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    Brown Act

    Does the CA legislature have an open meeting law?

    […] applies to the CA legislature. What law governs the process through which the CA legislature, including committees, considers laws and informs the public of opportunity to comment at hearings. And are there laws that prevent a committee for adding a last-minute amendment (without notice) to a bill that has little connection to the original bill?

    December 17, 2014

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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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    CPRA Police Records

    I Called Police About My Loud Neighbors Gathering During COVID. Were These Redactions Lawful?

    […] days later, as the victim of the incident (I live in the neighborhood and was being disturbed by the illegal noise), I emailed a CPRA request asking for a copy of the relevant CAD Call Report. I got back that call report, which did not contain any "analysis or conclusions of the investigating officer." […]

    January 20, 2021

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    CPRA

    City rules complainant names are always withheld

    […] disclosing or not disclosing a particular record might conceivably be considered in the 6255 analysis,it is hard to imagine how it could legitimately form the actual basis for the denial (either explicitly or because the 6255 began and ended with it). Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition […]

    December 28, 2010

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    FAC News Press Release

    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 […]

    June 20, 2019

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    Cases Press Release

    Foreign media at Olympics urged to press home governments to demand China lift internet censorship

    […] urged news organizations to demand that their own governments, as participants in the Olympics, pressure China to end internet censorship. "US and other foreign media in China for the Olympics should not quietly go along with official policies that forbid free speech and the exchange of information," said Peter Scheer, the Coalition's executive director. […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Cases

    Apple v Samsung appeals court signals interest in transparency issue

    […] transparency in patent infringement litigation. The case is an appeal from the massive Apple v. Samsung suit. Both parties have appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to void rulings by the trial judge that order the companies to unseal--that is, make public--financial and other records that they filed with […]

    March 15, 2013

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    First Amendment Social Media

    I Have Been Blocked from My State Senator’s Instagram Account. What Can I Do?

    My state senator has blocked me from making comments or accessing his Instagram account, which is his official Instagram account for the Office of State Senator, and it is clearly a violation of First Amendment rights as a government official, and I need help getting them to reverse the action or sue this senator.

    March 27, 2020

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    CPRA

    Are confidential marriage certificate applications accessible under the CPRA?

    […] record and not open to public inspection without an order from the court. Section 511(c) goes on to say that "the county clerk may conduct a search for a confidential marriage certificate for the purpose of confirming the existence of a marriage, but the date of the marriage and any other information contained in […]

    July 24, 2013