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FAC names free speech award winners–and one loser

[…] principles are more theory than reality, Rod King and Fallbrook High School are richly deserving of the First Amendment Coalition’s Darkness Award. The First Amendment Coalition, a nonprofit organization with offices in San Rafael, CA, is committed to defending and expanding free speech and open-government rights at the national, state and local level. The […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Press Freedom
October 22, 2009
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FAC Moves—Again—To Unseal Records From CA Supreme Court “Secret Docket”
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 11, 2019
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FAC joins Apple v Samsung appeal to urge disclosure of confidential records filed in court “under seal”

[…] both appealed an August 9 ruling by the trial court Judge, Lucy Koh, ordering the unsealing of many (but not all) of the sealed records. FAC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to free speech and open-government, filed its motion to intervene in the appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Press Freedom
September 5, 2012
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FAC files suit for logs showing who visited LA’s County Assessor in jail

[…] public jail under the scrutiny of law enforcement personnel is about as UN-private an event as one can imagine," said Peter Scheer, executive director of FAC, a nonprofit organization based in San Rafael. "Visitors to a jail are subject to search for security reasons, their every movement observed by guards and recorded by security […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 1, 2013
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Clara Hogan Named as FAC’s Communications and Programs Director

The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the appointment of Clara Hogan, a journalist and communications specialist with substantial experience in the nonprofit sector, as FAC’s Communications and Programs Director. After starting her career in journalism as the managing editor of the 50,000-circulation student newspaper of the University of Iowa, and serving as […]

September 13, 2017
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CFAC Update: Acting globally and locally: From internet censorship in China to a TRO against Atherton, CA

[…] The Superior Court not only rejected Calaware's claims, but granted the school board's motion to strike the case under California's anti-SLAPP law. The result: Calaware, a small nonprofit, was ordered to pay the school board's legal fees. CFAC's amicus brief, written by CFAC Board President James Chadwick and Board members Guylyn Cummins and Steve […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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"Mother Jones" publisher Jay Harris and media lawyers Judy Alexander and Ed Davis join CFAC Board

[…] firm in San Francisco, and Judy Alexander, owner of Judy Alexander Law in Capitola. Harris has been Publisher of Mother Jones and Chief Executive Officer of its nonprofit parent, the Foundation for National Progress, since 1991. In 2001 Mother Jones was awarded the National Magazine Award for General Excellence, and was again a finalist […]

June 2, 2004
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FAC opposes bill that would weaken open-meetings protections
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2024
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City Clerk’s obligation to the CPRA

June 14, 2009
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Selling property and public input

June 14, 2009