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    Government officials should listen to voters instead of lawyers selling strategies for blocking access to information

    […] into government's DNA. But some efforts to withhold information are more dangerous to democracy than others. The most dangerous are government lying (about the existence of documents, for example), particularly in circumstances where officials lie with impunity. Almost as dangerous, but less obviously so, are situations in which government agencies restructure the way they […]

    March 24, 2014

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    Blog FAC News

    FAC Update

    […] for FAC. James Madison would be pleased. FAC members will be pleased. Stay tuned for an announcement. Member Drive And speaking of FAC members, you may have noticed that we are in the midst of a new member drive. For a limited time, membership for individuals (as distinct from businesses and other organizations) is […]

    October 21, 2016

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    FAC Succeeds in Unsealing Search Warrant Executed on SF Journalist Bryan Carmody

    […] result of a motion filed by the First Amendment Coalition along with two press-advocacy groups, requires the San Francisco Police Department to release, by Tuesday, their application for a search warrant used to secretly collect information from Carmody’s phone. The search warrant application will show what if anything police told Judge Rochelle East about […]

    July 19, 2019

  • Latest News

    Press Release

    FAC Prevails in Effort to Force CA Attorney General to Disclose Police Misconduct Files

    A San Francisco judge today ordered California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to begin disclosing police-misconduct files sought by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC)—a victory for government transparency against one of the few remaining police agencies in the state to refuse to comply with Senate Bill 1421, California’s new landmark police transparency bill that went […]

    May 17, 2019

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Moves to Unseal Records in BART Station Murder Case

    […] no evidence to justify secrecy, as required under the First Amendment and California law. Moreover, the court considered no alternatives to secrecy — also a legal requirement for sealing. "This case involves terrible crimes committed at public transportation facilities used by thousands of commuters daily. There is a legitimate public interest in these proceedings, […]

    October 31, 2019

  • Latest News

    Cases

    Amici Briefs Digest – March 2018

    […] of expensive litigation to demand payment." California Court of Appeal NCBM v. Chico Community Publishing:  This case concerns the ability of the Sacramento News & Review (SN &R) to recover its attorneys' fees in a reverse-CPRA lawsuit.  SN&R made a CPRA request for emails from Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and his staff. Johnson and […]

    March 7, 2018

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    Blog

    A California Perspective on AG Alberto Gonzales’ Problems

    […] in the wind, struggling to explain one misstatement after another about the purge of eight US Attorneys, presents a number of ironies, especially to observers in California. For starters there’s Congress’ feigned dismay in discovering that federal prosecutors are subject to political pressures in their handling of cases that are of interest to members […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Court Records

    Requesting electronic trial court records

    I am trying to access a criminal court’s calendar for a 3 month period of time in 2004. Is there is a different public records request when trying to access information from the courts?

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment Police Records

    Requesting employee-related information

    I am trying to access a criminal court’s calendar for a 3 month period of time in 2004. Is there is a different public records request when trying to access information from the courts?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Request for police surveillance records met with 90-day delay

    Our watchdog organization submitted a PRA request on three months ago for copies of audio and visual surveillance recordings made during a political demonstration. Within 10 days we received a response saying that we would get all "releasable" items within 90 days. I have twice called, and left messages for the officer who responded […]

    September 15, 2011