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    FAC Prevails in Effort to Force CA Attorney General to Disclose Police Misconduct Files

    A San Francisco judge today ordered California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to begin disclosing police-misconduct files sought by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC)—a victory for government transparency against one of the few remaining police agencies in the state to refuse to comply with Senate Bill 1421, California’s new landmark police transparency bill that went […]

    May 17, 2019

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    Brown Act

    Limitation On Public Comments At City Council Meeting

    If a city council establishes a protocol whereby the mayor may unilaterally decide to limit public comments on a topic to no more than 45 minutes, thereby preventing people present who wish to make public comments from speaking, is that compliant with the Brown Act?

    March 3, 2020

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    Court Records

    Obtaining records of traffic citations

    […] its electronic calendar, register of actions, and index.  "Bulk distribution" means distribution of all, or a significant subset, of the court's electronic records. The electronic court calendar must include the date of court calendar, the time of calendared event, court department number, case number, and case title.  Cal. Rules of Court 2077(b)(1).  The register […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Is a coroner’s report a public document?

    […] records that are properly characterized as law enforcement investigatory records. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

    October 12, 2010

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    For Google, Facebook et al, the best defense against NSA surveillance is not legal reform, but technology that forces the agency to come through the “front door”

    […] NSA and wants to see its activities curbed. Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, nerds and Luddites, all share a high level of discomfort about the federal government gaining access to their personal information stored on the servers of Google, Facebook, Yahoo and others. But here's the question: If we object to NSA's use […]

    January 7, 2014

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    FAC News Press Release

    Applications Now Open for First Amendment Coalition Legal Fellow

    […] journalists and other individuals—with a particular focus on those in traditionally underserved communities. FAC’s legal work is focused on enhancing public access to federal, state and local government records and proceedings and protecting the First Amendment rights of free speech and press. FAC also works to provide legal assistance to journalists served with subpoenas […]

    March 11, 2021

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    CPRA School Records

    Employment documents of officials

    Can I request under the Public Records Act the resume and application for employment of a school district Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent. I have an interest only in the prior employment history and will assume the private data (address etc). will be blocked out. My interpretation of 6254(c) is that prior work history is […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Describing a closed session

    Government Code section 54954.2(a) provides that at least 72 hours prior to a regular meeting, the body must post an agenda containing a brief general description of each item to be discussed or transacted at the meeting, including items to be discussed in closed session. A "brief general description," as the term indicates, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Urges Court to Block Fresno Ordinance, Citing First Amendment Concerns

    The press plays an important role in documenting the government’s treatment of homeless people, FAC's brief says UPDATE May 24, 2022: A federal judge, citing First Amendment problems, granted plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the ordinance at issue in the case. Read the order. The First Amendment Coalition today filed […]

    April 12, 2022