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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC teams up with New America Media and CA Black Media to assist ethnic journalists

    […] the Legal Hotline available on a priority basis for NAM and CBM members--hundreds of journalists around the country---to give them expert guidance and support in reporting on government. The Legal Hotline handles questions about freedom of speech, access to government records, attending court proceedings or meetings of government agencies, and many more matters involving […]

    July 23, 2016

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    Blog

    A 1st Amendment Kiss** to the LA Times for coverage of LA schools that empowers parents to hold bureaucrats and politicians accountable

    […] but a First Amendment Kiss is FAC's honorific for those who, by their acts, words, or example, strengthen the claim for freedom of speech, for transparency in government, and for political accountability. Our First Amendment Kiss-Off is reserved for those persons and institutions who, whether out of distrust of citizens or undue deference to […]

    August 27, 2010

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    Brown Act

    Serial Meetings

    […] one of them meet with a third board member to discuss the same types of general issues? Assume there is no discussion of how to vote on action items -- rather, it is a general conversation about how things are going. Can this be shared with a third board member, or does that constitute […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment Police Records

    Requesting employee-related information

    […] only 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 of actions […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    City Council names building without notice

    […] for naming of public buildings. The mayor appointed a committee to address the policy/procedure. However, he refused to do anything about the previous meeting's action. Since the issue of naming a public building was not on the council agenda - and there was no allowance for public comment - is this a Brown Act violation?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA School Records

    Suspension and Expulsion Records

    […] records are presumptively open to the public, absent an express provision to the contrary.  Two provisions of the PRA that might apply to student disciplinary records are Government Code Section 6254(c), which exempts from disclosure "ersonnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy," and Section […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Press Rights

    FAC Writes in Support of Reporter Disparaged By Elected Official Following Public Records Request

    […] and Public Trust of Fresno State today called on a California public official to apologize for insulting a reporter and to take seriously his obligations under open- government laws. The letter to Tom Wheeler, a member of the Madera County Board of Supervisors, comes after Wheeler responded to a reporter's public records request with, […]

    January 22, 2021

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    Be part of the FAC for All campaign

    […] pandemic. Journalists under attack. A nationwide cry for social justice and police accountability. This past year’s extraordinary events highlighted like never before the importance of FAC’s work combatting government secrecy and standing up for free speech, a free press and the public’s right to know. With your support, FAC has mobilized to protect these rights — […]

    August 24, 2021

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    Brown Act

    School Boards, Closed Sessions, and Student Files

    […] advance notice of its intent to discuss any part of the matter in closed session.  As long as the item was adequately described on the agenda, the Brown Act requires the school district to disclose, in the open meeting, "the item or items to be discussed in the closed session."  Cal. Gov. Code Sec. […]

    June 14, 2009