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Journalist Sues City of Fresno for Withholding Public Records About Taser Use that Caused Severe Burns

[…] RELEASE April 21, 2023 Contact: [email protected] SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Brian Howey, an Oakland-based investigative journalist, has 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 death of Michael Sanders, who was tased multiple times by Fresno police officers in 2004. […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
April 21, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Did the Media go too far in Disclosing a Secret Dossier on Russia’s supposed “kompromat” against Trump? Nyet.

[…] and Russian intelligence services; about compromising x-rated videos of Trump in the company of prostitutes during a 2013 trip to Moscow; about alleged financial inducements from Putin’s government to Trump; etc. But, on the whole, the news media handled this story responsibly in the face of difficult choices. For months the New York Times, […]
- Press Freedom
November 15, 2016
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Free Speech And A Free Press Were Under Attack in 2019. But You Made A Difference.

[…] The First Amendment Coalition was at the front of each one of these battles, fighting for the rights of journalists and all citizens to know what their government is doing. FAC gets results. For example, we: Secured expert legal counsel for Bryan Carmody, the subject of five unlawful search warrants SFPD executed on his […]
- Press Freedom
November 18, 2019
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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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FAC’s Legal Fight for Police Transparency Featured in The American Lawyer

California's landmark police transparency law, SB 1421, the Right to Know Act of 2018, made certain records about police misconduct and serious use-of-force available to the public for the first time. Enforcement of the law has required litigation across the state since it took effect. One of the lawyers leading transparency efforts for the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
August 10, 2020
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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 […]
- Press Freedom
May 12, 2020
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FAC, Media Coalition Oppose Last-Ditch Effort to Gut Landmark Police Transparency Law

[…] accusations of police misconduct. The law brings California into the mainstream by allowing the public to see records relating to police shootings, instances of sexual misconduct, or acts of dishonesty, such as perjury by police officers. It takes effect on January 1, 2019. However, a San Bernardino County police union is making a […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 28, 2018
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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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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 sues Palm Springs water agencies for data on water use by corporate customers

The First Amendment Coalition has filed a CPRA suit against two government water agencies in the Palm Springs area to compel them to make public water usage data, by customer name, for each of their biggest corporate customers. The agencies, Coachella Valley Water District and the Desert Water Agency, have published this information in […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
August 16, 2014