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    Work With Us

    Opportunities at the First Amendment Coalition may include full-time positions, term-limited legal fellowships, and occasional openings for contract contributors. We encourage anyone interested in working with FAC to sign up for our email newsletter.

    July 3, 2024

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    Advocacy Blog

    Update on open-government legislative proposals in Sacramento

    […] officer names (though not personal contact info) are public information and subject to public disclosure laws. The AB 1855 amendments would have reversed these rulings. The California Newspaper Publishers Association, CFAC and other organizations opposed the bill. Assemblymember Portantino ultimately decided to pull the Amendments. SB 1370 In 2006, LAUSD newspaper advisor, Darryl Adams, […]

    June 6, 2009

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    CPRA FOIA

    Construction inspectors’ addresses omitted from CPRA response

    […] of crane construction inspectors.  Cal OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) responded to my CPRA request with a partial list of crane inspectors, with their addresses. I dem anded the rest of the list and they gave me an alleged complete list without the requested addresses. They said the addresses were exempt as personal info. Is this […]

    July 18, 2013

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    CPRA

    Withholding of Juveniles’ Names in Police Records

    There's a bit of a gang war here in Salinas, and many of those involved are juveniles. I understand police can withhold names of juveniles involved in crime. But there have been recent cases of juveniles being murdered in gang violence. Even though the juvenile is deceased, the police are still not forthcoming with […]

    June 14, 2009

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    FAC News Press Release

    Clara Hogan Named as FAC’s Communications and Programs Director

    […] with substantial experience in the nonprofit sector, as FAC’s Communications and Programs Director. After starting her career in journalism as the managing editor of the 50,000-circulation student newspaper of the University of Iowa, and serving as a journalism intern for Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Hogan served as a media strategist at […]

    September 13, 2017

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    CPRA

    UC keeps extending my records request without providing a reason

    […] later I received a letter saying they  they would produce the requested documents on almost a month later.  When the appointed day came, I received no response. I sent an email inquiry, the school responded saying they  they would respond 30 days later. There was no reason for the delay given. Can they do this?

    September 8, 2011

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    Blog Cases

    Lawyers' group fails in attempt to intervene in CFAC suit over State Bar affirmative action records

    CFAC's lawsuit against the State Bar for bar exam records relevant to research on law schools' affirmative action policies has moved forward. CFAC successfully turned back an attempt by a group of lawyers, who claim to be interested in the confidentiality of the Bar data, to intervene in the case to block disclosure. At […]

    June 2, 2009

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    Brown Act School Records

    State Agency I worked for is denying my records’ request, but documents do exist!

    I used to work for the State of California. I lost my job and I am trying to get information on a program administered by my employer. This program is funded by the Federal government. I am being met with resistance because the Public Request officer is simply forwarding my request to my former […]

    September 13, 2013