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FAC Urges Santa Ana City Council to Withdraw Press Restrictions on City Council Meetings

Tonight, members of the Santa Ana City Council will consider withdrawing a policy that restricts journalists covering the council. Our comments state: "The policy interferes with the ability of the press to exercise editorial discretion in covering public meetings and runs afoul of the Ralph M. Brown Act’s provisions guaranteeing the public’s ability to record."
- Press Freedom
September 17, 2024
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Public Records

Howey v. City of Fresno

On April 18, 2023, Brian Howey, an Oakland-based investigative journalist, sued the City of Fresno under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) for the city’s refusal to release use-of-force records regarding the 2004 death of Michael Sanders, who was tased 10 times–resulting in multiple puncture wounds and severe burns to his groin–by three Fresno […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 16, 2023
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FAC Condemns Sacramento Police Department’s Flawed Media Policy

[…] perpetuate rather than alleviate the challenges faced by journalists covering demonstrations in the city," said Courtney Radsch, advocacy director of the Committee to Protect Journalists. "The press must be able to safely and freely cover demonstrations and protests without fear of arrest. We urge Police Chief Daniel Hahn to immediately revise his department’s new […]
- Press Freedom
July 23, 2020
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FAC Condemns Kern County for Violating Local Man’s First Amendment Rights

[…] state agency about handling of his public records requests. The letter explains why county counsel's threat of legal liability under a state law called the False Claims Act is not only baseless but a First Amendment violation. FAC Legal Director David Loy calls on County Counsel Margo Raison to immediately withdraw the office's speech-chilling […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 28, 2022
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Public Records

FAC, ACLU Letter in Support of Tuolumne County’s Proposed Repeal of Public Records Fee Ordinance

[…] the Tuolumne County Ordinance Code, which allows the county to charge for staff time to search for, compile, and deliver records in response to California Public Records Act requests. The letter notes that while the county says it has not charged fees since 2019, the fees are unlawful and the ordinance should be repealed […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
February 5, 2024
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FAC-backed bill, AB 521, would require disclosure of water usage by corporations

The California Legislature will consider a FAC-backed bill to narrow the CPRA’s exemption for information on water usage by customers of government water districts. The bill, AB 1520, would reverse the outcome of an unsuccessful lawsuit filed by FAC against the Coachella Valley Water District in 2014. The CPRA for nearly 20 years has […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 30, 2015
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FAC Opposes Threats to a Free Press by City of Cypress

[…] the First Amendment was designed to preserve a free press as a vital source of public information, and gratuitous attacks on the press undermine that principle. The government exists to "serve the people and defend the Constitution, not to ‘sit as some kind of journalism review seminar.’" Even if the results of the votes […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 25, 2023
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FAC Opposes Legislation That Would Harm Your Right to Know

Act now to ensure a state agency can’t shield police misconduct records Just two years ago, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a landmark police accountability law, SB 2, that gave the state the ability to strip abusive officers of their badges. Now the Newsom administration wants to cancel the transparency part of that […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 21, 2023
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Your First Amendment Rights and Press Freedom on Election Day

[…] theACLU(available in English and Spanish) The Disinfo Defense Toolkitfor organizers and advocates byPEN America United States Journalism Emergency Fundby theInternational Women's Media Foundationin partnership with Craig Newmark Philanthropies KEEP OUR RESOURCES FREE FAC's open- government guides, Legal Hotline and other resources are free and available to all thankstosupporters like you. Considermaking a tax-deductible donationto FACtoday.
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 3, 2020
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What it Costs to Fight Government Secrecy | A Message from David Snyder

[…] year, you know that FAC has broken new ground in 2021 in our fight to protect a free press and the public’s right to know. We’ve forced government agencies to unseal thousands of pages of previously secret records. We’ve armed journalists and lawyers with knowledge and expertise to defend free-press rights. And we’ve been […]

November 22, 2021