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FAC Supports Senate Bill 16 to Improve Police Transparency in California
April 1, 2021
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FAC Supports Bill that Would Reopen California Prisons and Jails to Journalists
[…] a letter authored by the California News Publishers Association, which is a co-sponsor of the bill along with the California Broadcasters Association, a coalition of 12 open- government and press advocacy groups said: Passage of SB 254 would accomplish twin aims bringing more transparency to one of the most crucial parts of California’s criminal […]March 1, 2023
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FAC Supports AB 1758 to Limit Cost of Courts Records in California
April 14, 2023
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Will All Judges Who Have Viewed Porn Please Stand Up?
[…] the First Amendment, to possess pornographic materials on his own computer. It is a right that we all have, and for good reason: in a free society, government has no business regulating private choices about what movies to see, books to read or photos to view. Although Kozinski is a public figure, he has […]June 3, 2009
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Wikileaks didn’t just happen. It exists because journalists have lost control over their information.
[…] the Times' articles, which inevitably invite comparison to the "Pentagon Papers" of an earlier generation and an earlier war, were supplied to the Times not by a government source, but by wikileaks.org, a shadowy and stateless website specializing in publishing sensitive records leaked anonymously from the files of governments and corporations. Why wikileaks? If […]July 29, 2010
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Victory: California Appeal Court Orders Records Unsealed
April 15, 2020
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Unsealed: Newly released warrant reveals flimsy basis for L.A. sheriff targeting press, protesters
[…] make disclosures to the judge to ensure press rights were protected. In addition to California’s strong shield law protections, the U.S. Privacy Protection Act limits when the government can pilfer through protected newsgathering materials. (Unzueta brought a civil rights lawsuit over the ordeal and received a $90,000 settlement.) The investigator’s statement of probable cause […]June 7, 2023
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Unanimous Supreme Court OKs duplicative FOIA suit
June 2, 2009
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The SEC should go forward with a rule requiring corporations to publicly disclose their campaign contributions.
May 14, 2013
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Supremes pass on NYT reporter Risen’s appeal of ruling requiring him to ID sources. This is a good thing.
[…] Justice Department has tightened its internal policies to curb future abuses, the Department took a hard line in its Supreme Court brief in the Risen case. The government, opposing Risen’s request for review, argued against the Court’s recognition of protection for journalists’ sources (even while the Justice Department has supported the Shield Law bill). […]June 17, 2014
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