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FAC Again Prevails in Unsealing Search Warrants Executed on SF Journalist Bryan Carmody

[…] Snyder. "However, these warrants should never have issued in the first place, and the fact that they did is an outrage that can never be repeated. There must be accountability here for this egregious violation of California law." Separately, all three judges quashed the threewarrants at issue Friday, meaning four of the five warrants […]
- Press Freedom
August 5, 2019
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Ed Chapuis, Katherine Rowlands and Juliet Williams Join FAC Board of Directors

[…] the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors, all working journalists who have made substantial contributions to their craft and to the cause of government transparency in California and beyond: Ed Chapuis, news director for KGTV-10 in San Diego; Katherine Ann Rowlands, owner of the Bay City News Service; and Juliet […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 14, 2018
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Does Wikileaks deserve Dan Ellsberg’s approval? The good Wikileaks, yes; the bad Wikileaks, no

[…] good Wikileaks. The bad Wikileaks, not satisfied with front-page stories in the New York Times and the other publications, and despite demands and threats from the US government, proceeded to dump virtually its entire set of 400,000 Iraq War documents on the open internet, where they are being painstakingly mined for information and insights […]
- Press Freedom
November 1, 2010
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Court says NO to request by FAC and others for State Bar records needed for research on affirmative action

[…] to be nonpublic. One oddity of the Court's reasoning is the unique status conferred on the State Bar. Under the Court's interpretation, the Bar is the only government entity or agency in California that is not subject to freedom-of-information principles. Another oddity of the Court's decision is that it construes Prop 59, enacted in […]
- Public Records
April 8, 2010
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CFAC, scholars sue CA State Bar for access to records on affirmative action

[…] action is beneficial. The only way to bring this long-standing debate to fact-based conclusions is to allow legitimate research to proceed." CFAC, a free speech and open- government advocacy organization, contends that the requested records belong to the public, not the Bar, and therefore must be made public, so long as they are provided […]
- Public Records
June 3, 2009
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Inside The Fight For Public Records

[…] and former newspaper staff members Shiloh Johnston, Li Khan, Lylah Schmedel-Permanna, and Leo Premnath-Ray, along with journalism instructor and adviser Eleni Economides Gastis. FAC Staff The open- government experts of the First Amendment Coalition will provide a tutorial on how to get started with your own records requests and give an overview of free […]
January 31, 2024
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Camera-shy, yes. But the Supreme Court also shares the raw data of its most important deliberations.

The Supreme Court is the branch of government that works hardest to be seen least. By banishing cameras from their courtroom, eschewing probing press interviews, and generally keeping a low profile (except in their published opinions), the justices strive to preserve the fiction that they take their cues directly from the text of the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
April 25, 2013
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California vs. the First Amendment: FAC & Cal Press Panel Discussion, Dec. 5, 2019

[…] fought in court to weaken the state’s new police accountability law. And a series of decisions at the local level ran afoul of free speech and open- government principles. What’s the matter with California? And what can proponents of free speech and a free press do about it? Read more about the discussion. Panelists: […]
- Press Freedom
November 11, 2019
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California Reporting Project Wins 2019 FAC Award for Police Accountability Coverage

The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the California Reporting Project is the recipient of the 2019 Free Speech & Open Government Award, given in recognition of the project’s groundbreaking statewide campaign to bring to light records of police misconduct.The project, an unprecedented collaboration of competing newsrooms, started as a cooperative effort between […]

December 2, 2019
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Bench-Bar-Media Committee proposals for greater media access

[…] process would educate journalists on court decisions, and would allow greater transparency in the process, the report says. The committee acknowledges, however, that there is a balancing act between the public’s desire to use personal electronic devices while in court and the court’s duty to protect the integrity of proceedings, as new technological devices […]

September 23, 2010