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Serviam Cares Sponsors the 2026 Rivals Cup Golf Tournament Benefiting Kure It Cancer Research

On Friday, July 17, 2026, Serviam was proud to serve as a sponsor of the Annual Rivals Cup Golf Tournament at Strawberry Farms Golf Club in Irvine through Serviam Cares, the firm's community giving initiative. The tournament is the signature event of the Rivals United for a Kure campaign, which benefits Kure It Cancer Research, an Orange County-based nonprofit dedicated to funding the brightest minds in translational research for underfunded cancers at leading cancer centers. Service Beyond the Courtroom: The Serviam Cares Mission The firm's name comes from the Latin serviam—“I will serve”—and Serviam Cares is how the firm acts on that name outside the courtroom. Through Serviam Cares, the firm supports charitable organizations and community initiatives that reflect its values of justice, public service, and compassion. As a law firm representing California's cities, counties, and public agencies, Serviam sees the challenges facing local communities every day, and Serviam Cares reflects the firm's belief that legal service and public service go hand in hand—and that everyone has a role to play in uplifting others. A Community United Against Cancer Kure It Cancer...

SB 721 and SB 326 Balcony Laws in California

California's balcony inspection laws are not new, but the compliance calendar has now caught up with them. SB 326 and SB 721 have been on the books for years, and both statutory deadlines have now passed—SB 326's initial condominium inspection deadline expired January 1, 2025, and SB 721's initial multifamily rental inspection deadline, extended one year by AB 2579, expired January 1, 2026. For California public agencies, this means the questions building departments, code enforcement divisions, city attorneys, housing staff, and risk managers are fielding have shifted from "when do we need to be ready" to "how do we handle the properties that are already out of compliance." For California public agencies, these laws are no longer future compliance issues for private property owners, apartment operators, and condominium associations to manage on their own timeline. They are now part of the day-to-day work of building departments, code enforcement divisions, city attorneys, housing staff, and public agency risk managers. The Legal Framework: SB 326, SB 721, and AB 2579 SB 326: Condominium Inspections SB 326 applies to condominium projects and is codified in Civil...