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We’re Hiring: Programs Coordinator

[…] improve educational initiatives. The Programs Coordinator will report to FAC Advocacy Director Ginny LaRoe and work with other staff, including a new Press Education Manager (see job ad), to support the growth of the organization’s educational programs that focus on public access to information and press rights. FAC is expanding the types of educational […]

February 18, 2025
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After the Election, What Comes Next

[…] others who depend on the First Amendment. Our ability to do so will soon grow. In 2025, FAC will expand our defense of democracy’s fundamental rights by: Adding a senior staff attorney to ensure more government transparency. Increasing our oversight and lobbying of elected officials. Customizing and expanding our education for journalists to empower […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Press Freedom
November 9, 2024
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FAC Supports AB 339’s Open Meeting Provisions

April 1, 2021
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First Amendment

FAC Calls on California City to End Unconstitutional Public Comment Policy

[…] ordinance and amend it to comply with the U.S. Constitution. The ordinance states, "Any person making personal, impertinent or slanderous remarks or who shall become boisterous while addressing the City Council shall be forthwith, by directive of the Presiding Officer, be [sic] barred from further audience at such meeting before the City Council unless […]
- Free Expression
- Government Transparency and Accountability
August 8, 2022
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SB 331, a secrecy bill masquerading as a transparency bill, deserves a veto

[…] officials want to have to explain their decisions to the voters who will have to pay for them. SB 331 is payback for the communities that have adopted the (rather modest) transparency measures (referred to as COIN ordinances, for "Civic Openness in Negotiations"). SB 331 imposes on these communities---and only on these communities---Draconian new […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 16, 2015
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Our California Legislative Priorities Focus on Police Transparency and Press Protections

The First Amendment Coalition's priorities for the 2021 California legislative session focus on advancing police transparency, strengthening press and protester protections, and opposing government secrecy in all forms. Read our position letters to see where we stand on bills we are monitoring: FAC supports these bills AB 339: Enhances public access to meetings AB […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Press Freedom
April 6, 2021
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FAC Opposes Legislation That Would Harm Your Right to Know

[…] Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a landmark police accountability law, SB 2, that gave the state the ability to strip abusive officers of their badges. Now the Newsom administration wants to cancel the transparency part of that law, by allowing the agency tasked with this important oversight job to shield records from public view. And […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 21, 2023
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With news jobs vanishing, why are journalism schools still enrolling students?

[…] PR. This is not a criticism of the PR profession. Public relations specialists, like lawyers (a club to which I belong), lobbyists and ambassadors, are all professional advocates. Being an effective paid advocate of a client's point of view has absolutely nothing to do with journalism, other than perhaps the writing of press releases […]

October 22, 2009
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Victory: California Appeal Court Orders Records Unsealed

[…] restrictive means exist to protect respondent’s private medical information and the identity of third parties," Justice Victoria Chavez wrote for the panel. As part of FAC's long- standing commitment to enforcing the public's right to know, it teamed up with EFF and First Amendment scholar Eugene Volokh to challenge secrecy in the case, a […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
April 15, 2020
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US media shouldn’t rush to hang Murdoch’s News Corp for the sins of its London tabloids. Let’s wait to see the evidence.

[…] Chronicle have barely disturbed Rupert Murdoch’s media properties. The Wall Street Journal, for one, has not only weathered the storm that decimated competitors’ newsrooms, but it has added editorial staff, news features and online resources. This considerable achievement, however, did nothing to insulate News Corp from the firestorm of scandal involving its tabloid newspapers […]
- Press Freedom
July 18, 2011