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    Can the First Amendment Survive President Trump?

    […] come in the rather trivial forms that some journalists and First Amendment advocates have focused on recently. For example, his post-election denunciations, via Twitter, of the "failing New York Times," triggered by specific news stories that he doesn’t like. Or his verbal attacks on journalists by name. Although unorthodox, these antics don't threaten First […]

    November 18, 2016

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    What it Costs to Fight Government Secrecy | A Message from David Snyder

    Dear Friends, If you’ve been following my messages throughout the year, you know that FAC has broken new ground in 2021 in our fight to protect a free press and the public’s right to know. We’ve forced government agencies to unseal thousands of pages of previously secret records. We’ve armed journalists and lawyers with […]

    November 22, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Can Home Owners’ Association Prohibit Political Signage?

    […] in a large community governed by a Home Owners’ Association (HOA). It recently passed a regulation that restricts political signs to 6 days prior to an election and 15 days after. This violates the recent Supreme Court ruling in Reed vs Gilbert, but it is unclear if this applies to an HOA. I’d like […]

    January 19, 2021

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    Brown Act

    Community College Senates, the Brown Act, and Secret Ballots

    I am a member of a College Academic Senate, a body of 15 elected faculty members representing the faculty at large and governed by open meeting regulations, including the Brown Act. The Senate violated the Brown Act by conducting a secret ballot and a group of faculty brought a petition for a referendum vote by […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Inaccurate agenda information at County Board meeting

    Is it a Brown Act violation to intentionally provide false information on the agenda, agenda description, or supporting documents provided with the agenda for a County Board meeting?

    April 15, 2016

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    Brown Act

    Council Meetings On Zoom Have Increased Brown Act Violations During The Public Comment Period

    […] the way the council has been conducting the meetings. The hot topic has been the current proposed city budget which they've had for the past three months and finally released to the community three weeks before the supposed deadline. Now that they've been using Zoom for the meetings, the public comments that were initially […]

    April 21, 2022

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    Honoring Reb Rebele (1930-2023)

    […] where he was editor of the Stanford Daily. He met his future wife, Patricia, in junior high school and went on to own a series of small newspapers across California and beyond. Reb was elected to FAC’s board of directors in 1990, when it was called the California First Amendment Coalition. He served as […]

    November 30, 2023