Should You Be Paying to Mow Your Neighbor’s Lawn? Reality check: Most people would laugh at the idea. “You want me to pay your landscaping bill?”—Yeah, no thanks. But here in Eastridge Hills, your HOA dues have been quietly hard at work… keeping the weeds down and the grass cut—on city-owned parkland next to your…
Priscilla/Kelly Company Fired Priscilla/Kelly Company Fired from Fairfield HOA Details are just coming in but what we know now is that a replacement Management Company has been selected and will take over all duties starting April 2025 for this west Fairfield HOA. We’ll keep you informed as we get more information on what went wrong;…
Meet the newest candidates for the Eastridge Hills Board of Directors. Carolyn Goodall and Eddie Williams Carolyn Goodall, living on Donald Ridge Court and Eddie Williams who lives on the corner of Bridle Ridge and Coast Oak Court are running for seats on the Eastridge Hills HOA Board. Since the other three candidates are incumbant,…
Reality Check: The Neighborhood Is Evolving—Is Our Management Company? A neighboring HOA—over 1,200 single-family homes strong—just made a bold move that’s turning heads across Solano County. After years of working with the Kelly Management Company, their HOA board voted to terminate the contract this March and move forward with a new, modern management service. This…
Reality Check: Just The Facts A new national study says nearly 1 in 7 U.S. homes are uninsured—that’s 11.3 million homes out of 82.9 million. If that trend holds true here in Eastridge Hills, 10 of your neighbors could be one burst pipe or wildfire away from a financial disaster. Yikes. What’s Going On? The…
A Tutorial – HOA Reserve Funding 101 -Eggs in One Basket Running a homeowners association isn’t free—everyone understands that. Even with a Board of Directors made up of volunteers, there are necessary expenses for maintenance, services, and administration. Managing those expenses wisely, however, is a fundamental duty of the Board. Board members don’t just volunteer…
Donald Ridge Court in Eastridge Hills welcomes our newest neighbors, Bob Metzler and Leslie Bryant. Bob is coming from Henderson, Nevada (overlooking beautiful the City of Las Vegas) a retired supply chain executive from the Hospitality Industry and has taken great steps to remodel the interior of this new home to reflect their unique style…
The Eastridge Hills HOA Meeting included an open forum where homeowners could address the board. The president outlined protocols for the open forum, including raising hands to speak, a three-minute speaking limit, tabling repetitive topics, and allowing speakers to finish without interruption . The board noted they had just completed an executive session where they…
Reality Check: If you blinked, you might’ve missed it—but something quietly outrageous happened during the opening of the Eastridge Hills HOA Board Meeting on March 11, 2025. President William Wesley, in his usual “I’m in charge here” tone, announced that public comment would take place at the beginning of the meeting. So far, so good….
The Reality: She’s at every meeting, but her name never appeared on your ballot. She’s never faced a single vote, yet she speaks like a lawyer, steers policy like a board chair, and hands out advice like it’s gospel. Her name is Priscilla—the representative from The Kelly Company—and for over a decade, she’s been the…
