My question involves a condominium located in the State of: California
I am an absentee owner in a condo community in California and I sometimes have comments to send to the board. All communication from the Board (newsletters, surveys, emergency requests, etc) is sent out by the community manager and residents are to respond to the manager and then he disperses the information to the Board. I did an internet search and found the email address of one of the Board members and recently emailed him about an HOA issue. I asked him to share my email and suggestions with other board members and asked him why Board members don't give out their email addresses and why all communication to the Board has to go to the on site manager's email? He replied that Board members don't want to give out their email addresses because of bad experiences in the past.
Is there any requirement that Board members give their email address or telephone numbers? In essence, there's no way to know for certain if an email gets distributed to the Board if it first has to go through the manager. He could "screen" emails.
Secondly, in this HOA during the public comment section of the board meetings there is a rule which states
"Owners comments – Please stand and state your name and unit number and your subject
matter. The Board will not allow any prepared statements to be read unless they have been pre –
approved first, by the Board of Directors."
Is this permitted under the law? I watch city council meetings and almost everyone takes a sheet of paper and reads from it during public comment time. It seems a little burdensome to have to memorize what you want to say or be extemporaneous about it.

