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FAC partners with Online News Association to assist digital journalists

[…] to digital journalists so they can overcome the objections of bureaucrats and elected officials who want to withhold information." "Democracy can’t work unless the people know what government is doing," Scheer continued. "Digital journalists are an increasingly important source of that vital news and information about government." To use the Legal Hotline, go here. […]

May 19, 2016
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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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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 […]

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 […]

June 3, 2009
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CFAC joins appeal to permit webcasting of file-sharing case in federal court
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 2, 2009
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CFAC files brief to lift gag in BART homicide case
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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Candidates disclose tax returns because media demand them. Why not use same strategy for campaign contributions?
- Government Transparency and Accountability
August 25, 2012
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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