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    Press Freedom

    Defending and advancing the ability of journalists to do the important work of keeping communities informed

    July 3, 2024

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    Government Transparency & Accountability

    Ensuring public access to information is essential for the people to know what the government is doing in their name. We advance and defend freedom of information — access to public records and public meetings — through education, policy advocacy and litigation.

    July 3, 2024

  • Posts

    FAC Joins Press and Advocacy Groups Condemning Arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort

    […] justification for these arrests and to halt all retaliatory posture toward journalists that undermine constitutional press protections. We further call on media organizations, newsroom leaders, press freedom advocates, civil rights groups, legal experts, and allies across the country to not only stand together, organize, and act, but to also closely monitor these cases and […]

    February 5, 2026

  • Handbooks

    Reporter’s Field Guide: Election Day Access

    […] counted. This guide is designed to help reporters understand their access rights and limitations from the time voters begin marking ballots until the last one is counted. Additionally, it aims to explain the rights and restrictions placed on other elections observers and limitations placed on the public around polling locations, elections offices and ballot […]

    October 19, 2025

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can my former employer disclose my personnel records under the CPRA?

    […] ‘for example’ an exemption might apply is inadequate to raise a FOIA exemption." Maydak v. United States DOJ, 218 F.3d 760, 765 (D.C. Cir. 2000). However, in advance of litigation to enforce the CPRA, an agency is generally under no duty to produce an itemized list of records it is withholding in whole or […]

    May 15, 2025

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    Message from the FAC Board

    […] as government transparency and accountability. The recent, unconstitutional executive orders punishing several law firms and the verbal attacks on federal judges whose decisions do not please the administration are particularly troubling threats to our legal system. Without an independent judiciary and lawyers who are able to represent their clients without fear of retribution, our […]

    April 22, 2025

  • Latest News

    Press Release

    Community Group and Huntington Beach Residents Sue City Over Library Censorship

    […] reflected by others or to imagine oneself in the shoes of another," said David Loy, legal director of the First Amendment Coalition. "The government has no business standing in the way of young people as they grow into adulthood by reading about the diverse experiences of the world around them." Filed in Orange County […]

    February 27, 2025