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    Moving On

    […] Directors that I will be stepping down at the end of the year. I will stay involved with FAC in significant (albeit non-managerial) ways---starting with our search for a new executive director. FAC is in a very strong position. Our programs are firing on all cylinders. In the coming weeks we will be filing […]

    June 25, 2016

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    Most Wanted Secret Doc: Justice Dept Memo Analyzing Drone Strikes Against Suspected Terrorists

    […] Congress (all of whom were denied access). The memo is also sought in three FOIA lawsuits filed separately by the First Amendment Coalition (the organization I work for) in federal court in San Francisco, and by the New York Times and the ACLU in federal court in Manhattan. The Justice Department claims the very […]

    August 27, 2012

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    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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    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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    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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    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