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FAC Wins Important Ruling for Police Transparency in California

[…] up the fight." FAC, joined by public news outlet KQED, sued last year after Becerra’s office refused to turn over records in response to California Public Records Act requests seeking the information newly available after SB 1421 went into effect on Jan. 1, 2019. The law, which covers instances of serious use-of-force, sexual assault […]

January 30, 2020
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FAC suit against San Diego yields previously secret records on police use of invasive cell phone surveillance tool

[…] device has the ability to capture phone conversations and the content of text messages Stingray’s locating of cell phones is highly accurate—-within 2 meters of the phone’s actual location, according to a stipulation signed by the SDPD for the FAC lawsuit. This is significantly more accurate than the information available to police from cell […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
February 2, 2016
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FAC Sues San Francisco Police, Mayor Breed for Records Related to Raid on Journalist

[…] and strained credulity given the Medical Examiner’s March 22 announcement that Adachi’s death was accidental. FAC is asking a judge to order the SFPD and mayor to comply with city and state open records laws by conducting adequate searches for the requested records, including of personal devices and accounts, producing all of the requested […]
- Press Freedom
August 21, 2019
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FAC sues San Diego PD for records on controversial cell phone surveillance technology
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 17, 2014
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FAC Receives James Madison Freedom of Information Award from SPJ NorCal

[…] of Information Award given by the Society of Professional Journalists' NorCal Chapter in recognition of organizations and individuals who have advanced principles of free speech and open government. In recognizing FAC as the nonprofit awardee, SPJ NorCal highlighted FAC's strategic litigation in Northern California and beyond that led to greater access to government records. […]

February 7, 2020
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FAC posts online confidential CalPERS’ docs ordered released by Court
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 28, 2010
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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