2024 BTHA Monthly
Board Meeting Schedule

In 2024 the BTHA Board of Directors will continue its practice of holding most Board meetings on the first Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. The exceptions to the foregoing are the months of January and September when the BTHA Board will meet on the second Monday of the month on account of the New Year’s and Labor Day holiday weekends. Those dates are January 8 and September 9. BTHA Board meetings will continue to be via Zoom until further notice.

Next Monthly BTHA Board Meeting
Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 / 7:30 - 9:00 PM

ZOOM Video call link: TBA

Balboa Terrace Homes Association Election Rules

On July 1, 2024, the Board adopted standards for a reduced quorum for the election of the Board of Directors in accordance with Assembly Bill 1458, which was signed into law and became effective on January 1, 2024. AB 1458 amends Civil Code Section 5115 of the Davis-Stirling Act and Section 7512 of the Government Code. The new provision was voted on and approved at the August 5, 2024 Board of Directors meeting. This change is in addition to the adoption of standards for the election of directors by acclamation in uncontested elections in accordance with Assembly Bill 502 adopted by the California Legislature on October 2, 2021; the Board adopted these standards on August 1, 2022, and the new provision for election by acclamation was approved at the September 12, 2022, Board of Directors meeting.

Stop Rezoning of Balboa Terrace

Six- and eight-story buildings along Junipero Serra and Ocean Avenue don’t seem very consistent with the historic nature of Balboa Terrace, do they?

If you agree, your voice needs to be heard at City Hall. For your convenience, a sample letter that you may send to our District 7 Supervisor, Myrna Melgar, and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is posted here. We strongly encourage you to modify the letter to express your own concerns and thoughts regarding this proposed citywide rezoning. More information is available at www.sfplanning.org. Also see the Winter and Spring editions of “View from the Terrace” for more details.

If you email your letter as suggested, please copy us on your correspondence at bthaboard@balboaterrace.org.

February 2023
Dear BTHA Homeowners:

After a long and arduous process (I will spare you the details), we have clean drafts of updated Covenants Conditions & Restrictions (CC&Rs) and Association Bylaws. They can be accessed below. Our existing Governing Documents are horribly outmoded and do not comply with existing law governing HOAs such as the Balboa Terrace Homes Association. Before we put these Governing Documents to a vote for your approval, we are asking you to review these documents and to provide your comments and suggestions.

These draft documents will be the main topic of discussion at our Annual Meeting on Tuesday, March 14. We would appreciate receiving your written comments in advance of the Annual Meeting – this will make the Annual Meeting more productive. 

Thereafter we will be holding small group meetings on each street and block to explain and discuss these draft documents. Sometime in the middle of 2023 we will be conducting a formal election to vote upon these draft documents.

If you do have comments, please send them to us at bthaboard@balboaterrace.org.

This is your neighborhood and your community, so please attend to this important item.

Thank you,
Richard Hill
BTHA Board President

PLEASE NOTE: The color-coded COMPARISON TABLE linked below describes the significant changes to the existing CC&Rs and Bylaws, and identifies changes required or controlled by statute.

Town Hall Zoom Meeting Response

On Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 a Town Hall meeting was held via Zoom with the HOA attorney who drafted our proposed new governing documents (CC&Rs and Bylaws). The goal was to allow her to make a brief presentation on the reason behind the updates and key provisions of the proposed new governing documents. Approximately 40 callers (some of whom were representing absent homeowners) were in attendance and were invited to ask questions or make comments, many of which were captured in “chats.” A full transcript of the chats is posted here. The entire meeting which lasted some 90 minutes was also recorded; you may access the recording here. (Passcode: LAx!0Y0H )

Please find responses to Town Hall chat questions below.

** UPDATE - 3.11.23 **

Neighbors, as a result of your comments at the February 22 Town Hall meeting, we have made a number of changes to the draft CC&Rs and draft Bylaws. The attached documents below show the changes in track change format.

In addition, our HOA attorney has drafted the attached summary of those changes, along with a few FAQs to answer some of your most important questions.

This is an ongoing dialogue between the Board and the Balboa Terrace homeowners. We will continue to listen to your comments and revise the draft CC&Rs and Bylaws until we believe we have a new set of Governing Documents that will be acceptable to the overwhelming majority of our community.