judgment against the recipients and their real estate. The letter emphasizes the seriousness of the matter and is signed by Bradley J. Epstein of Grime Law LLP, with a copy sent to the Board of Directors.

Edgewood Home Owner Advocacy

Edgewoodhoa.org is an independent community-interest website created to share local news, events, and civic resources in the Birdcage Heights / Edgewood area of Citrus Heights, California. It operates solely for neighborhood news, transparency, and to foster open communication among residents. Edgewoodhoa.org is not connected to any homeowners association, property manager, or common-interest development.