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Vallejo Sun LLC v. City of Vallejo

Representing the Vallejo Sun, FAC filed this lawsuit against the City of Vallejo for its refusal to release all video footage of the police shooting of Alexander Schumann. As the Sun reported, Vallejo police officers responded to 911 calls about Schumann, who was in apparent mental distress at an apartment complex, breaking car windows […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 5, 2025
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State Food and Agriculture Agency Must Release Bird Flu Records

[…] filing a landmark transparency lawsuit against the California Department of Food and Agriculture ("CDFA") seeking access to public records documenting which dairies CDFA has placed under quarantine for bird flu. The risk of bird flu infection impacts dairy workers and rural communities because a strain of the virus has become endemic in California’s over […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 5, 2025
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Advocates Sue CA Department of Food and Agriculture for Withholding Bird Flu Dairy Quarantine Records
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 4, 2025
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First Amendment

FAC Urges Newsom Veto SB 683

[…] a plaintiff to seek a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to compel the takedown of a name, image, or likeness on the allegation that publication is for improper commercial use. FAC's letter states: "SB 683 would make it easy for an aggrieved person who dislikes, for example, news coverage or commentary about them […]
- Press Freedom
October 2, 2025
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Court Rules Against Huntington Beach Censorship Scheme

HB ordinance called for "review of library materials containing sexual content" SANTA ANA — On September 5, in a win for the freedom to read, a state superior court issued a tentative ruling against the City of Huntington Beach in Alianza Translatinx v. City of Huntington Beach, prohibiting the city from implementing and enforcing its […]

September 9, 2025
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San Joaquin County Sued for Charging Unlawful Fees for Autopsy Records About Deaths Caused by Police

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [email protected] Irvine, Calif. – The Investigative Reporting Program ("IRP") at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism filed a lawsuit against San Joaquin County challenging unlawful fees for copies of autopsy reports about deaths caused by law enforcement officers. IRP is represented by Professors Susan E. Seager and Jack Lerner […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
July 30, 2025
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Public Meetings

FAC Urges San Mateo County to Keep Sheriff’s Removal Hearing Open to Public

UPDATE: On July 24, 2025, Sheriff Corpus reversed course and issued this statement, calling for her removal hearing to be open to the public. UPDATE: On July 21, 2025, San Mateo County Attorney John Nibbelin responded to FAC's letter, stating that "the County agrees . . . that the Removal Hearing provided for under […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
July 16, 2025
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L.A. Press Club, Media Outlets Sue Los Angeles County for Harm to Journalists

[…] Today the Los Angeles Press Club (LAPC) and investigative reporting groups Status Coup and The Southlander sued the County of Los Angeles and its Sheriff Robert Luna for violating journalists’ rights under the U.S. Constitution and state law. The groups are represented by Carol Sobel and Weston Rowland of the Law Office of Carol […]

June 18, 2025
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Brown Act CPRA

Can I access emailed public comments that are not read at meetings or summarized in the minutes?

[…] announces that the comments have been forwarded to the other board members. The contents of the received comments are not read out or summarized at the hearing for the information of the public attending, despite requests for this information. While oral comments submitted at the meeting are summarized in the meeting minutes, the emailed […]

April 24, 2025
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First Amendment

Groups Demand Fresno County Rescind Book Ban
- Free Expression
April 8, 2025