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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 […]

    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 State and federal law protects journalists from having to disclose their sources or any unpublished information collected during newsgathering to the government — and prohibits judges from issuing warrants for the search and seizure of such information.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 […]

    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 […]

    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 […]

    August 16, 2014

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    FAC Fights Secret Hearings in Death Penalty Case

    […] remote access, e.g. audio or video streaming, to safely accommodate those who wish to exercise their First Amendment rights. FAC, a California nonprofit organization that advocates for government transparency and public participation in civic affairs, is standing in for the public and press in the Cruz case. This is not FAC’s first fight for […]

    September 28, 2020

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    FAC & Reporters Committee file briefs in Apple v. Samsung secrecy appeal

    […] FAC also argues that characterizing the records as "trade secrets" does not justify their sealing, both because the disputed records don't qualify as trade secrets and because even trade secrets must be disclosed unless there are compelling reasons to keep them under wraps. FAC amicus RCFP amicus Support FAC's work: Donate! Support FAC's work: Donate!

    October 17, 2012

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    Download Sunshine Week Coast to Coast

    […] to Coast looks like on iOpenGov at http://popplet.com/app/#/7663. Download iOpenGov at http://bit.ly/OpenGovApp. Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public's right to know. Sunshine Week as a […]

    March 14, 2011

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    David Snyder, Journalist and First Amendment Lawyer, Named to Head FAC

    […] levels of both professions, has been selected as the new Executive Director of the First Amendment Coalition. He takes over leadership of the free speech and open- government organization on January 1. Snyder is an attorney in the San Francisco office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, a global law firm. His practice includes […]

    November 18, 2016