News

At the end of the October 12 Board Meeting Paul Abel and Madonna Treadway submitted their resignations. As President Abel stated it was time. Madonna Treadway echoed his sentiment. An emailed statement from Paul pointed out the hard work to put the HOA on a more sustainable path, build reserves, correct a reserve study, trim costs, approve a budget, and avoid increased homeowner fees. This was done in a contentious environment over a period of years. He thanked the homeowners

An e-mail from Committee Chair James Wesley to all homeowners stated: our committee is recommending that the Board NOT proceed with a CC&R amendment restricting rentals on new purchases His reason was that it seemed unreasonable to expect that a rental cap would be approved by 76 Laurel Bay homeowners. The fact that 107 of 150 homeowners in the recent board elections show that a large proportion of owners do not participate in elections. The results of that election showed su

During the Open Forum at the September 9, 2026 Board Meeting homeowner Marta Manus read out loud the letter she had sent to the Board of Directors and repeated her demand for a response. See her letter at this link. Ms. Manus is a former HOA Board President in a larger community and a local attorney. Her even-handed reading primarily focused the origins of the rental cap issue and the formation and charter for the Rental Cap Committee chaired by James Wesley with the follow

President of the Laurel Bay Board of Directors, Paul Abel announced he is joining the Rental Cap Committee; the open meeting rules were then quickly reviewed – notice of intent to meet to be posted 4 days prior, minutes published, open to all homeowners.

At 7:32 PM on September 9, 2026, with no notice or statement, Director Louise Wesley walked out of the Laurel Bay HOA Board of Directors meeting; with major decisions still to be addressed on the agenda. Her actions came during the “Unfinished Business” portion of the agenda after she and two directors (Lorie Taylor and Nancy Chase) who are on the Rental Cap Committee voted their majority against fielding an opinion survey of all homeowners on the rental cap. The charter of t

When James Wesley was asked to give a report to the Board on the Rental Cap Committee (whose charter is: "for the purpose of investigating owners' preferences whether or not owners are in favor or against instituting a rental cap."), he prefaced it by saying that he would not take questions or comments. He congratulated Directors Treadway and Chase on their election. He then stated that most of his committee members were retired and that it had been a busy month since the Aug

At the September 9, 2026, Laurel Bay HOA Board Meeting, Director Wesley issued a formal resignation from the Rental Cap Committee. The Committee has been subject to the California Open Meetings Act since the election of three committee members to the board of directors in August. Those three directors – Louise Wesley, Nancy Chase, and Lorie Taylor constitute a majority of our Laurel Bay HOA Board. The Open Meetings Act requires that any meeting of the majority of the Board be

The July 8, 2026 Board Meeting: During Open Forum, James Wesley, Chair of the Rental Cap Ad Hoc Committee, repeatedly interrupted homeowners who were expressing opposition to the rental cap and discussing the divisiveness it has created in the community. This conduct goes completely against the committee's Board-approved mandate: "for the purpose of investigating owner’s preferences whether or not owners are in favor or against instituting a rental cap." During the subsequent