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  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    FAC Fights Unprecedented Effort by School District to Recover Nearly $500K From Records Requester

    […] to learn about their government. Newark Unified has asked the Alameda County Superior Court in California to order Elizabeth Brazil to pay the school district $449, 317.60 for time the district’s attorneys spent litigating Brazil’s effort to obtain records under the California Public Records Act. If the school district were to prevail on this […]

    February 6, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Request Denials, No Documentation

    […] in their sale of the building in question they had begun the CEQA process, and again all I get from the Clerk is "I have no documentation on that." Do I, as a member of the public, have the right to know in one form or another the business and legal transactions my City initiates?

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    Mel Opotowsky, 1931-2024

    […] the age of 92. We join his family, friends and many colleagues in mourning this loss, which leaves a big hole at FAC, where Mel fought passionately for the causes close to his (and our) heart – free expression, a free press, and the people’s right to know. Mel served on FAC’s board of […]

    April 26, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    A City Council’s COVID-19 Ordinance Allows Only email or Pre-Recorded Telephonic Comments

    […] Cal. July 14, 2020), the petitioners argued that the Planning Commission and City Council impermissibly restricted public participation during public meetings because "the City capped videoconference attendance for the City Council meeting at 100 participants even though the Zoom platform permits up to 1,000 attendees and between 200–300 members of the public had attended […]

    January 20, 2021

  • Latest News

    Blog

    SacBee calls for more transparency in compensation agreements with public employee unions

    […] local government labor contract negotiations. You can understand the logic and the urgency behind his idea when you consider the situation in Vallejo. That city is filing for bankruptcy. Why? Local officials approved salary and benefits costs for current employees and retirees that are more than the city can afford. Scheer's point is that […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act School Records

    State Agency I worked for is denying my records’ request, but documents do exist!

    I used to work for the State of California. I lost my job and I am trying to get information on a program administered by my employer. This program is funded by the Federal government. I am being met with resistance because the Public Request officer is simply forwarding my request to my former […]

    September 13, 2013

  • Latest News

    Advocacy Blog Cases

    Four Open-Government Battles We Are Fighting and Why They Matter

    Even from the perspective of the happy warriors here at FAC, it hasn’t been the best year for First Amendment rights and government transparency. In some ways, 2019 plumbed new lows, with governments at all levels continuing their assault on press freedoms, free speech, and government transparency. But we’re not letting the curtains come […]

    December 19, 2019

  • Latest News

    Blog

    Transcript: Protest & Pushback

    […] Fueled by rights afforded by the First Amendment, the country experienced an historic uprising not seen since the Civil Rights era of the 1960s. The reignited movement for Black lives led to concrete changes in policies and politics. And, it changed the conversation about racial justice, and possibly the country, forever. A new generation […]

    December 6, 2021

  • Cases

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Model Letters

    […] so. If this is request is being considered please have language that also addresses having it requested electronically if such a method is available as they do for the legislative body. I really am looking to have proper language that will provide documentation on my end when making requests to the receiver that their […]

    June 14, 2009