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    The attacks in Paris are a clarifying moment for freedom of speech

    […] their credit, millions have marched to proclaim their love of freedom and their solidarity ("Je suis Charlie") with the targeted journalists and their magazine.  However, very few news media have been willing to publish the cartoon images that provoked the terrorists, and many have refrained from publishing the cover of the magazine’s post-attack issue. […]

    January 22, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Is there a law about distributing fliers near a courthouse?

    Is there any caselaw or information I can refer to regarding display of a sign, placard, or passing out fliers in the parking lot of a municipal courthouse?Would I have to keep a certain distance from the courthouse doors to stay within the law?

    August 27, 2010

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    The U.S. is alone among western democracies in protecting “hate speech.” Chalk it up to a healthy fear of government censorship.

    […] imposes criminal fines for racial epithets, Holocaust-denial, anti-immigrant advocacy and other forms of "hate speech." And the French are not alone. To varying degrees, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada--liberal democracies, all--enforce similar laws banning hate speech. The United States is an outlier when it comes to freedom of expression. Although […]

    March 14, 2011

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Honors the Brown Institute’s ‘Documenting COVID-19’ Project as 2020 Award Winner

    […] Speech & Open Government Award recipient for its "Documenting COVID-19" project, which created a massive clearinghouse of public records and produced accountability journalism in partnership with 30 newsrooms. The project set out to examine the decision-making of state and local officials in response to the coronavirus pandemic — decisions that had life-changing consequences for […]

    February 9, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Police Call and Arrest Logs

    What part of the Police call and/or arrest logs are publicly accessible under the PRA? Can only the victim see the arrest log? Can the name of the arrestee or callee be given to the public? If a City website keeps the call logs on the City website for 7 days, and they fall […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    Journalism Leaders Ricardo Sandoval-Palos and Edward Wasserman Join FAC Board

    […] public broadcasting organization following a long career as an investigative reporter and editor, with leadership roles at NPR’s Morning Edition, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, nonprofit news sites InsideClimate News and 100Reporters, and major newspapers in California and Texas.  Wasserman just stepped down as dean of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, a […]

    July 9, 2020

  • Posts

    Governor signs FAC-sponsored access bill

    […] means of enforcing citizens’ open-government rights in California, SB 786 is crucial. Without it, the Brown Act and the CPRA will become dead letters. Why is a new law needed to preserve what the legislature always intended? The answer is an anomalous 2009 court decision, Californians Aware v. Orange Unified School District, which affirmed […]

    August 10, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Political Reform Act case records

    I asked our District Attorney for information allowed by Gov Code 6254 (f)(2) on Political Reform Act cases. She gave only closed cases, saying giving me anything on open cases would endanger the investigation. Do you agree?

    June 14, 2009

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    Press Release

    CFAC, scholars sue CA State Bar for access to records on affirmative action

    […] the Bar has chosen to sacrifice academic freedom and the public’s right of access for the sake of political correctness," said CFAC executive director Peter Scheer. The new lawsuit is based on public record requests, also denied, that were filed earlier this year. The requests included detailed instructions for redacting the records to safeguard […]

    June 3, 2009