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    FAC Defends Press Freedom in Marin Photographer’s Case

    […] Journalists, put authorities on notice of Portje’s status as a journalist days after his arrest, and yet police got a judge to sign a warrant. (Read more news coverage in the Marin Independent Journal and the Pacific Sun.) In our amicus curiae letter supporting Portje’s motion to quash the warrant, we explain that in […]

    January 4, 2022

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    First Amendment

    Changing search warrant policy

    A criminal superior court has a new search warrant policy where the affiants or other law enforcement officer who is filing the search warrant redacts information from the warrant in order to reduce the work of the exhausted and overworked court clerks. Items redacted include vehicles searched, addresses searched, and persons being searched.  The […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog FAC News

    FAC Seeks Nominations for 2014 Free Speech & Open Government Award

    […] Qualifications for the award are outstanding accomplishment, service or other contributions to "the people’s right to know" about government. The winner could be a journalist, blogger, lawyer, news organization (print or digital), software developer or community activist. We wish to recognize an individual or institution whose actions deserve public honor and emulation for their […]

    October 9, 2014

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    Blog FAC News

    FAC Seeks Nominations for 2018 Free Speech & Open Government Award

    […] the award are outstanding accomplishment, service or other contributions to "the people’s right to know" about government. The winner, or winners, could be a journalist, blogger, lawyer, news organization (print or digital), software developer or community activist. We wish to recognize an individual or institution whose actions deserve public honor and emulation for their […]

    August 15, 2018

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    Brown Act

    Denied right to have job termination discussed in open meeting

    I was accused of conflict of interest and fired from my job at the Community College District. I requested an open session for the appeal to the Board for my termination and was denied. I made three requests in writing, all of which were denied by the District. I believe it is my right […]

    August 2, 2011

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    Blog

    The Threat to Free Speech is Real. But It Isn’t Coming From Where You Might Think.

    […] "running war" with the media, and routinely derides the press as uniformly "dishonest" and "disgusting."   But the most alarming immediate threats to free speech in this new era aren’t coming directly from Trump.   More than 100 UC Berkeley professors recently demanded that the administration silence a speaker whose extreme views they find […]

    February 13, 2017

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Names Leading California Media Figures to Board of Directors

    […] organization and for our state and country as a whole--we couldn’t be more fortunate to have their expertise and energy as FAC continues to grow to meet new challenges." Cheryl Brown is a former California Assemblywoman, newspaper publisher, small business owner and current California State Commissioner on Aging, who has devoted the majority of […]

    November 12, 2020

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC joins Apple v Samsung appeal to urge disclosure of confidential records filed in court “under seal”

    […] decide the validity of Judge Koh's unsealing order. The successful effort in the trial court to restrict the parties' sealing of records was led by Reuters, the news agency. Judge Koh's unsealing order was the result of Reuters' motions. Reuters, however,  notified the Court of Appeals that it won't be filing briefs to oppose […]

    September 5, 2012