Coalition News

FAC Letter to Cal Poly Regarding Mustang News Reporter’s Public Records Requests

Update: On April 23, 2024, FAC sued Cal Poly for its failure to comply with the CPRA. See more about this case here. On June 16, 2023, the First Amendment Coalition sent the following letter to California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) regarding its failure to comply with the California Public Records Act regarding five separate records requests by Elizabeth Wilson, a student journalist at Mustang News, the campus newspaper.

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San Bernardino County Sheriff Finally Releases Videos of Shootout After FAC Demanded Full Disclosure

One month after a high-profile pursuit and shootout with San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies in September 2022 that ended with the deaths of Anthony Graziano and his 15-year-old daughter Savannah, independent reporter Joey Scott asked the sheriff’s department to disclose copies of all audio and video recordings of the incident. Scott was investigating the sheriff’s claim that Savannah may have participated in shooting at the deputies. For almost 18 months, the sheriff’s department refused to

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