Garage Sale was a Huge Success
Well, it’s been over a week since three garage sales took place. And, we are happy to report they were a huge success. We...
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A Look At Our Finances 2017 Thru 2022
The new board has cast a lot of undeserved blame on the former board about our finances. However, a simple look back over the...
2025 Board of Directors Election
The California statutes allow HOAs to hold elections by acclamation. What does that mean? It means that if there are the same number of...
Unbelievable, But It Needs To Be Said
It goes without saying that publicly urinating or defecating in our community should not be tolerated. Yet, the Foothills has a problem. There have...
Smoking Violations
Smoking was officially banned in and around all common areas because of the health hazards and to protect our investment. This restriction went into...
What Happened to Our Maintenance Assets?
On 8/26/24, I sent an inquiry to the board. The email is attached, or you can continue and read it below. As of today,...
Board Meeting Report August 13, 2024
This is a summary of the 8/31/2024 open board meeting Secretary Report – Harold announced that Shelley Hamilton resigned. There is no report. Treasurer...
My Response to the Board’s Letter and Termination of HOA Employees
This is in response to the letter recently received from the board of directors. The board states that they’ve had several inquiries from homeowners...
Board Meeting Report for July 9, 2024
As promised, I attended the board meeting on July 9, 2024. The first page of the agenda can be found in that tab for...
“Emergency” Road Repairs? Or an Abuse of Power?
An “emergency” is defined in the CA Civil Code as “circumstances that could not have been reasonably foreseen which require immediate attention…” If a...
FOSM Merchandise!
We take pride in our little community, and now we have a chance to show it! FOOTHILLS OF SAN MARCOS t-shirts and coffee cups...
What is Truth, When All Transparency is Gone?
Transparency (noun) : Being open and honest, without secrets. Our goal was to develop a way to communicate accurate and timely information to all...