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CalPERS sued for documents related to failed $100 million investment in Page Mill properties

FAC July 20, 2010

The First Amendment Coalition has sued CalPERS to obtain records on why the pension fund invested $100 million in Page Mill Properties, the biggest residential landlord in East Palo Alto -SMD Palo Alto Daily News By Bonnie Eslinger July 20, 2010 A nonprofit public interest organization has sued CalPERS to obtain records that may shed light on why the pension fund would invest $100 million in Page Mill Properties, which until recently was the biggest

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Free speech fight ends quietly in lost iPhone saga

FAC July 20, 2010

A brewing free-speech debate touched off by a lost prototype of Apple’s iPhone has ended quietly with a blogger’s agreement to cooperate with investigators. AP July 19, 2010 By Paul Elias SAN FRANCISCO — A judge on Friday ordered a search warrant withdrawn and seized items returned to Jason Chen of Gizmodo.com. The technology website posted images in April of a prototype iPhone left in a Redwood City bar by an Apple employee. Gizmodo said it paid

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US Senate Passes Bill to Protect International Free Speech

FAC July 19, 2010

The United States Senate has unanimously approved bipartisan legislation to protect American journalists, authors and publishers from foreign libel lawsuits Voice of America July 19, 2010 By Cindy Saine The United States Senate has unanimously approved bipartisan legislation to protect American journalists, authors and publishers from foreign libel lawsuits that undermine the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees free speech and freedom of the press.  The free speech bill’s chief sponsor, Democratic Senate

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PRESS RELEASE: FAC Suit Against CalPERS Seeks Records on Controversial E Palo Alto Real Estate Investment

Peter Scheer July 19, 2010

FAC—Monday July 19—The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today announced that it has sued CalPERS, the retirement system for California government workers, over access to records about the agency’s ill-fated investment in an East Palo Alto residential real estate development that has gone bust–at a loss to CalPERS of all of its $100 million stake in the controversial venture. FAC, a nonprofit based in San Rafael, CA, filed suit Friday in San Francisco Superior Court, demanding

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Scholars: Westboro message at Marine’s funeral offensive, but protected

FAC July 19, 2010

Why seven groups of scholars filed briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Phelpses, not Albert Snyder. Daily Record/Sunday News By Jeff Frantz July 19, 2010 The writers of all seven amicus briefs filed this week with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Westboro Baptist Church noted two things: The protest by the Rev. Fred Phelps and members of his family was terribly offensive and presented a worldview with which they disagreed

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