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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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    Obfuscating Mercy: How the California Supreme Court Finally Addressed Secretive Pardons

    […] the governor’s office. The purpose of the constitutional requirement, said the court, is to "provide a check on potential abuses of the power conferred on the executive." Admin. Order 2018-03-28. The 10 rejections thus suggest that the Supreme Court determined Brown had abused his power. But because of the categorical secrecy for clemency files, […]

    September 17, 2021

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    LA Times veteran Jim Newton joins FAC board

    […] Jim Newton, editor at large of the Los Angeles Times, has joined the FAC board of directors. He serves as a member of The Times' editorial board, advises on editorial matters and writes and edits for the editorial page and Op-Ed, including a weekly column examining the policy and politics of Southern California. Previously, […]

    August 24, 2012

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    Kern County Superior Court Rescinds Public Access Ban

    […] to observe public proceedings in all courthouses, subject to public health physical distancing requirements and other health and safety guidelines and standards." A previous version of the Standing Order issued on March 23 was unconstitutional and was used repeatedly to turn away members of the public who were given no remote alternative to in-person […]

    July 15, 2020

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    Google’s Antitrust Wrist Slap Is Right Result for Wrong Reason. Right Reason: Google Search Results are Protected Speech

    […] Herald v. Tornillo, nearly 40 years ago. And while the Times aspires to fairness and objectivity in its news judgments, First Amendment protection is not conditioned on adherence to an ideal of impartiality. Overtly opinionated and partisan publications enjoy First Amendment protections for their editorial choices. (Think Daily Kos or the Weekly Standard.) Although […]

    January 7, 2013

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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

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    Cases Press Release

    Court Rules Santa Clara County Must Disclose Parcel Map Database to California First Amendment Coalition

    […] (CFAC) Santa Clara County must make public--at minimal cost and without restrictions on use--its digital "basemap" showing parcel boundaries, the assessor’s parcel number for each parcel, parcel address, and other similar data for all properties in the county, a court has ruled. In a lawsuit filed by CFAC, the Superior Court for Santa Clara […]

    June 2, 2009

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    CFAC awards

    […] legal counsel and legislative advocate for the California Newspaper Publishers Association, is being honored with a Beacon Award. Ewert is in his second decade of protecting reporters, standing up to censorship, and elevating the rights of student journalists and their advisers. The awards will be presented at CFAC's annual Free Speech and Open Government […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Be part of the FAC for All campaign

    […] attack. A nationwide cry for social justice and police accountability. This past year’s extraordinary events highlighted like never before the importance of FAC’s work combatting government secrecy and standing up for free speech, a free press and the public’s right to know. With your support, FAC has mobilized to protect these rights — to make a healthier democracy possible […]

    August 24, 2021