Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Confidentiality and the Law

[Victor Raymond (vraymond]

One more bit of follow-up: there seems to be some debate in 
California about the applicability, intent, and enforcement of 
Davis-Stirling Act, which covers home-owner associations.  There 
certainly seems to be room for closed-door meetings (but again, I'm 
not commenting on the relative value of actually doing that - I'm 
just saying that it appears to be possible, for whatever reason).

At 01:46 PM 9/16/2007, you wrote:

> According to California law, the only permitted confidentiality is 
> with executive sessions of the Board on certain specified matters.
>
> All other venues are considered open forums.  This is the purpose of 
> the "Open Meetings Act".  All statements made in these open forums 
> are considered political and here free speech prevails.  In a recent 
> lawsuit concerning statements about the incompetence of a Board 
> member, the court ruled that all comments on both sides of the case 
> are for public consumption.  The claim for damages because of libel 
> or defamation were denied.
>
> Norm G.
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Victor J Raymond
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