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Press Freedom

Recognizing a free and unfettered press is crucial for the health of our democracy, we denounce threats to press freedom and advance public policy efforts to strengthen the ability of journalists to do their jobs. We often assemble coalitions to take action on urgent issues affecting journalists’ ability to keep communities informed, and we […]

July 3, 2024
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Government Transparency & Accountability

Ensuring public access to information is essential for the people to know what the government is doing in their name. We advance and defend freedom of information — access to public records and public meetings — through education, policy advocacy and litigation.

July 3, 2024
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July 3, 2024
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Should Honking Your Horn to Support a Protest Be Illegal? We Want the Supreme Court to Decide.

Joe Biden speaks at a car rally. Photo: Biden for President
- Free Expression
December 14, 2023
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Court Rules Fresno City Council Violated Open Meetings Law By Conducting Budget Deliberations in Secret

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [email protected] FRESNO, Calif. — The City of Fresno violated the Ralph M. Brown Act by holding budget committee meetings behind closed doors for years, without public notice or the opportunity for residents to attend or participate, a Fresno Superior Court judge ruled. Beginning in 2018, the Fresno City Council’s […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 5, 2026
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Scott v. County of Imperial

[…] ("CBP") and Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"). On February 5, 2026, Scott asked the county to disclose copies of "purchase orders, contracts, invoices, and statements of work for any financial transactions made to the county from the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, and ICE" from "2018 to today’s date." In response, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
April 21, 2026
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First Amendment Newsgathering

Media Leak Investigations and the First Amendment

[…] by the First Amendment Coalition and First Amendment Watch, a project of New York University’s journalism program. FAC Executive Director David Snyder interviewed Ellen Nakashima, a national security reporter for the Washington Post, Charlie Savage, a national security reporter for the New York Times, and Gabe Rottman, director of the Technology and Press Freedom Project of the Reporters […]
- Press Freedom
August 13, 2024
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Court Finds Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and City Violated Public Records Act

Liccardo’s Search for Official Business in Personal Text Messages and Email Account Found Deficient FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 30, 2023 Contact: [email protected] San Jose – The City of San Jose and its former Mayor Sam Liccardo violated the California Public Records Act by failing to adequately search through Liccardo’s personal emails and texts, a court ruled Tuesday […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
August 30, 2023
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Despite Transparency Laws, FAC is Still Fighting for Police Records

Seven years after California’s landmark police transparency laws went into effect, FAC is still fighting for public disclosure of records about shootings and use of force. California law requires disclosure of records related to any discharge of a firearm at a person by a peace officer or any use of force by an officer […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
February 12, 2026
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Doe v. County of San Benito

Benito Beet Beat responded to the subpoena to Meta for a previously published cartoon with this follow-up cartoon.

November 26, 2025