Recent Los Angeles Time Article Explores the Subject.
Does a homeowner in a common interest residential subdivision project have the right to review attorney invoices for services rendered to a homeowners association? You betcha. Smith v. Laguna Sur Village Community Assn., 79 Cal.App.4th 641 (2000) so held.
For a nice, short article on the subject (also describing the statutes under which homeowners can obtain the invoices), see Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian’s March 29, 2009 Los Angeles Times article entitled “Homeowners have the right to inspect attorney invoices.”