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Malaga Cove Homeowners Association

The Malaga Cove Homeowners Association is a voluntary neighborhood group for homeowners in the Malaga Cove area of Palos Verdes Estates. Membership is optional, with dues paid each year per household or land parcel. The group holds an annual members meeting with speakers from the city and sponsors summer concerts in Farnham Martin Park. In 2016 it led a project that added more than 250 drought tolerant plants to a 7,200 square foot triangle of city parkland at Via Ramon and Via Pinale. It was incorporated in 1982 and is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit. Malaga Cove is one of the six neighborhood areas the city uses for disaster preparedness and its evacuation zones. Deed restrictions and Art Jury review in Malaga Cove are handled by the Palos Verdes Homes Association, a separate organization.

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Quick Facts

TypeVoluntary neighborhood association
LocationPalos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles County
Registered nameMalaga Cove Homeowners' Association
Also calledMCHA, MCHOA
Homes889 mostly single family homes (683 on the 2026 county roll), plus 62 condominium units on Via Campesina and 143 units in 21 buildings of two or more units on Palos Verdes Drive West, Via Corta, Via Campesina and Via del Monte
Built1924 to 2023 (county roll, homes inside the city's Malaga Cove area)
ManagementLed by a volunteer board of nine directors elected each year, with member committees for events, communication and beautification.
OfficeP.O. Box 926, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 (mail)
State recordCalifornia entity 1101765, formed January 20, 1982, active
IRS recordEIN 33-0012793, 501(c)(4), exempt since March 1986
BoundaryCounty lot lines for 15 tracts and parcel maps 298-20 and 354-61 (LA County Assessor parcels). Which lots belong is a best estimate from street names and location.
Contacts checked2026-11-04

Boundaries come from city GIS records, county tract maps or county parcel lines and are not survey lines. Management companies change, so confirm the contact with the association before relying on it. Board members and homeowners are never listed here.

Details

  • Its website calls it a voluntary, nonpartisan neighborhood association for the homeowners of Malaga Cove in Palos Verdes Estates.malagacovehoa.com [2]
  • Membership is voluntary. Dues are paid yearly per household or land parcel, and the membership year runs April to April.malagacovehoa.com
  • Its member events include an annual meeting with speakers from the city, a fall party and monthly meet and greet gatherings. It sponsors a summer concert in Farnham Martin Park.malagacovehoa.com
  • It speaks for the neighborhood with the city government and runs beautification projects.malagacovehoa.com
  • Its board of directors has nine volunteer members elected each year.malagacovehoa.com
  • In 2016 it led a project that added more than 250 drought tolerant plants to a 7,200 square foot triangle of city parkland at Via Ramon and Via Pinale, an area its site calls upper Malaga Cove. The city agreed to maintain the site.malagacovehoa.com
  • In 2015 it hosted a public forum on drought water rules with the Lunada Bay Homeowners Association, the city and local water agencies.malagacovehoa.com
  • Its 2025 letter lists restoring landscaping on islands in Malaga Cove, sponsoring summer concerts in the park, and working with the Beach Club, the Neighborhood Church, the county and the city. It says committees for events, communication and beautification support the group.malagacovehoa.com
  • Its 2023 and 2024 membership forms ask for the member's Malaga Cove address and give no street list or map.malagacovehoa.com [2]
  • The state record lists it as a public benefit nonprofit corporation, entity 1101765, and shows a June 2008 amendment that changed its common interest development code from C to N; the record does not say what the letters mean.State record (OpenCorporates)
  • CommunityPay's summary of the state filing gives its formation date as January 20, 1982 and its status as active.State record summary (CommunityPay)
  • The IRS lists it as a 501(c)(4) organization, EIN 33-0012793, exempt since March 1986.IRS filings (ProPublica)
  • Owners of record in Palos Verdes Estates and Miraleste are members of the Palos Verdes Homes Association, which enforces the Protective Restrictions and appoints the members of the Art Jury.Palos Verdes Homes Association
  • Its November 2022 board minutes report 321 members as of October 2022.malagacovehoa.com
  • A 2016 city page divides Palos Verdes Estates into six neighborhood areas, and Malaga Cove is one of them. The city uses the same areas for disaster preparedness, and the Know Your Zone evacuation zones launched in May 2023 follow the same lines, with Malaga Cove as zone PVE-E002. The street list for these areas puts Palos Verdes Drive West from 100 to 1299, Paseo del Mar from 400 to 800, Via Campesina from 2500 to 3000 and Via del Monte from 500 to 799 in Malaga Cove, and Via del Monte from 800, Paseo del Sol and Gatos Place in Montemalaga.City of Palos Verdes Estates (archived copy); pvenw.org [2]
  • The city's profile on the Reel-Scout film locations site says the city is made up of four residential areas: Lunada Bay, Malaga Cove, Montemalaga and Valmonte.Reel-Scout film locations (City of Palos Verdes Estates)
  • The Calisphere record of a Palos Verdes Project publication from about 1926, held by the Palos Verdes Library District, says the first development area for sale, about 3,000 acres, was divided into four districts: Valmonte on the northeast, Malaga Cove on the west, Lunada on the south and Miraleste overlooking the Los Angeles Harbor.Calisphere (University of California) (archived copy)

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