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    First Amendment

    Refusing Censorship: A High School Paper’s Fight For Press Freedom

    […] News. Ginny LaRoe directs the First Amendment Coalition’s educational and advocacy programs focused on advancing and defending free speech, a free press, and a more open and accountable government. She joined FAC, a California nonprofit, after more than a decade working as a reporter and editor at newspapers in five states, focusing on policing and […]

    February 23, 2023

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    Press Release

    CFAC, scholars sue CA State Bar for access to records on affirmative action

    […] action is beneficial. The only way to bring this long-standing debate to fact-based conclusions is to allow legitimate research to proceed." CFAC, a free speech and open- government advocacy organization, contends that the requested records belong to the public, not the Bar, and therefore must be made public, so long as they are provided […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Cases

    CFAC joins amicus brief backing documentary journalist jailed for refusing to turn over out-takes to federal prosecutors

    […] as an investigator for the police. CFAC supports Wolf not because we agree with his politics, but because we stand beside all bona fide journalists from whom government seeks to compel disclosure of confidential sources or confidential information gathered in the course of reporting. Society is the poorer when news sources lose confidence in […]

    June 2, 2009

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    California Reporting Project Wins 2019 FAC Award for Police Accountability Coverage

    The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the California Reporting Project is the recipient of the 2019 Free Speech & Open Government Award, given in recognition of the project’s groundbreaking statewide campaign to bring to light records of police misconduct.The project, an unprecedented collaboration of competing newsrooms, started as a cooperative effort between […]

    December 2, 2019

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    Bench-Bar-Media Committee proposals for greater media access

    By Susana Montes--The draft report includes 11 recommendations from the Bench-Bar-Media Committee, appointed by the California Supreme Court. The recommendations range from increasing access of cameras and other recording devices in the courtroom, instituting public notices for gag orders by posting on local court websites; and a proposal to develop a rule that […]

    September 23, 2010

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    Back Talk

    […] need....[...Evidence. Attorney-Client Privilege. Attorney Privileged from Identifying Anonymous Clients Who Employed Him to Forward Sums in Payment of Past Taxes Believed Due, but Not under Investigation by Government Virginia Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Jan., 1961), pp. 126-132 -rcastevet ----- I'm the author of the article on anonymous speech that you are discussing. […]

    June 3, 2009

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    FAC News Press Release

    Attorneys Jean-Paul Jassy, Scott Lindlaw elected to FAC board of directors

    […] a team nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for disaster coverage; and won The Associated Press Managing Editors Award for a series on Pat Tillman, the former NFL player killed by his fellow Army Rangers in Afghanistan. Mr. Lindlaw also reported on the criminal and civil trials of O.J. Simpson. Mr. Lindlaw and Mr. Jassy were elected […]

    March 14, 2014

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    Blog

    Announcing FAC’s “Kiss” and “Kiss-Off” awards

    […] guys, on whom we bestow a "First Amendment Kiss," are people and institutions who, by their acts, words, or example, strengthen free speech safeguards, public access to government information and decision-making, and the accountability of elected officials.  The bad guys, whom we recognize with a "First Amendment Kiss-Off" award, are, well, the people and […]

    September 3, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    “Briefings” on controversial project really serial meetings?

    […] time (our commission has 7 members). According to the schedule, more than a quorum of commissioners were scheduled for a meeting that day either in person or by telephone. At the meeting attended by two commissioners, the city manager squelched any dissent about the project and was insistent that they take a positive action […]

    August 18, 2010