The Canyon Lake POA Board is holding a meeting on Tuesday, March 23, at 5 p.m to continue the discussion on political signs, flags, posters, and banner rules.
The meeting will be held virtually and conducted on the Zoom platform. The meeting will also stream live on the POA’s Facebook page. Members can join the meeting at vm.clpoa.net. Member comments are limited to three minutes.
The on-going discussion related to the number, location, and content of political signs, flags, banners, and posters in the community setback has generated considerable public debate, emails sent to the board, and a petition requesting that the proposed amendments be put to a “proper vote.”
This topic was originally introduced as a discussion item at the February 9 board meeting. A subsequent board meeting was held on February 17 at which a set of proposed emergency rules was presented, discussed, and dismissed. The meeting concluded with a request from the president for edits to the proposed emergency rule changes from the board and community that would be used to develop rule changes under the normal process.
On March 2, two residents delivered a petition to the POA signed by 619 individuals related to the proposed rule changes; 296 were judged to represent members who owned separate interest properties.
While the petition requested a “proper” vote of the POA members to determine the amendments, under California Law, rulemaking is the sole responsibility of the board. The law permits such a petition to be used to reverse a rule change when signed by 5 percent of the members owning separate interests.
The board recognized the spirit of the petition and will convene a special meeting on March 23 to serve as a working session with the community related to the development of proposed rules changes. Members of the community have strong feelings for and against changing the rules.
According to the POA, the consensus that is building in the dialogue calls for enforcement of the rules currently in place, apply the same rules for election signs to election flags, posters, and banners, eliminate the prohibition of placing signs on vehicles, and prohibit offensive language or offensive language that is expressed or implied. It does not call for any restrictions on the display of flags that are not related to specific elections.
On March 23, the board expects to receive specific suggestions on other changes that are needed. These will become the basis of the next proposed rule change that will be presented at the April 6 board meeting as a 28-Day Reading and available for possible adoption at the May 4 board meeting.
