The 2015-2016 two-year session of the California Legislature is now officially over. In all, nearly 1,000 bills were presented to Governor Brown for his signature or veto, and almost 900 were signed into law. Most go into effect on January 1, 2017. Before addressing with more specificity the UTA-relevant legislation...
For homeowners AND financial institutions, Washington law is no longer clear when a financial institution may enter a home, or when a home can be determined to be “vacant.” In Jordan vs. NationStar, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that financial institutions cannot take possession of a property unless it...
Marsha Townsend of Mortgage Lender Services was awarded the Dorothy Schick Veteran Member of the Year Award while Andrew Boylan, Esq. of McCarthy Holthus was the recipient of the Association’s Suzanne Kelly New Member of the Year award at the UTA’s annual meeting, held November 7th during the Association’s 41st...
Outgoing UTA President Randy Newman of Total Lender Solutions was honored by the Association for his tremendous contributions to UTA during UTA’s Annual Meeting Luncheon, held November 7th at the La Quinta Resort in La Quinta, California. “Randy Newman served two years as President of the Association – and...
UTA President Randy Newman presented Michelle Stephens and Ani Gharahman of Daily Journal as well as Vahn Babigian of Metropolitan News Company with appreciation and acknowledgement during the Association’s Annual Business Meeting on November 7th during the 41st Annual Education Conference. “The Daily Journal, and specifically Ani Gharahman and...
UTA honored Mike Skene of Title Solutions for his many contributions to UTA at the Association’s annual meeting on November 7th. Mike passed away in October. “On behalf of the Board of Directors of the United Trustees Association, I am saddened to report the tragic recent loss of Mike...
Twenty-One Silent Auction items were sold during the course of the 41st Annual Education Conference raising $3,500 for the Association. Additionally, another $1,800 was raised from raffle ticket sales. UTA thanks the companies who contributed the excellent and exciting silent auction and raffle prizes that led to such a...
UTA’s 2016 Annual Dinner event paid homage to democracy and election day with an evening outdoor ‘Red, White and Blue’ barbecue and carnival featuring several carnival games, dancing and ‘Jeopardy!’ Jeopardy’s categories included, ‘Presidents’; ‘Hollywood’; and the ‘States’ – as well as ‘Foreclosure’; Field Services’; and ‘Bankruptcy’. Several attendees...
The 23rd Annual UTA Golf Tournament was pure pleasure this year as 28 duffers enjoyed the beautiful Dunes Course at La Quinta – which has hosted the PGA Club Professional Championship. The winners of the Scramble format Golf Tournament were the team of Patric Kelly, Kevin Hubbard, Martin McGuinn...
This year’s conference introduced two new social networking activities – a cooking class and an open-air Hummer Jeep Tour. 20 participants collectively prepared a three-course meal under the guidance of Chef Gavin: a locally sourced organic roast butternut salad; a warm seared salmon(cooked sous vide) and a dessert of...