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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Are school district “fact-finding” committee meetings public?

    […] the area, fiscal impact and the impact on academic programs should they close the school. It is my understanding that such a committee is an advisory committee for the district and therefore falls under the Brown Act, however at the last committee meeting the district's public information officer tried to chase me out. The […]

    March 8, 2016

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    Press Release

    FAC Seeks Review of Ninth Circuit Decision that Upholds Law that Prohibits Car Honking at Protests

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: fac@firstamendmentcoalition.org San Rafael -- Today the First Amendment Coalition filed a petition for rehearing en banc to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals requesting the court reconsider the panel’s decision on April 7 ruling against our client, Susan Porter. This case, originally filed in June 2018, challenges a state […]

    April 21, 2023

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment Newsgathering Social Media

    Are there legal actions to protect community newspaper against harassment, threats?

    […] issue out the school staffs' mailboxes before teachers were able to read them. She is now telling folks to steal our newspaper. We are filing criminal charges for the theft. But, what are our rights? She slanders me and my boss saying we are tied to developers and that they hand us money. This […]

    June 11, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can city business hide behind attorney/client privilege?

    […] no third persons other than those who are present to further the interest of the client in the consultation or those to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for the transmission of the information or the accomplishment of the purpose for which the lawyer is consulted . . . ." And I am not aware […]

    July 23, 2013

  • Latest News

    Google’s Antitrust Wrist Slap Is Right Result for Wrong Reason. Right Reason: Google Search Results are Protected Speech

    […] relative to other search results, and the presentation generally of website pages responsive to a search -- these choices constitute editorial functions, subject to the strongest safeguards for free speech. The New York Times (or The Huffington Post, Wired.com or other reputable news organization of your choice) gets to decide -- free from government […]

    January 7, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    CPRA and copyright

    […] publisher in that case). We are not aware of controlling caselaw on this point in California, and the Attorney General opinion does not directly address it. Assuming, for the moment, that the California (or 9th Circuit federal) courts were to follow the less favorable opinion, County of Suffolk, you could still argue that the […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Does short notice of public hearing invalidate contract?

    […] code requires a Public Hearing before entering into a Red-Light Camera Contract. I contend the new contract our city council has approved is invalid because the requirement for a public hearing was not met. The city manager proposed a new contract when the current contract expires June 30. The Public Hearing was noticed on […]

    June 23, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    FOIA

    Can TSA deny company public information under FOIA?

    […] requested meetings with TSA senior officials. Rejected like my high school social life. There's something very, very odd about this. We provide this work to the public for free. The data is public. I don't charge TSA. Many stakeholders have written TSA letters of support to keep supplying data, all of which fall on […]

    August 11, 2014

  • Posts

    FAC Urges California Courts to Ensure Public Access Amid COVID-19 Emergency

    […] barriers to access judicial records and proceedings. The coalition makes a number of recommendations: First, telephonic hearings must be conducted on conference lines that make some allowance for free public usage. And dial-in information must be readily available to the public in advance of the hearing.Second, criminal proceedings, such as arraignments and sentencing, that […]

    March 25, 2020