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Dr. HOA,
I have lived in my townhome for nearly six years, and the association board is trying to implement new CC&Rs that will not allow us to rent our units.
My fiancé and I are looking to move into a house to start a family, but with the state of the current real estate market, it does not make sense to sell, so we are looking to rent our unit.
Can an association forbid me from renting out my townhome? Thank you
— Suzie T.

Hello Suzie,

It is hard to believe, but a quarter of the year is now history. Why are some businesses thriving and others not doing as well? 

The gap can be explained comparing and contrasting the best versus the rest.  

The best have strong business models. These organizations have clients and allies, not customers. They have ongoing revenue streams and strong relationships in the supply chain. 

The rest think, say and act “we hope customers do business with us.”

So Pontius Pilate, the governor, went out to them and asked, “What is your charge against this man?”

“We wouldn’t have handed him over to you if he weren’t a criminal,” they retorted.

“Then, take him away and judge him by your own law,” Pilate told them.

“Only the Romans are permitted to execute someone,” the Jewish leaders replied.

   Facing the challenges of preparing an educated and skilled workforce to compete in the global market, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, or LAEDC, issued a report last week identifying industry clusters in the county to focus and tailor the organization’s policy and economic development efforts in the region.

The end goal is to allocate enough resources to maintain or build critically needed infrastructure, foster a climate of technological innovation and product development and pursue sustainable growth, the report stated.

For those of you who grew up watching Star Trek we all know the familiar Scottish brogue of Lieutenant Commander and Chief Engineer Scotty from the USS Enterprise when he would say to Captain Kirk, “I’m giving her all she’s got, Captain.” What we see today with the internet and politics is only a fraction of “giving her all she’s got.” The most recent illustration of the power of the internet, social media engagement and issue advocacy is the “Kony 2012” video.

It’s the ‘triple trifecta,’ said Nick Frank of his family-run business.

Founder of Santa Clarita-based Nicholas Aire Systems, Frank has been in the air conditioning business for more than three decades and runs the business made up of himself, his wife, Donna, his son, Jeff, and a handful of employees from a business office at their family home.

I’m a little embarrassed to admit it but I have been known to catch an episode or two of “Desperate Housewives.” In one particular episode, Tom and Lynette Scavo (DH fans know who I’m talking about) open a family-owned pizza parlor. To cut expenses, Tom fires all his employees and hires his children as wait staff.

When you purchase a red velvet cupcake at Kupcake Kitchen, know that owner Lisa Jurado’s entire family was involved in making it for you.

In 2010, when the public relations specialist turned her baking hobby into a full storefront business on Bouquet Canyon Road, Jurado enlisted her then-unemployed husband and her parents, in-laws and children to help with the bakery.

You can’t talk about the birth of our country without talking about family-owned businesses and their contribution to our economy for more than 200 years. Even some of our nation’s largest companies were at one time upstart family businesses. But for each of these national or international companies, scores of other family businesses have remained private and small. They certainly continue to serve an integral role in the overall health of the American economy.

The Signal, being essentially a local paper, sometimes doesn’t cover all of the breaking national news.

Being an intrepid columnist for The Signal (the newspaper hasn’t quite recognized that yet, but it will after this), I wanted to get the scoop on legislation from Washington being signed into law today.

As a leading voice of business and industry in the Santa Clarita Valley for the past 30 years, the Valley Industry Association welcomes Earvin “Magic” Johnson, an American icon and NBA legend, as this year’s B2B luncheon keynote speaker at VIA’s 2012 B2B Industry Show on Thursday, March 1 at the Hyatt Regency Valencia.

The National Restaurant Association reports that 30 percent of restaurants fail within the first year. Multiple studies have looked at the internal and external factors that determine if a restaurant is likely to flourish – or fail. Some reasons are more obvious, like the quality of service or the location. But it’s the philosophy of the owner and staff that separates the fledging restaurants from the ones that become cornerstones of their community.