The very first VGMA Bylaw states: ”The principal office of the Master Association shall be located in Riverside County, California."
The "principal office" of an HOA typically refers to the physical address of the property management company's main office. This is the location where that company handles administrative tasks, stores files, and conducts its day-to-day operations related to managing the HOA's property. Our current property management company is StoneKastle and they are currently located in Yorba Linda, which is in Orange County and in violation of this Bylaw. Earlier this year, I brought this to the attention of our Board of Directors and their response was to have a new form filed with the California Secretary of State which indicated that Victoria Grove now had a new 'onsite office' and it was located at 12615 Blackburn Rd. You may not be familiar with that address, but if you Google it, you will find out that is the address for the bathrooms at our community pool...
Another problem, according to our CC&R's, is VGMA is prohibited from having an onsite office:
5.3.1. Property Manager. The Master Association shall not hire any full time employees; rent, lease or otherwise furnish offices, personnel or other facilities, whether
located within the Properties or off-site; nor utilize any Master Common Area as office space or other facilities for an "on-site" Manager or for performing other Master Common Area
day-to-day administrative activities. The Master Association Manager shall at all times be a professional manager employed as an independent contractor, officed at its own place of business.