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    California Reporting Project Wins 2019 FAC Award for Police Accountability Coverage

    The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the California Reporting Project is the recipient of the 2019 Free Speech & Open Government Award, given in recognition of the project’s groundbreaking statewide campaign to bring to light records of police misconduct.The project, an unprecedented collaboration of competing newsrooms, started as a cooperative effort between […]

    December 2, 2019

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    Bench-Bar-Media Committee proposals for greater media access

    […] process would educate journalists on court decisions, and would allow greater transparency in the process, the report says. The committee acknowledges, however, that there is a balancing act between the public’s desire to use personal electronic devices while in court and the court’s duty to protect the integrity of proceedings, as new technological devices […]

    September 23, 2010

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    Announcing FAC’s “Kiss” and “Kiss-Off” awards

    […] guys, on whom we bestow a "First Amendment Kiss," are people and institutions who, by their acts, words, or example, strengthen free speech safeguards, public access to government information and decision-making, and the accountability of elected officials.  The bad guys, whom we recognize with a "First Amendment Kiss-Off" award, are, well, the people and […]

    September 3, 2010

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    FAC News Press Release

    Annie Cappetta Joins FAC as Legal Fellow

    […] litigation in the First Amendment Clinic at Vanderbilt. "We are delighted to have Annie on board. She has shown exceptional dedication to the First Amendment and open government, and we look forward to her excellent work in helping expand our legal program’s reach and impact," says FAC’s Legal Director, David Loy. Annie joins in […]

    September 21, 2023

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    FAC News Press Release

    "Mother Jones" publisher Jay Harris and media lawyers Judy Alexander and Ed Davis join CFAC Board

    […] Board of Directors as well, " said James Chadwick, CFAC’s President. "Jay, Judy, and Ed are steeped in the practicalities of putting the First Amendment and open government to work for everyone. They're bringing that expertise to CFAC, and they'll be invaluable additions to the Board," he said. CFAC is a nonprofit advocacy organization […]

    June 2, 2004

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    “Let us Now Praise” a Famous Man: Ray Pryke, Friend of the First Amendment

    BY PETER SCHEER---The First Amendment has lost a good friend. Raymond Pryke, a free speech provocateur, agitator for open and accountable government, and patron of First Amendment scholarship and advocacy, died February 7 in the southern California high-desert community of Hesperia, where he lived and worked for many years. He was 91. A British […]

    February 20, 2015

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    CPRA

    Fee for email copies same as paper copies?

    As for your first question, California’s Public Records Act provides that state and local agencies must provide copies of public records that are not exempt from disclosure "upon payment of fees covering direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable." Govt. Code § 6253(b). A charge of 10 cents per page is […]

    March 18, 2010

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    CPRA

    Can I access teacher absentee rates at public school?

    […] retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics," Govt. Code section 6252(e) -- are presumed to be open to the public and must be disclosed unless a specific provision of the PRA or other law exempts them from disclosure. Accordingly, a request to your school or school district for […]

    March 18, 2010