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  • Latest News

    FAC News

    We’re Hiring: Press Education Manager

    […] education programs. This is a chance to play a key role at a leading California nonprofit that does important work to support California journalists’ ability to access government information to keep communities informed. The new position is a dream job for someone with an investigative journalism or journalism education background who is passionate about […]

    January 22, 2025

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    Cases Press Release

    Key settlement in FAC case breaks new ground in public access to officials’ emails

    July 24, 2012—The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce a landmark settlement in a case involving public access to government email messages. The agreement with the city of Auburn, California requires the city to save emails for at least two years–replacing a prior policy of deleting most emails after 30 days. The agreement, […]

    July 25, 2012

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    Blog

    How to sabotage California’s Public Records Act

    By Peter Scheer—If you were looking for a way to sabotage America's freedom-of-information laws, you couldn't do much better than a legal strategy being pursued by government entities in two California towns. The public school district of Willows, in Glenn County, and the town of Sebastopol, near Petaluma, have been sued, in unrelated cases, […]

    October 15, 2012

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    Press Release

    FAC Victory in “Reverse CPRA” Case: Court Orders Disclosure of Records Alleging Misconduct by Milpitas City Official

    In an important win for government transparency, a Santa Clara Superior Court judge has ruled that the city of Milpitas must release documents relating to allegations of serious misconduct by former city manager Tom Williams. The city originally withheld the documents based in part on a "reverse California Public Record Act" lawsuit filed by […]

    May 3, 2018

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    Brown Act CPRA

    The Brown Act and non-government youth organizations

    I need to know if there are any acts, like the Brown or Public records acts, that govern youth sports leagues. My daughters play for a league that has closed meetings and meetings that nobody knows about.

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Religious institutions and the Brown Act

    I would like to find out if the Brown Act applies to Churches/Temples that are non profit or charitable institutions? Can the President of a board of directors have meetings with a few members of the board without taking minutes and without the full executive committee brought in to the "dinner" or meeting prior […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records School Records

    College Campus Police Blotter

    I am interested in finding out whether the police blotter on college campuses is public record. Are there any case laws regarding this particular topic?

    June 14, 2009

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    Government Transparency and Accountability

    Explainer

    […] 488, 502 (2020). See Haynie v. Superior Court, 26 Cal. 4th 1061, 1073–75 (2001) (holding agency had no duty to create a log of potentially responsive records covered by request). The CPRA "is designed to give the public access to information in possession of public agencies. [The CPRA] itself does not undertake to prescribe […]

    September 5, 2025