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    Video

    […] like California, may have statutes or specific laws on the books that do create certain rights for the press, or for reporters specifically, to remain and cross police lines in some circumstances. But as a general matter, the First Amendment, as a constitutional minimum, does not create any rights for the press different from […]

    January 13, 2026

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    Public Records

    Damien v. County of Riverside

    […] jails in 2022, among other years, were some of the deaths that led the Legislature to pass SB 519 in 2023. SB 519 is modeled on earlier police transparency laws and requires public disclosure of previously secret records related to in-custody deaths at local detention facilities. Under SB 519, agencies must generally disclose records […]

    December 5, 2025

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    Blog

    Your Detailed Guide to Election Day Access

    With early voting beginning next week in California’s special election on redistricting, we’re thrilled to offer our latest Reporter’s Field Guide to help journalists understand their rights to observe voting, vote counting and everything in between. While press coverage is central to the transparency necessary in free and fair elections, many reporters are uncertain about […]

    October 20, 2025

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    Blog

    Catch the FAC Team at Journalism Conferences This Month

    […] on our two recently released Reporter’s Field Guides, which offer detailed instructions on how to use California transparency laws to create in-depth reporting on immigration enforcement and police shootings. For more information on those — or other custom training opportunities for California newsrooms — click here. And stay tuned for additional Reporter’s Field Guides […]

    October 6, 2025

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    Government Transparency and Accountability

    Explainer

    […] type of records such an agency may keep, nor to provide a method of correcting such records. Its sole function is to provide for disclosure." Los Angeles Police Dept. v. Superior Court, 65 Cal. App. 3d 661, 668 (1977). As the Court of Appeal said, "the CPRA is not a records retention statute since […]

    September 5, 2025

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    Blog

    FAC Files Contempt Motion Against LAPD for Assaulting and Detaining More Journalists

    […] federal judge to hold the City of Los Angeles in contempt for violating a month-old court order in the case of L.A. Press Club v. Los Angeles Police Department. The court’s temporary restraining order, issued on July 10, prohibits LAPD officers from stopping journalists from entering or remaining in closed areas; assaulting, interfering, or […]

    August 14, 2025

  • Cases

    Newsgathering

    Los Angeles Press Club v. County of Los Angeles

    […] violating journalists’ rights under the U.S. Constitution and state law. As FAC and a coalition of advocacy organizations noted in a June 11 letter, the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department repeatedly obstructed journalists’ reporting on the June 2025 Los Angeles protests. Journalists covering the protests were shot with […]

    July 11, 2025

  • Posts

    Newsgathering

    FAC Opposes Bill that Would Eliminate Press Access to Data About Public Officials

    […] It allows journalists to perform oversight on newsworthy activities centering on a public official’s home for the duration of their time in office, such as calls for police service or controversial public benefits. Eliminating the ability of the press to perform its watchdog function hurts all Californians will not be effective in preventing the […]

    July 10, 2025