Katrina Solomatina

Katrina E. Solomatina is a member of the Firm’s Real Estate practice group in the San Francisco office. Katrina represents publicly traded companies and start-ups in a variety of real estate transactions including commercial leasing for both landlords and tenants, real estate acquisitions and sales, and land use and permitting matters. Katrina is experienced in all phases of real estate due diligence, including title insurance, easements and adjoining landowner disputes. Katrina has specific expertise in counseling clients in the area of community association law, including compliance with The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, and the drafting of commercial and residential development declarations of covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs) and represents various homeowner associations as association counsel.

Katrina is a member of the executive committee of the Real Property Law Section of the California Lawyers Association (State Bar) and currently serves on the Board of ECHO (The Educational Community for Homeowners). Katrina is a frequent speaker and writer on real estate topics.

Publications

• Author, “All Things are Ready if our Emergency Plan Be So,” California Lawyers Association Real Property Law Section E-News, March 21, 2021
• Author, “Before the Walls Come Crumblin’ Down: Lessons that Condo Associations can Learn from Surfside, Florida Condominium Building Collapse,” Buchalter Client Alert, September 6, 2021
• Author, “All Things are Ready if our Emergency Plan Be So” Dealing with Emergency Preparedness in California HOAs, Buchalter Client Alert, March 5, 2021
• Author, "Stay, Not Pay? The Goudelock Decision’s Impact on Owners, HOAs, and Foreclosing Lenders," California Real Property Journal, Vol. 38. No. 2, 2020
• Author, "How the Upcoming Census will Impact the HOAs," CACM The Law Journal, Summer 2020
• Author, "Bankrupt Homeowners Can Stay and Not Pay Overdue Assessments – How the Goudelock Decision will Affect HOAs and the Owners who file for Bankruptcy," ECHO Journal, March/April 2020
• Author, "How to Keep Cool When the Pool Gets Busy," CACM The Law Journal, Summer 2019
• Author, "New Mandatory Disclosure Requirements for Community Managers," ECHO Journal, May/June 2019
• Author, "A Road Paved with Good Intentions – Addressing Unintended Consequences of New Public Assembly Laws Affecting Homeowner Associations," ECHO Journal, January/February 2019
• Author, "Stay Not Pay? – That is the Question! How the Goudelock Decision Impacts Owners, HOAs and Foreclosing Lenders," ACMA The Abstract, Fall 2018
• Author, "The Fight Against Short Term Rentals – What the Actions of Five Coastal Cities Could Mean for California Short Term Rentals," ECHO Journal, September/October 2018

Presentations

• Speaker, “Community Association/HOA Legislative and Case Update” California Lawyers Association, Webinar April 21, 2022 
• Speaker, “Community Association/HOA Legislative and Case Update” California Lawyers Association, Webinar April 8, 2021 
• Speaker, "Disaster Preparedness in the HOAs," CAI Northern California Legal Forum, October 1, 2020
• Speaker, "Ask the Attorney," ECHO HOA University and Expo, September 1, 2020
• Speaker, "Recent Developments in the Common Interest Developments Law and Cases Analysis," California State Bar Real Property Conference, May 1, 2020
• Speaker, "Social Media in the HOAs," CACM Northern California Legal Forum, February 1, 2020
• Speaker, "Social Media in the HOAs," CAI National Conference , June 1, 2019
• Speaker, "Social Media in the HOAs," CAI South Bay Educational Luncheon, May 4, 2019
• Speaker, "Disaster Preparedness in the HOAs," CAI Stockton Educational Luncheon, May 1, 2019
• Speaker, "Social Media in the HOAs," ECHO Board Member Educational Seminar, October 1, 2018
• Speaker, "Social Media in the HOAs," CAI Stockton Educational Luncheon, May 4, 2018