More #SocialCurrentSee by ALTACITIES ALTACITIES NEWS ▶ Almost from the beginning, there was friction between the Boswells, on one hand, and the Association and Schmidt on the other. Were the Boswells repeatedly violating the Association’s rules? Or was the Association repeatedly bringing groundless and harassing enforcement proceedings against the Boswells? Tensions escalated after the Association and Schmidt discovered that a putative class action for fraud had been filed against the Boswells and their business, and again after Boswell created a Facebook page entitled, “What’s Happening in the Retreat?,” which the Association and Schmidt considered defamatory.▶ goo.gl/Oqgn6A  ▶ flip.it/G5w9M- In 2011, David and Melina Boswell moved into a gated community in Corona called the Retreat. The Retreat Community Association (Association) is the homeowners association for the Retreat. Carl S. Schmidt is the President of the Association. |  # HOALaw ▶ # Socia...

Important #HOA Free Speech Decision! Print it out, and SAVE! https://t.co/CcN3oMlEvw — Ward Lucas (@Ward_Lucas) January 7, 2016 The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting ... In the above tweet (' social current see ') from Ward Luca s, we learn about a landmark HOA case for free speech in Minnesota.  Here, a court overturned the illegal muzzle placed on an HOA member, Mel Pittel. The court quoted a landmark 1931 free press decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that few people even know about. A newspaper article is linked . Interpretations of "freedom of speech" rights within privatopia, as in the private governments of common interest developments (aka HOAs) has been and remains a dicey ...