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    2024 Impact Report

    FAC came to the aid of journalists throughout 2024 with education programming, legal defense, vigorous advocacy, and more.

    April 15, 2025

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    Blog

    Stanford confirms no discipline for student journalist. But it must do more.

    […] will determine how to proceed based on the evidence it has assembled, and my intent is to leave that judgment up to the DA," he wrote. FAC Advocacy Director Ginny LaRoe told the Mercury News: "We are relieved Dilan no longer faces academic discipline for covering the news," LaRoe said. "But it’s deeply troubling […]

    January 23, 2025

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    Public Records

    Sacramento Television Stations, Inc. v. Superior Court

    […] officer. Both of the hostages were shot, and one was killed. The suspect is facing criminal charges. As discussed in FAC’s Police Transparency Handbook, A.B. 748 was adopted to lift the veil of secrecy over police shootings and other uses of force. It requires public agencies to disclose audio or video recordings depicting "critical […]

    January 11, 2025

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    The First

    Level Benefit All the gifts above, plus: Invitation to Sacramento to view our legislative advocacy work in action and lunch with FAC’s advocacy director

    July 20, 2024

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    Request a Training

    […] to deepen their understanding of how to be a government watchdog. Meet & Greet with FAC Staff (30 minutes) Get to know members of the FAC legal, advocacy and press education staff to receive an introduction to resources, how FAC works and to discuss potential advocacy, legal or educational collaborations. These informational Q&A sessions […]

    June 12, 2024

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    Will All Judges Who Have Viewed Porn Please Stand Up?

    […] a prosecutor, aggressively pursued prostitutes and their customers. Senator Larry Craig, before getting busted for soliciting sex in a public bathroom, had exploited anti-gay sentiment for political advantage. But Kozinski doesn't fit the role of hypocrite-gets-his-due. He is miscast in this stock morality tale of politics and scandal. If Kozinski is removed from the […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Blog

    Security plans for the Democratic convention in Denver must be changed to make room for dissent

    By Benjamin Grant Ladner The upcoming Democratic National Convention inspires optimism among many advocates for free-speech and open government; an Obama presidency, should it come to pass, is seen as a welcome opportunity to redraw the balance between government secrecy and accountability. That optimism, however, must be tempered by what stands to go on […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Blog

    Leaks in the Age of Trump–The Coming Flood

    […] Espionage Act -- something that has never been tried, but then Trump has shown little compunction in breaking with traditions and norms. It could follow the Obama Administration’s lead and disregard Justice Department policies against secret subpoenas to news organizations or journalists. It is also possible that Trump will do none of these things. […]

    January 4, 2017

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Receives Three-Year, $375,000 Grant From Jonathan Logan Family Foundation

    […] activism and, at the most basic level, the ability of the people to know what the government is doing in their name. The Foundation is committed to standing with FAC in fighting for our constitution and our democracy in these perilous and divisive times." The Logan gift comes on top of foundation support in […]

    April 20, 2018