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    Did members of Congress make securities trades to profit from breach of debt limit?

    […] or the press, but what they tell their brokers. So it is with members of Congress during the recent political and financial impasse. Here's a story idea for Washington journalists: Take a look at the securities investments made by key members of Congress in the run-up to the deadline for raising the government's debt […]

    October 16, 2013

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    CFAC and MAPLight sue for public access to state’s legislative database

    […] the Legislative Counsel's office in Sacramento. With our co-petitioner, MAPLight.org, we are seeking a copy of California's full legislative database--the texts of bills, amendments, votes, dates, etc.--- for all legislation. Although the public currently can access this info one bill at a time through the state's official website, that does not allow computer-assisted analysis […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Attorney Judy Alexander Joins FAC as Special Access Litigation Counsel

    […] the state as part of FAC's  expanded litigation initiative. Alexander, a former FAC Board member, has 25 years experience in first amendment and access matters, including litigation for news media and other clients to obtain access to public records, meetings, courtrooms and judicial records under the California Public Records Act, the Ralph M. Brown […]

    March 9, 2010

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    Are Myths Killing the Newspaper Business?

    […] the only thing dumber than a newspaper buying a television station is the federal rule that bars it from happening. Eliminate the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rules. Yesterday. Antitrust exemptions to permit joint pricing of internet content. This may be a little too close to the DNA of the Newspaper Preservation Act, but given the monopoly […]

    February 24, 2010

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    2007 Open Government Legislative Roundup: Some successes and some failures

    […] state Supreme Court decision in Copley Press v. Superior Court, which effectively sealed all police disciplinary records. The major success was legislation creating more oversight and accountability for the UC Regents’ and CSU Trustees’ executive pay committees. Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Senator Gloria Romero (D-Santa Monica) introduced AB 1393 and SB 1019, […]

    June 3, 2009

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    California First Amendment Coalition to Tell Congressional Commission that China’s Internet Censorship Violates WTO Treaties

    […] by U.S. technology companies in internet censorship, and the application of WTO treaties to the "Great Firewall," as China's censorship system has come to be known. Testifying for CFAC is Gilbert Kaplan, a trade law expert in Washington, who represents CFAC in its WTO initiative. In briefings to the US Trade Representative (USTR), the […]

    June 3, 2009

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    FAC, ACLU Oppose Temecula School Board’s Attempt to Throw Out Public Interest Lawsuit

    […] in Mae M. v. Komrosky, a case challenging Temecula Valley Unified School Board policies that ban the teaching of "Critical Race Theory and other similar frameworks" and force teachers to out transgender and gender nonconforming students. After the case was filed, the school board filed an anti-SLAPP motion. SLAPP suits, or "Strategic Litigation Against […]

    January 18, 2024

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    CPRA First Amendment

    The CPRA and court records

    […] seek to access).Nevertheless, you could request the transcript of the California Supreme Court proceedings on the grounds that they are court records that must be made available for inspection and copying by the public under the First Amendment and California law.Your submission does not state whether the proceedings were criminal or civil in nature. […]

    June 14, 2009