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Now Hiring: FAC Legal Fellow

The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) seeks applicants to join our growing team for a full-time legal fellowship for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year. We seek a highly motivated lawyer with excellent credentials and a demonstrated interest in the relevant areas of law. The Legal Fellow will work with […]

October 14, 2021
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Now Hiring: Communications Director or Manager

[…] broadest range of engaged and informed communities is essential to the health of our democracy – that the values expressed by the First Amendment provide a blueprint for an inclusive, equitable society and a responsive, accountable government. To that end, FAC educates, advocates and litigates to protect and promote government transparency and First Amendment […]

August 25, 2022
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Now Hiring: 2023 Legal Fellow

Applications are closed The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) seeks applicants to join our growing team for a full-time legal fellowship for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year. We seek a highly motivated lawyer with excellent credentials and a demonstrated interest in the relevant areas of law. Nonpartisan and nonprofit, […]

September 9, 2022
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Memo to Future Historians of the Trump Presidency: Good Luck. You’ll Need It.

[…] permanently destroying records of communications, and doing so automatically, should be major news. Like all federal officials, the President and his staff are required to retain records, for the obvious reason that the public cannot see that which does not exist. If news broke that the White House had stationed paper shredders in every […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
August 4, 2017
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Major newspapers back CFAC/MAPlight lawsuit to expand public access to Legislative actions

[…] their hands." There is no mystery about why California politicians might be reluctant to cooperate with MAPLight. The nonprofit, nonpartisan group has set up an easy-to-navigate way for voters to track the connection between contributions and votes in Congress. It hopes to do the same in the state Capitol. I have no doubt the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 2, 2009
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Kern County Superior Court Agrees to Ensure Public Access During Pandemic

[…] Justice Building and Juvenile Justice Center, both of which are in Bakersfield. "For too long, Kern County’s courts operated in a shroud of secrecy, contrary to the requirements of the First Amendment," said David Snyder, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition. "Secret court proceedings are anathema to our system of government, and so […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
January 11, 2021
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Judge orders release of SF Ethics Comm’n docs, despite claim of attorney privilege

[…] that the privilege applied because the documents consisted of communications between his and the city attorney's offices. Plaintiff Allen Grossman, a San Francisco resident and long-time activist for open government, noted that Sunshine Ordinance Sec. 67.24(b)(1)(iii) establishes disclosability of city attorney's advice regarding city and state open-meetings and public-records laws and ethics codes. Though […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 1, 2013
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FAC Receives $30K Grant from Central Valley Foundation — and $10K Matching Opportunity

[…] effortsdefending free speech, the free press, and public participation in civic affairs. The $10,000 challenge grant ensures that the Central Valley Foundation will match any gift dollar- for-dollar up to $10,000 through May 2020. Help FAC meet this matching challenge by donating now — you can do sohere. You can also mail a check […]

September 12, 2019
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FAC joins with Santa Rosa Press Democrat to host Open Government candidates’ forum

FAC headed north this week to co-host an Open Government Candidates' Forum with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. The event provided a unique opportunity for members of the community, which a year earlier was rocked by the tragic shooting death of Andy Lopez, 13, by a Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputy, to hear candidates for city council answer tough questions on […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
October 16, 2014
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FAC joins environmental access suit against Marin County

[…] enough, an environmental group went to court, thus triggering the suspension of the ordinance. The poison pill, plus other language weakening the original draft, were inserted during closed-door meetings of a two-person subcommittee of Marin’s supervisors. The CPRA requests focus on the decisions of this subcommittee and the supervisors’ adoption of the proposed ordinance. […]

March 16, 2015