The Stevenson Ranch Community Association has combined the recently petitioned recall of the board and the annual meeting. The recall of the board is now scheduled to be addressed at the beginning of the annual meeting and the outcome of the recall will dictate the remainder of the meeting.

The annual meeting was to originally be held in October but was moved to November because of procedural issues. At the October meeting there was to be an election to fill three board seats that were being vacated by the developer. That changed when a recall petition was filed by Keith Pritsker and David Harvey, two of the master association delegates.

The bylaws allow for a recall of the entire board if 5% of the homeowners petition for it. Apparently, Pritsker and Harvey represent enough homeowners in The Arts and Diamondhead neighborhoods to make the 5% requirement. Some delegates are questioning the validity of the petition and whether or not Mr. Pritisker was an actual delegate or an alternate at the time the petition was submitted.

The general sense around the community is that a move is a foot to grab control of the Stevenson Community Association. Some current delegates are questioning the motivation of Pritsker since he is only a property owner and no longer a resident of Stevenson Ranch.

Many may recall that Pritsker was a member of the Stevenson Ranch Community Association some years ago and was one of the board members responsible for bringing in The Management Company to manage the master association. That was apparently a very dark period for the HOA in which there were accusations of mismanagement and incompetence. It took the current board and new management company a number of years to clean up records, accounts and various issues in the wake of that period.

This will no doubt be a developing story over the next few months. The process and outcome is being watched widely by many both inside and outside the Stevenson Ranch community.