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DA Office Complaint Records

The DA’s Office will not provide me copies of 6 complaint refusals on a felony that I was the victim in.

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Homeowners Associations Prohibition on Videotaping

[…] of Directors of my Homeowners Association has passed a new rule (in an open meeting and after a 30 day notice) to prohibit taping of Board Meetings by members of the HOA. It is not clear whether "The Brown Act" applies in this case. I do not know how to determine if "The association […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

How Can We Obtain Criminal Charges Against Our Community Service District for Violations of the Brown Act?

We are requesting assistance in criminally prosecuting Community Service District (CSD) members and General Manager for multiple past and ongoing violations of the Brown Act.

January 20, 2021
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FAC hosts training sessions for the press and public on a variety of open government and First Amendment topics. Below are examples of sessions we offer, which can be conducted virtually or in person, and feature experts in First Amendment, public access, and newsgathering issues. If you would like to bring FAC to your […]

June 12, 2024
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Wanted by the FBI: Journalists’ phone records showing calls to and from confidential sources.

[…] of an apparent leak investigation. Neither ABC nor the reporters, Brian Ross and Richard Esposito, had an opportunity to go to court and try to block the government’s access to the phone records—by the time they found out what the government was up to (which, ironically, they learned unofficially, through a leak from the […]
- Press Freedom
June 2, 2009
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Using Trade Agreements As a Tool to Further Rights of Free Speech

[…] the Beijing Olympic Games, a U.S.-based coalition is striving to keep the spotlight squarely focused on China. The California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) is urging the U.S. government to launch a formal complaint against China at the Geneva-based World Trade Organization, alleging that the country's heavy-handed Internet censorship violates world trading rules. The CFAC […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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Special Commentary | You Have the Right to Record Law Enforcement Officers — Including at the Border

In a landmark settlement, the federal government was forced to concede that there is no border exception to this First Amendment right. Note: In April 2022, the First Amendment Coalition joined the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties as co-counsel to help enforce the landmark settlement protecting the right to record at the […]
- Free Expression
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 9, 2022
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FAC to Intervene in Lawsuit that Attempts to Prohibit Disclosure of Public Records

[…] seeks to prevent the release of public records regarding a former public school teacher’s alleged sexual abuse of students. A reverse CPRA lawsuit seeks to prevent a government agency from releasing records in response to a California Public Records Act (CPRA) request. Reverse CPRA lawsuits are often brought by the subject of the records […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 9, 2024
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SCOTUS is about to bring down hammer on public sector unions. That will be good for democracy, not so good for freedom of speech.

[…] overtly political activities, like lobbying and campaign contributions. The public employees in the Friedrich case---teachers in Los Angeles public schools---argue that collective bargaining between unions and the government is no less political than campaign contributions or lobbying. When public sector unions bargain with a state or local government agency over pensions, health insurance, average […]
- Free Expression
January 20, 2016
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Obama blasts Afghans for expelling reporter who refused to ID confidential sources. So why the continued pursuit, at home, of NYT reporter James Risen?

To its credit, the Obama administration was quick and forceful in its condemnation of the Afghan government’s expulsion of New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg, who had angered the Karzai government by reporting that high-level Afghan officials were considering bypassing electoral procedures to establish an interim government—in effect, to stage a coup. But the […]
- Press Freedom
August 23, 2014