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FAC, joining info requests for Palin speech at UCS-Stanislaus, also requests speaking contract for Bill Clinton talk at UC Berkeley

FAC---The First Amendment Coalition has filed a request under the Public Records Act for the speaking contract covering Sarah Palin's planned appearance at a fundraising event for CSU Stanislaus in June. FAC has also requested the speaking contract for Bill Clinton's appearance and speech at UC Berkeley in February. Arrangements for Palin's speech have […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
April 8, 2010
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FAC, EFF and Wired win unsealing of documents in hip-hop website seizure case

BY DEBORAH FRUIN--A federal district court in Los Angeles has unsealed records related to a government shutdown of a music blog/website, Dajaz1.com, for suspicion of copyright piracy. The unsealing had been requested by FAC, Wired, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Using a forfeiture authority usually invoked to seize cars and houses in drug cases, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 16, 2012
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FAC Victory in “Reverse CPRA” Case: Court Orders Disclosure of Records Alleging Misconduct by Milpitas City Official

In an important win for government transparency, a Santa Clara Superior Court judge has ruled that the city of Milpitas must release documents relating to allegations of serious misconduct by former city manager Tom Williams. The city originally withheld the documents based in part on a "reverse California Public Record Act" lawsuit filed by […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 3, 2018
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FAC Urges Reversal of Ruling Allowing Secret Government Meetings for Speculative ‘Public Safety’ Concerns

The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today filed an amicus brief in a California Court of Appeal case that could have far-reaching consequences for the transparency of government meetings. In the brief, FAC urges the court to find that Metrolink, Southern California’s largest commuter rail system, violated the state’s open-meetings laws when it barred the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 14, 2018
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FAC suit against San Diego yields previously secret records on police use of invasive cell phone surveillance tool

[…] the vicinity to transmit information revealing their owners and the phones' exact location. In 2015 FAC filed a public records suit against the San Diego Police Department for access to records about the department’s use of the Stingray. Records released recently as part of that lawsuit reveal the complete text of previously-secret nondisclosure agreements […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
February 2, 2016
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FAC Sues Ventura County Sheriff for Violating Public Records Act

[…] the dark about the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, and that needs to change." FAC’s transparency efforts in Ventura County go back to January 2020. FAC requested records for all of 2019, the year California Senate Bill 1421, or the "Right to Know Act," and a companion statute covering audio/visual recordings of critical incidents took […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 30, 2021
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FAC Sues DOJ Over Trump Administration’s Secret Collection of Journalist’s Records

[…] in San Francisco under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), seeks memos, emails or other documents that would shed light on why the DOJ collected Watkins’ records for months secretly, i.e., without providing her notice and an opportunity to challenge the collection in court. The DOJ’s own internal rules require such notice to journalists, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 19, 2018
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FAC Receives James Madison Freedom of Information Award from SPJ NorCal

[…] records and professional equipment, FAC jumped in immediately and led a legal fight to unseal the affidavits used to justify the search, later suing Mayor London Breed for records related to the raid. At the same time, FAC has been at the forefront ofnumerous battles over the scope of California’s new landmark policy transparency […]

February 7, 2020
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FAC Receives $100k Gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies

[…] Initiative, which connects journalists with qualified pro bono counsel to defend them against subpoenas seeking confidential sources and notes. "FAC is truly grateful to Craig Newmark Philanthropies for this generous gift, which will allow us to continue and expand our fight for speech and press freedoms, public access to government records and meetings, and […]
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- Press Freedom
June 20, 2019
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FAC Partners with MuckRock to Expand Reach of Open Records, Meetings Database

[…] Snyder. "MuckRock is providing a fantastic 21st-century solution to ensure anyone can simply and easily file public records requests. Hopefully, our resource will make it even easier for people to solicit information from their government." In addition to their online tools for seeking public records, MuckRock also provides a repository of hundreds of thousands […]

May 29, 2018