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Prop 8’s victory, reinstating ban on same sex marriage, is big loss for California Supreme Court, but damage not irreparable

[…] ballot initiative, repeals it), the Court is to be applauded for attempting to resolve a pressing social question--whether to allow gays to marry--that the other branches of government had proved incapable of addressing. In this area and others, it falls to the George Court to fill a widening governance gap created by a Legislature […]

June 3, 2009
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Op-Ed: Passing SB 16 Will Bring Transparency to Police Misconduct

[…] calling for passage of California Senate Bill 16, which would expand the types of police misconduct records that would be subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. The bill, authored by state Sen. Nancy Skinner, builds on a measure FAC strongly supported in 2018, "The Right to Know Act," or SB 14, a […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 9, 2021
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Newspaper finance crisis: Nonprofit model no panacea but may be part of the answer

Donal Brown

June 3, 2009
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Moving On

[…] CA and across the country. FAC’s Board members, led by Board President Carol Melamed, are engaged, rich in talent and unreservedly committed to our free speech and open government mission. While fundraising is always a challenge, FAC’s finances are stronger and more stable than at any previous time. Major new funders include Will Hearst, Craig […]

June 25, 2016
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Mel Opotowsky, 1931-2024

[…] few thousand dollars to what it is today: a robust and growing organization with a professional staff that shapes public policy, fights important court battles on open- government and First Amendment issues, and trains and educates journalists and others across the state. Mel, a journalist his entire working life, was still plying his trade […]

April 26, 2024
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Lies, bigoted rants and snuff videos: Why defense of free speech often entails defense of seriously unsavory characters.

[…] speech having no social value can't be proscribed without also suppressing speech that does have social value. Even more than we dislike hate speech we fear a government that has the power to decide what speech will be heard and what speech will be silenced. Constitutional safeguards for speech that really matters--political speech, informed […]
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- Press Freedom
February 7, 2012
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Latest FAC suit secures release of Sonoma County Superbowl Contract

[…] Host Committee for the Super Bowl—- contained so many trade secrets that it couldn’t be released in redacted form. We were skeptical that a contract involving a government agency, and providing opportunities for tourism promotion, could be chock full of the kind of sensitive business and financial information constituting "trade secrets." Now that the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 9, 2016
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Las Vegas Sun series on construction deaths wins CFAC Sunlight award

Donal Brown

June 3, 2009
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Shelton v. Napa Valley Unified School District

[…] seeks to prevent the release of public records regarding a former public school teacher’s alleged sexual abuse of students. A reverse CPRA lawsuit seeks to prevent a government agency from releasing records in response to a California Public Records Act (CPRA) request. Reverse CPRA lawsuits are often brought by the subject of the records […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
July 8, 2024
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In Separate Moves, State and Federal Courts in California OK Policy Changes Allowing Greater Public Access

[…] the types of records that courts, in their administrative capacity, possess in common with, say, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Franchise Tax Board, or any other government agency. Until now. Under the new access rule, which takes effect January 1, you will be able to request records showing the exact compensation of court […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 18, 2009