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    FAC Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Core Political Speech

    […] that speech about politics -- and in particular speech by candidates for political office -- is virtually sacrosanct, protected by the First Amendment from punishment by the government. Yet courts in many states and federal circuits have come to widely different conclusions about what sorts of speech, and in particular speech by candidates for […]

    August 9, 2017

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    FAC sues Palm Springs water agencies for data on water use by corporate customers

    The First Amendment Coalition has filed a CPRA suit against two government water agencies in the Palm Springs area to compel them to make public water usage data, by customer name, for each of their biggest corporate customers. The agencies, Coachella Valley Water District and the Desert Water Agency, have published this information in […]

    August 16, 2014

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    FAC Receives $30K Grant from Central Valley Foundation — and $10K Matching Opportunity

    […] generous gift," said FAC Executive Director David Snyder. "This grant will allow us to continue and expand our fight for speech and press freedoms, public access to government records and meetings, and civic engagement." FAC’s recent groundbreaking work includes itsefforts in defense of freelance journalist Bryan Carmody, who was raided by San Francisco police […]

    September 12, 2019

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    FAC receives $100K Matching Grant from Jonathan Logan Family Foundation

    […] earn the match. So, we're turning to you.  If you donate today, your tax-deductible gift will be doubled.  It will go to work immediately to help increase government transparency, enforce the public's right to know, and to defend free speech and expression in these challenging times. Now, more than ever, the First Amendment needs […]

    March 21, 2017

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    FAC Receives $100k Gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies

    […] grateful to Craig Newmark Philanthropies for this generous gift, which will allow us to continue and expand our fight for speech and press freedoms, public access to government records and meetings, and civic engagement," said FAC Executive Director David Snyder. A democracy can only thrive when the entire public participates, and is included, in […]

    June 20, 2019

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    FAC Pays Tribute to Late Journalist Tim Crews

    […] founder, publisher, editor and owner who reported, took photos, sold ads and even delivered copies — had an outsized impact on the community he covered, crusading against government secrecy, and on the journalism profession, once serving five days in jail to protect a confidential news source, an ordeal that prompted a state law change. […]

    January 5, 2021

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    FAC Joins Brief Urging California Supreme Court to Hold That Internet Content Providers Have a Right Under the First Amendment to Defend Speech on Their Websites

    […] the notion that publishers of content—not just the creators of that content—have free speech rights.  It also potentially weakens the robust protections provided to online content providers by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. section 230. Read the amicus brief in Hassell v. Bird here: FAC Joins Amicus on Hassell v. Bird

    April 20, 2017

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    FAC Fights Secret Hearings in Death Penalty Case

    […] remote access, e.g. audio or video streaming, to safely accommodate those who wish to exercise their First Amendment rights. FAC, a California nonprofit organization that advocates for government transparency and public participation in civic affairs, is standing in for the public and press in the Cruz case. This is not FAC’s first fight for […]

    September 28, 2020

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    FAC Defends Press Freedom in Marin Photographer’s Case

    […] against Portje, who was booked a month before on suspicion of battery of a police officer and obstructing police work. Second, on Dec. 29, counsel for the government said in court that police had not and would not review the contents of Portje’s gear and would work out an agreement with Portje’s attorney to […]

    January 4, 2022

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    FAC amicus brief: agency can’t take back records mistakenly released

    FAC has filed an amicus brief in a case testing a local government agency’s power to take back records it has released to a requester under the CPRA. The Newark Unified School District, in releasing documents, mistakenly included records that were subject to the attorney-client privilege. The school district demanded return of the documents […]

    January 24, 2015