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FAC Urges Court to Reject Attorney’s Attempt to Censor Vallejo News Site

On January 25, the Vallejo Sun published "Vallejo officer fired for Willie McCoy shooting had history of complaints before joining Vallejo police," a story that details former Vallejo police officer Ryan McMahon's history of misconduct complaints at other police departments before joining the Vallejo Police Department in 2017. McMahon is currently in arbitration to […]
- Press Freedom
January 27, 2024
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May 30, 2024
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CFAC joins amicus brief backing documentary journalist jailed for refusing to turn over out-takes to federal prosecutors

CFAC, together with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, the Society of Professional Journalists and the WIW Freedom to Write Fund, has filed an amicus brief in the case of independent documentary film maker and self-styled anarchist, Josh Wolf. Here's a PDF of the brief. Wolf is in jail for having refused […]
- Press Freedom
June 2, 2009
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FAC’s Top Sunshine Week Resources

Every week is Sunshine Week at FAC, where we are fighting for government transparency and your right to know all year round. As Sunshine Week comes to a close this year, we wanted to share some of our top resources: Watch: Unlocking Public Records in California, where FAC’s open-government experts focused on educating journalists […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 15, 2024
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Requesting surveillance tapes

[…] but unfortunately they have given me the runaround. I was hoping your agency could assist me with my inquiries. How do I request surveillance tape that was shot in the booking cell of the West Hollywood Sheriff Station? How long do the surveillance tapes for a booking cell stay on file before they are deleted?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Council-elect make decisions, but claim documents are not public

[…] celebration) serve on this committee. My questions: is this committee considered private? Am I entitled to the financial records of this committee? I have requested the budget for the event, how much has been raised in donations and the names of the major donors but have been denied. A couple of additional facts: no […]

October 21, 2010
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Equal Justice Society Criticizes CFAC Suit against State Bar for records on affirmative action.

Group Says Issue is Privacy, not Political Correctness. CFAC's lawyer responds. CFAC's executive director recently criticized the California State Bar for its refusal to cooperate with a UCLA professor who is seeking bar records for academic research on affirmative action in law school admissions. CFAC has filed suit, together with the UCLA Professor, Richard […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
June 3, 2009
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Police Records

Police Department in New Jersey Won’t Release Report on a Family Member’s Death

New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act provides that "government records shall be readily accessible for inspection, copying, or examination by the citizens of this State, with certain exceptions, for the protection of the public interest, and any limitations on the right of access … shall be construed in favor of the public’s right of […]

August 22, 2020
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Your Right to Record at the Border

[…] is entrenched in First Amendment law, but it took an eight-year lawsuit to uphold it at U.S. land ports of entry, which are often critical community hubs. For example, the San Ysidro Port of Entry between San Diego and Tijuana is the busiest land port of entry in the Western Hemisphere, with 70,000 vehicles […]
- Free Expression
July 25, 2022
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Special meeting and the Brown Act

The Brown Act reads in part Section 54954.3of education code: "Every notice for a special meeting shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the legislative body concerning any item that has been described in the notice for the meeting before or during consideration of that item." I have argued […]

June 14, 2009