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    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

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    Cases Press Release

    Media Coalition Asks Court to Unseal Search Warrant Targeting Protesters Kept Under Seal for Two Years

    Media Coalition Asks Court to UnsealSearch Warrant Targeting Protesters Kept Under Seal for Two Years FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Updated: The court on Nov. 10 granted the motion to unseal but delayed release of the records pending further proceedings. LOS ANGELES —California government watchdog group First Amendment Coalition and independent news organization Knock LA this […]

    September 19, 2022

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    Maybe summoning the press before Parliament isn’t such a bad idea

    […] Watergate-era star who’s on the Mount Rushmore of 20th century media heroes, certainly wasn’t. In an open letter to Rusbridger, Bernstein objected to Parliament’s "hauling in journalists for questioning and trying to intimidate them," and said the editor’s appearance before a House of Commons committee was "dangerously pernicious." Roy Greenslade, ex-editor of Britain’s Daily […]

    December 18, 2013

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    Latest FAC suit secures release of Sonoma County Superbowl Contract

    […] County—-has ended successfully, with the county disclosing a complete, unredacted copy of a contract to promote tourism in connection with the Super Bowl. In denying PRA requests for the contract submitted by local news media and FAC, the county said the contract was exempt because it contained trade secrets. Further, the county said the […]

    March 9, 2016

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    Blog Cases

    LAPD’s use of “Stingray” cell-phone monitoring tool revealed by FAC public records request

    BY PETER SCHEER–The records published below–released to the First Amendment Coalition by the Los Angeles Police Department–confirm LAPD’s use, in criminal investigations, of a controversial technology for tracking cell phones. Devices using this technology, "International Mobile Subscriber Identity" locators, operate by mimicking a cellphone tower, causing cell phones that are within range to connect […]

    February 15, 2013

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    Cases Press Release

    Kern County Superior Court Agrees to Ensure Public Access During Pandemic

    […] Civil Liberties Union Foundations of Southern and Northern Californiaand the First Amendment Coalition filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Fresno against Kern County court officials for denying court access in violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP was also co-counsel. Today the […]

    January 11, 2021

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    Journalistic Standards v. California Labor Code

    […] and political activities. The Daily Triplicate is being sued in federal District Court by Kent Gray, a former staff reporter. Gray was fired after becoming a candidate for the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors in 2003. A month prior Gray had alerted his editor, Mike Schmeltzer, of his intensions to run for office […]

    June 2, 2009

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    Hillary’s email problem: A crucial lesson for government officials everywhere

    BY PETER SCHEER--Across the country literally thousands of state and local political officials, from governors to local school superintendents, use their personal email accounts for sending and receiving messages about government business. Hardly surprising. All public officials support government transparency in the abstract, but when it comes to their own communications, most opt for […]

    March 17, 2015