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FAC sues San Diego PD for records on controversial cell phone surveillance technology
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
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 […]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 […]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
June 2, 2009
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CFAC files brief to lift gag in BART homicide case
June 3, 2009
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