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    FAC News Press Release

    Announcing FAC’s 2014 Free Speech & Open Government Award Winners

    […] of investigative journalism and the other demonstrating the effectiveness of advocacy using government data and the internet. They are both equally deserving of public honor and emulation for their advancement of government transparency: Sacramento Bee investigative reporter Charles Piller is honored for his three-year effort to uncover construction flaws and apparent fraud in the […]

    December 2, 2014

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    Brown Act

    Council Meetings On Zoom Have Increased Brown Act Violations During The Public Comment Period

    […] Brown Act violations due to the way the council has been conducting the meetings. The hot topic has been the current proposed city budget which they've had for the past three months and finally released to the community three weeks before the supposed deadline. Now that they've been using Zoom for the meetings, the […]

    April 21, 2022

  • Posts

    Shasta News Outlets, FAC, and ACLU Demand Shasta County Repeal Unlawful Public Records Act Fee Ordinance

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20, 2023 Contact: fac@firstamendmentcoalition.org SAN RAFAEL — The First Amendment Coalition and ACLU of Northern California, along with news outlets Shasta Scout and the Record Searchlight, today called on Shasta County to repeal an ordinance that imposes unlawful fees for public records that can run into the thousands of […]

    September 20, 2023

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Question and Answer Session with Consultants

    I was at a recent city council meeting where the engineering consultants put on a presentation to justify doubling the rates we pay for our water. Then there was a question and answer period where the public was invited to address their questions to the consultants. There were many questions about the components of […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment

    Do Volunteers Working with CA Prisoners Have the Right to Publish Stories About The Experience?

    […] understand these restrictions. However, the CDCR is known to be notoriously protective about publicity/research, and many colleagues have informally advised that official approval will likely not be forthcoming, especially since the class being conducted has a subversive and anti-establishmentarian nature with respect to the prison system. What are the First Amendment rights of a […]

    November 9, 2018

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    FAC Urges Ninth Circuit to Protect Right to Honk Car Horns at Protests

    […] U.S. Court of Appeals About the case: A California woman is challenging a state law that restricts the use of car horns, after she got a ticket for honking at a political protest in 2017. The woman, Susan Porter, was cited for violating Section 27001 of California’s Vehicle Code after offering a few beep-beeps […]

    July 15, 2021

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    Bagley-Keene Act CPRA

    The California Bar and CPRA

    […] The California Supreme Court has stated as follows:  " Section 6001 . . . provides: 'No law of this State restricting, or prescribing a mode of procedure for the exercise of powers of state public bodies or state agencies . . . shall be applicable to the State Bar, unless the Legislature expressly so […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Legislature approves FAC-sponsored bill on cell phone privacy. Will Brown sign it?

    […] the Assembly in August. Police ordinarily have authority, following an arrest, to conduct a search--without a warrant--of the person arrested and materials and containers in his possession-- for example, a wallet, any weapons, or a cigarette pack. SB 914 alters this rule for "portable electronic devices" because of the volume and sensitivity of personal […]

    September 2, 2011