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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that members and residents of common interest developments have the ability to exercise their rights under law to peacefully assemble and freely communicate with one another and with others with respect to common interest development living or for social, political, or educational purposes.
(b) The governing documents, including bylaws and operating rules, shall not prohibit a member or resident of a common interest development from doing any of the following:
Peacefully assembling or meeting with members, residents, and their invitees or guests during reasonable hours
and in a reasonable manner for purposes relating to common interest
development living, association elections, legislation, election to public office, or the initiative, referendum, or recall processes.
Inviting public officials, candidates for public office, or representatives of homeowner organizations to meet with members, residents, and their invitees or guests and speak on matters of public interest.
Using the common area, including the community or recreation hall or clubhouse, or, with the consent of the member, the area of a separate interest, for an assembly or meeting described in paragraph
or
when that facility or separate interest is not otherwise in use.
Canvassing and petitioning the members, the association board, and residents for the
activities described in paragraphs
and
at reasonable hours and in a reasonable manner.
Distributing or circulating, without prior permission, information about common interest development living, association elections, legislation, election to public office, or the initiative, referendum, or recall processes, or other issues of concern to members and residents at reasonable hours and in a reasonable manner.
(A) Using social media or other online resources to discuss
any of the following, even if the content is critical of the association or its governance:
(i) Development living.
(ii) Association elections.
(iii) Legislation.
(iv) Election to public office.
(v) The initiative, referendum, or recall processes.
(vi) Any other issues of concern to members and residents.
(B) This paragraph does not require an association to provide social media or other online resources to members.
(C) This paragraph does not require an association to allow members to post content on the association’s internet website.
(c) A member or resident of a common interest development shall not be required to pay a fee, make a deposit, obtain liability
insurance, or pay the premium or deductible on the association’s insurance policy, in order to use a common area for the activities described in paragraphs (1), (2), and
of subdivision (b).
(d) A member or resident of a common interest development who is prevented by the association or its agents from engaging in any of the activities described in this section may bring a civil or small claims court action to enjoin the enforcement of a governing document, including a bylaw and operating rule, that violates this section. The court may assess a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation.
(e) An association shall not retaliate against a member or a resident for exercising any of the rights contained in this
section.
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