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We engage in public and legal advocacy around crucial issues affecting government transparency, press rights, and the people’s right to know, with a focus on California state and local policy and practices. This work includes influencing legislation, responding to threats to freedom of the press and freedom of expression, and enforcing freedom of information […]

June 11, 2024
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First Amendment

What are the rules regarding free speech and highway signage?

[…] removing the sign. Id. Although these laws impact speech and the highly protected category of political speech it seems likely that a court would find that the government interest in regulating the highways for safety and aesthetic reasons would be sufficient to justify any incidental impingement on speech, particularly given the exception made for […]

October 17, 2013
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Cases

Amici Briefs Digest, Dec. 2017

[…] communication service providers -- is unconstitutional because it requires a prior restraint in violation of the First Amendment. The statute, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2709, 3511, allows the government to impose gag orders on internet companies that receive NSL’s, preventing them from publicly stating even that they were subjected to an NSL. In the underlying […]
December 8, 2017
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How Can I Request All Audio and Video of My Arrest?

[…] your request, can be found on the First Amendment Coalition’s website here. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.
- Public Records
August 8, 2020
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Newsgathering

Rules for Redactions in Florida Public Records

[…] records. Here is a link: You might want to first review this statute to see what it says about exemptions and redactions (see Section 119.07(d), which authorizes government personnel to redact information if the information falls within one of the statute’s recognized exemptions, which begin at section 119.071), as well as enforcement of the […]

June 19, 2018
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Press Rights

FAC to California Judiciary: End Court Secrecy Now

[…] public. Today’s letter is a part of these efforts, and was made possible by support from FAC’s supporters. In addition to open-court advocacy, FAC has worked to combat government secrecy throughout the public-health emergency, speaking out against efforts to weaken freedom-of-information laws, publishing new tools to help the public and press obtain records, and holding […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Press Freedom
June 15, 2020
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CPRA

How to Request Information Stored in a Database?

How does the California Public Records Act handle information stored in a database rather than a specific record (e.g. an existing, stand-alone document)? For example, if I'm looking for historical financial information on a public works project at my city, the data might be in a database and would require city staff to run […]

March 11, 2020
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CPRA

Is all information about public employment tests exempt?

[…] I have taken for jobs at BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit). I request my score, value for each question, who wrote the exam, who was the subject matter expert, and who graded the exam. I think the California Public Record Act states that this information is exempt. Is there some way to get selective information?

July 29, 2011
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Brown Act

Minutes to be Approved Made Public

If minutes are to be approved at a Committee meeting that is a Brown Act Committee, do the minutes need to be available to the public 72 hrs prior to the vote- or at the very least, the same time they are given to the committee members?

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment Protest Rights

First Amendment Rights Violated by Restricting Access on Public Sidewalk

We were peacefully walking by a Scientology event which was held at a hotel in Florida. There were scores of people on the sidewalk. A police officer moonlighting for Scientology told us that they did not want us on the sidewalk (which is public) and that we would have to leave (we have a video […]

November 30, 2018