HOMEOWNERS are celebrating their victory over the HOA, which has been issuing them thousands of dollars worth of unexplained fines.

Some community members have even installed cameras to prevent HOA members from climbing on their rooftops to spot violations in private areas.

New HOA board member Alberto Hernandez wants to change the community after they’ve faced serious harassment from the last boardCredit: KNTV

Former HOA board members would go on resident’s rooftops to inspect private patio areasCredit: KNTV

Homeowners began putting up cameras to prevent the HOA from trespassingCredit: KNTV

Resident Lilian Alvarez said she wants to absolve residents’ old HOA finesCredit: KNTV

Members of a condo complex in San Jose, California, happily voted out all but one HOA board member last week after living in fear of the board for years.

“I feel so excited,” resident Alberto Hernandez, who was selected to be one of the new incoming board members, told local NBC affiliate KNTV.

“I’m happy because we received a lot of support from all of the neighbors and people who have been with us since the beginning.”

Over the past couple of years, homeowners have complained about the HOA members slamming them with unnecessary, expensive fines.

“Honestly, they gave us no other option,” said Liliana Alvarez, one of the organizers of the recall effort who was also elected to a board position.

“It was either we do the recall, or we would be stuck with them.”

Community members were fined for leaving garbage cans out too long, leaving their vehicles unattended as they unpacked groceries, and having patio umbrellas that were the wrong color.

Alvarez said she was issued 10 fines over the years totaling $2,000.

“It outrages me because this is supposed to be our home,” Alvarez told the outlet in February.

“Some people are in the dilemma of either paying rent or paying thousands in fines.”

Alvarez, who has owned her condo in Garden Park since 2009, said the HOA had “no respect for privacy.”

“I think those two are the main concerns that we as residents there have. And it’s not only homeowners, it’s something that also affects the renters here.”

Hernandez said he was charged almost $3,000 in parking violations, some of which were for cars he didn’t even own.

“They were not my cars,” Hernandez previously told KNTV.

“So, I thought it was unfair that they sent me the ticket just because I am the property owner.”

Now, new board members are hoping to change the broken system.

Alvarez said the board is hoping to absolve unjustified fines that residents haven’t paid.

“Just send a warning,” she said.

“I feel like that way it’s going to give everybody an opportunity to know, ‘Ok, I’m not supposed to be doing this’ and correct it.”

Despite the ups and downs the community has been through, Alvarez thinks it will bring them closer together.

“Together, I think we can make this community safe without having to fine people to make it safe or make people follow the rules,” she said.