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    Former FAC Executive Director Peter Scheer Awarded Society of Professional Journalists Career Achievement Prize

    […] in which FAC brought a number of groundbreaking cases to preserve and expand the public’s right to know. His work led to the disclosure of countless once-secret government records, including the management fees paid by CALPERS, California’s public-employee retirement system, to private equity and hedge funds; memos by the United States Department of Justice […]

    February 22, 2017

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    Feedback from recent column, “Snowden Go Home”

    […] Not surprisingly, these views triggered some critical comments. Several said that Snowden's actions were the same, morally speaking, as Daniel Ellsberg's leaking of the Pentagon Papers, the classified government history of US involvement in Vietnam, whose publication by the NY Times, the Washington Post and others in 1971 was seen as a first amendment cause […]

    August 15, 2014

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    Federal judge’s order shutting down wikileaks.org, a whistleblower website, is 1st Amendment travesty

    […] Tibet movement while recently performing in Shanghai, to Steven Spielberg stepping down as artistic adviser of the Beijing Games citing objections to China’s ties to the Sudanese government, many see this as an opportune moment to put pressure on the People’s Republic. Here at the California First Amendment Coalition, we have had our eyes […]

    June 3, 2009

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    FAC’s Peter Scheer to speak at May 8 public records litigation seminar

    […] take before bringing a lawsuit in a public records case? This question will be the focus of discussion for FAC Executive Director Peter Scheer and other top government-access legal specialists participating in the Public Records Act Litigation Seminar, Wed., May 8 in San Francisco. The seminar is designed for public and private attorneys who […]

    April 26, 2013

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    Press Release

    FAC, SPJ NorCal Announce Efforts to Protect Press Freedom One Year After Raid on Journalist

    […] violation of California’s shield law protections. State and federal law protects journalists from having to disclose their sources or any unpublished information collected during newsgathering to the government — and prohibits judges from issuing warrants for the search and seizure of such information. In the interceding 12 months, many questions remain unanswered, including whether […]

    May 12, 2020

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Welcomes David Loy as Legal Director

    […] as legal director for nearly 16 years, overseeing a diverse docket of civil rights cases. Loy will direct FAC’s strategic litigation program, enforcing California and federal open- government laws and defending First Amendment protections. And he will work with other senior staff to champion legislative and policy reforms to strengthen press freedom, protest rights […]

    February 16, 2022

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC sues Sonoma County to unlock secret Super Bowl promo deal

    […] interest in disclosure. FAC is represented in the case by Karl Olson, San Francisco attorney with the  law firm of Ram, Olson, Cereghino & Kopczynski "How a government agency spends public funds cannot be private, proprietary information," said Peter Scheer, FAC’s executive director. "Stamping the word ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ across the top of a public document […]

    February 4, 2016

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    FAC Receives Three-Year, $375,000 Grant From Jonathan Logan Family Foundation

    […] our organization in 2014 and has guaranteed his foundation’s support over an extended period of time going forward speaks volumes to the foundation’s commitment to open and accountable government, free speech and aggressive, independent journalism." The Logan grant will provide $125,000 per year in 2018, 2019 and 2020, with $50,000 each year coming in the […]

    April 20, 2018

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Moves—Again—To Unseal Records From CA Supreme Court “Secret Docket”

    […] Newsom asked the state Supreme Court on April 23 to review whether Burton should be pardoned. Under Article 1, Section 8(a) of the California Constitution, the governor must get a majority recommendation from the Supreme Court before being able to grant clemency to anyone "twice convicted of a felony," which applies to Burton. As […]

    May 11, 2019