FAC Welcomes New Board Members
Journalist Martin Reynolds of the Center for Investigative Reporting and The Maynard Institute and Attorney Nate Cardozo of Electronic Frontier Foundation have joined FAC’s board. [Read More]
FAC Suit Tackles Use of “Reverse CPRA”
By using a “reverse CPRA,” the Milpitas city manager was able to get a court order barring disclosure of records about his own alleged misconduct–without any argument by proponents of disclosure. [Read more]
FAC Joins Amicus in Supreme Court Case
FAC recently joined an amicus brief urging the California Supreme Court to overrule a lower court’s conclusion that Yelp could be required to remove content from its website. [Read more]
Legal Hotline
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A searchable database of questions posed to users like you about their rights under public records laws, open government laws, and first amendment safeguards that have been answered by FAC’s attorneys.
Access to Records
FAC’s incomparable resources for using California and federal to obtain public records, including FAC’s CPRA Primer; the text of the CPRA, and a template for a CPRA request letter for use in requesting public records
Access to Meetings
Links to all of FAC’S resources for California’s open-meetings law, the Brown Act, including our Brown Act Primer on how the law works; the text of the The Ralph M. Brown Act, and a sample “Cure & Correct” demand letter to report a violation of the law.