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FAC Supports AB 339’s Open Meeting Provisions
April 1, 2021
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FAC Urges Santa Ana City Council to Withdraw Press Restrictions on City Council Meetings
September 17, 2024
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FAC Joins Nationwide Coalition Urging Transparency and Access in Response to COVID-19
Today the First Amendment Coalition joined the National Freedom of Information Coalition and 130 organizations nationwide in a letter to state, tribal and local public institutions raising concerns about transparency and access to meetings and records as these institutions respond to the coronavirus public-health crisis. Government bodies should not opportunistically take advantage of the public’s […]March 20, 2020
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FAC, News Groups Protest Santa Ana’s Public Meeting Photography and Recording Policy
Update: On January 30, the city responded and confirmed that the policy will be revised. Today, FAC sent a letter to the City of Santa Ana objecting to the city's new policy regarding photographing, recording, or filming public meetings. The letter was co-signed by the Orange County Press Club, Voice of Orange County, Los Angeles […]December 23, 2023
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FAC Opposes Bill that Could Hinder Public Access to Meetings
FAC joined a coalition of civic groups to oppose California Assembly Bill 361, which would allow local governments to operate with less openness and evade transparency requirements of the Brown Act during a locally declared emergency. Read our coalition's letter in opposition to AB 361. Track AB 361.April 2, 2021
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California Assembly Bill 1479 Would Add Much-Needed Teeth to Disclosure Requirements Under the California Public Records Act
[…] agencies do this is that there is very little cost to doing so: Although strict timelines are mandated by the CPRA, that law provides no specific penalties for delay. Assembly Bill 1479 would impose monetary penalties on agencies that unreasonably delay in responding to requests. It would also impose monetary penalties for "unreasonable" fees […]April 20, 2017
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Assembly approves constitutional amendment to protect CPRA, Brown Act
[…] governments so that they comply with these important transparency laws." The First Amendment Coalition supports SCA 3, the amendment to the California constitution designed to end--once and for all--funding disputes between the state and local governments that lead to cuts in local governments' compliance with open-government laws--specifically, the Public Records Act and the Brown […]July 1, 2013
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Update on open-government legislative proposals in Sacramento
AB 1978 AB 1978, a Bill that would have closed public access to ‘basemap’ data for Geographic Information Systems (GIS), put forth by Assemblymember Jose Solorio, was dropped after opposition from the GIS/GeoData and freedom of information communities. GIS "basemap" data is used to create the base layer for all local computer mapping. The […]June 6, 2009
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Taxpayers Going Postal Over Public Employee Pensions, Perks. Unions’ miscalculation: Opting for secrecy.
[…] country, mainly have themselves to blame. For most of the post-war period, they were a force for progressive change, prospering by winning over public support for their agenda. In the 1970s and 80s they backed laws like the Public Records Act and Brown Act to make state and local government more transparent. Because unions […]June 11, 2010
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Public Records Lawsuit Seeks Transparency at San José City Hall
[…] city’s response to four public records requests by San José Spotlight or FAC dating back to December 2020. Given evidence of a practice of skirting public records requirements, San José Spotlight and FAC are asking the court to order long-term policy changes. "Our readers expect us to shine a light on official decision-making at […]February 3, 2022