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Non-English Speaking Participants at City Council Meetings
June 14, 2009
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FAC, ACLU Sue City of Fresno for Open Meetings Law Violation
November 15, 2023
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FAC Welcomes Legal Fellow Sherene Tagharobi
[…] organization’s ability to promote and defend freedoms of speech and the press, and to enforce the public’s right to know by bringing lawsuits under the California Public Records Act, the federal Freedom of Information Act and other open-government provisions. Tagharobi succeeds veteran First Amendment lawyer Glen Smith as FAC’s second legal fellow, following Smith’s […]July 17, 2020
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Brown Act Compliance for Faculty Members Digitally Attending Academic Senate Meetings
[…] for the benefit of the public of the legislative body." Government Code section 54953(b). The term "teleconference" means a "meeting of individuals in different locations, connected by electronic means, through either audio, video, or both." Government Code section 54953(b)(4). A legislative body is permitted to use teleconferencing for any meeting or proceeding authorized by […]May 15, 2018
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The first amendment is in trouble when EU bureaucrats get to decide what US citizens can read on US-based websites
December 15, 2014
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More than 100 Organizations and Media Companies Call on Congress to Pass the PRESS Act
[…] PRESS Act, which passed in the House of Representatives on January 18, 2024, would shield reporters from having to disclose information identifying confidential sources as well as records, communications content, documents, or information that the journalist obtained or created as part of their journalism. The bill also bars government demands for that data to […]October 10, 2024
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The dark side of ‘sunshining’ government data online
[…] portal proved a boon to corporations and the wealthy, who hired lawyers and predatory land agents to challenge titles, hunt for errors in documentation, exploit gaps in records, identify targets for bribery, and snap up property. An initiative that was intended to level the playing field for small landholders ended up penalizing them; bribery […]June 29, 2011
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FAC posts online confidential CalPERS’ docs ordered released by Court
[…] the internet more than 1,700 CalPERS documents relating to an East Palo Alto real estate investment in which CalPERS lost all of its $100 million investment. The records--which include the partnership agreement, offering memorandum and email exchanges about the failed investment---were ordered released by the Superior Court in San Francisco. The documents have been […]September 28, 2010
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Cameras in prison
June 14, 2009
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Lights back on at wikileaks
[…] locking the wikileaks domain name--effectively shutting down the entire website--in response to a suit by Julius Baer Bank, a Swiss and Cayman Islands bank, over leaked banking records that had been posted to wikileaks. The judge both rescinded the locking order and denied a motion to extend a TRO focused more narrowly on the […]June 3, 2009