@John A Murray Thank you John for sharing your story. I thought I was the only one who had a bad experience with Californians for Homeownership. They told me flat right out to not contact them and remove them from the email thread. I think if you contact the school district or the Mayor and report them for not following the state rules you might be able to get somewhere because HCD is not going to involve themself. Speaking from experience.
As far as getting help for ADU issues I have not found ANYONE that be able to help. Because of my issue with the city regarding converting my garage and add above it for a two-story ADU I have spoken to anyone that has to do with ADU.
I have talked to one of the policymakers in HCD over probably 50 emails, the Department of finance, city Mayor, City attorney, the Californians for Homeownership, Regional Affairs Officer, Orange County,Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Orange County Projections (OCP), the Center for Demographic Research and still haven't anyone to help me but I still searching for someone to make the city understand. I think the next step is attorney general to see if he can help. Let's keep in touch and see how far we have to go..
Good luck, Keep me post it..