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FAC Victory in “Reverse CPRA” Case: Court Orders Disclosure of Records Alleging Misconduct by Milpitas City Official

In an important win for government transparency, a Santa Clara Superior Court judge has ruled that the city of Milpitas must release documents relating to allegations of serious misconduct by former city manager Tom Williams. The city originally withheld the documents based in part on a "reverse California Public Record Act" lawsuit filed by […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
May 3, 2018
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FAC Urges Court to Block Fresno Ordinance, Citing First Amendment Concerns

The press plays an important role in documenting the government’s treatment of homeless people, FAC's brief says UPDATE May 24, 2022: A federal judge, citing First Amendment problems, granted plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the ordinance at issue in the case. Read the order. The First Amendment Coalition today filed […]
- Press Freedom
April 12, 2022
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FAC Urges California Supreme Court to Require Transparency in Clemency Proceedings

[…] the California Supreme Court to require more transparency in an important area of the criminal justice system: the justices’ oversight of executive clemency. In California, the governor must seek approval from the state Supreme Court to pardon or commute the sentences of one category of applicants, those twice convicted of felonies. But that process […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
January 13, 2021
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FAC sues Novato to compel release of secret emails

[…] under the CPRA because they are subject to the "deliberative process privilege," which protects certain records that reveal policymakers’ decision-making. However, not all records relevant to officials’ deliberations receive this protection. A government agency must also show that the public interest in keeping a specific record secret is greater than the public interest in disclosure of the record—a high standard. "The […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
July 13, 2016
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FAC sues LA council over destroyed public records

A new lawsuit filed by the First Amendment Coalition against Los Angeles highlights local governments’ all-too-common---and illegal---practice of destroying public records. The suit, filed Thursday in Superior Court for Los Angeles County, focuses on documents that went missing when a termed-out council member, Tom LaBonge, left office in 2015. Thousands of documents about city […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
August 26, 2016
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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 […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
May 17, 2019
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FAC Obtains Clemency Records in 6 California Cases After Challenging Secret Docket

[…] filed in other courts, underscoring why there is no valid argument for complete secrecy. "The governor has taken the position that every last page of these files must be secret — a position that is as impossible to support legally as it is facially ridiculous," said FAC Executive Director David Snyder."FAC will continue to […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 23, 2019
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FAC and ACLU of Northern California Welcome Mendocino County’s Repeal of Public Records Fee Ordinance

[…] review, or redact documents people asked for under the California Public Records Act. The law, passed last July, received widespread condemnation from the public, journalists, and open government advocates. One local media organization, the Mendocino Voice, has been assessed fees in excess of $76,000 since the law was passed. Mendocino was not the only […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
May 9, 2023
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Craig Newmark Philanthropies Commits $75K to FAC

Grant will support work defending press freedom, government transparency and civic engagement The First Amendment Coalition is delighted to announce a $75,000 gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to fuel the nonprofit’s work defending a free press, free expression and the public's right to know. The grant will support all FAC programs, including its free […]

June 1, 2022
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Anonymous speech, although constitutionally protected, is mostly digital graffiti

Freedom of expression means taking responsibility for what you write. By Peter Scheer A Chinese blogger, defying a government censorship decree, publishes information about the crash of a military transport plane. Another blogger, an Egyptian, posts photos of the scarred body of a teenager who was tortured by Egyptian police. Both bloggers are anonymous. […]
- Free Expression
June 3, 2009