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    First Amendment

    Alianza Translatinx v. City of Huntington Beach

    On February 26, 2025, three Huntington Beach residents, including two teenagers, along with the non-profit Alianza Translatinx, filed a lawsuit against city leaders for enacting a censorship scheme within the Huntington Beach Library System that directly violates the California Freedom to Read Act and the California Constitution. In October 2023, the Huntington Beach City […]

    March 1, 2025

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    Community Group and Huntington Beach Residents Sue City Over Library Censorship

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [email protected] Restrictive library measures violate CA Freedom to Read Act  HUNTINGTON BEACH — On Wednesday, three Huntington Beach residents, including two teenagers, along with the non-profit Alianza Translatinx, filed a lawsuit against city leaders. The suit challenges a censorship scheme within the Huntington Beach Library System that directly violates […]

    February 27, 2025

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    Stanford confirms no discipline for student journalist. But it must do more.

    […] will not face campus disciplinary action. Levin, however, declined to rescind the university’s previous endorsement of criminal prosecution of Gohill in response to SPLC and FAC’s calls for him to do so. Gohill, while reporting for The Stanford Daily, was arrested June 5 while covering a pro-Palestinian demonstration where students barricaded themselves inside the […]

    January 23, 2025

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    FAC News

    We’re Hiring: Press Education Manager

    *Applications are no longer being accepted* The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) is looking for a full-time and fully remote Press Education Manager to lead the vision and day-to-day management of our journalist education programs. This is a chance to play a key role at a leading California nonprofit that does important work to support […]

    January 22, 2025

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    First Amendment

    First Amendment Coalition v. Chiu

    Working with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, we sued the San Francisco City Attorney and California Attorney General on November 22 to challenge a California statute that authorizes city attorneys, district attorneys and the Attorney General to seek civil penalties against anyone who publishes any information related to a sealed arrest record, […]

    December 5, 2024

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    The First

    The First celebrates icons, journalists, activists, and attorneys who embody the rights and values FAC fights for every day — to speak truth to power, to publish uncomfortable facts, and to harness the power of the people to bring about change.  

    July 20, 2024

  • Cases

    First Amendment

    FAC Urges Federal Court to Uphold Right to Appeal Denials of Anti-SLAPP Motions

    […] order denying an anti-SLAPP motion. This is a key part of the law because it allows parties to seek a ruling on whether the lawsuit can go forward before they incur potentially crushing litigation costs. With Davis Wright Tremaine, FAC filed an amicus brief in Martinez v. ZoomInfo Techs., Inc. to defend longstanding Ninth […]

    February 8, 2024

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    A Guide to 2023 Open Meetings Law Changes

    […] lawmakers increased the ability of members of both local and state bodies to participate remotely — pandemic-inspired policy that set off debates about whether such increased flexibility for public officials would result in less accountability to the public. Additional changes include a bill that allows the presiding member of a body governed by the […]

    February 16, 2023

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    July 8, 2024