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    Police Records

    Police Department in New Jersey Won’t Release Report on a Family Member’s Death

    New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act provides that " government records shall be readily accessible for inspection, copying, or examination by the citizens of this State, with certain exceptions, for the protection of the public interest, and any limitations on the right of access … shall be construed in favor of the public’s right […]

    August 22, 2020

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    First Amendment Social Media

    Local School Board President Banning Parents From Commenting On School’s Official Facebook Page

    […] them for blocking citizens and they have been forced to reverse the action on various social media platforms because they were violating the citizens' First Amendment right to comment on actions taken by government officials. Could you please let us know if we have recourse for this apparently unlawful action by the school board member?

    September 17, 2021

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    First Amendment Protest Rights

    First Amendment Rights Violated by Restricting Access on Public Sidewalk

    We were peacefully walking by a Scientology event which was held at a hotel in Florida. There were scores of people on the sidewalk. A police officer moonlighting for Scientology told us that they did not want us on the sidewalk (which is public) and that we would have to leave (we have a video […]

    November 30, 2018

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    CPRA

    Multiple CPRA Requests For A Decades Old Homicide Have Been Denied Without Explanation

    […] 6254(f)(1). Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    April 28, 2022

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    Advocacy

    We engage in public and legal advocacy around crucial issues affecting government transparency, press rights, and the people’s right to know, with a focus on California state and local policy and practices. This work includes influencing legislation, responding to threats to freedom of the press and freedom of expression, and enforcing freedom of information […]

    June 11, 2024

  • Latest News

    Q&A: FAC Legal Director David Loy on the right to honk your horn as a form of expression

    […] First Amendment Coalition is supporting a federal civil rights case brought by the ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties that aims to limit when the government can ticket someone for sounding their car horn to speak out (read our amicus brief). The ACLU’s case is on behalf of Susan Porter, a San […]

    February 16, 2022

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    Press Release

    Cal Poly Student Journalist, FAC Sue University for Withholding Public Records

    Award-Winning Student Journalist’s Public Records Requests Remain Unfulfilled for More Than 18 Months SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Elizabeth Wilson, a student journalist at Mustang News, the student paper at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), today sued the school for violating the California Public Records Act by refusing to disclose public […]

    April 23, 2024

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    Court Access

    FCI Dublin Motion to Unseal

    FAC joined freelance journalist Victoria Law, nonprofit news organization The Appeal, and the ACLU of Northern California in moving to unseal court records and preserve public access to hearings in the landmark class action lawsuit that survivors of sexual assault at FCI Dublin brought against the federal Bureau of Prisons in 2023. CLOSED

    June 12, 2024

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    California Public Records Act: Investigatory Records

    September 5, 2025