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    Cases Press Release

    Key settlement in FAC case breaks new ground in public access to officials’ emails

    July 24, 2012—The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce a landmark settlement in a case involving public access to government email messages. The agreement with the city of Auburn, California requires the city to save emails for at least two years–replacing a prior policy of deleting most emails after 30 days. The agreement, […]

    July 25, 2012

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    Introducing Our Police Transparency Guide

    […] have better information about how police officers interact with the public and do their jobs, as recent protests helped show. Protecting the public’s right of access to government records is essential to the democratic process. I’m very pleased to create a resource that is available to anyone seeking answers about police conduct in California." […]

    October 6, 2020

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Urges Reversal of Ruling Allowing Secret Government Meetings for Speculative ‘Public Safety’ Concerns

    The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today filed an amicus brief in a California Court of Appeal case that could have far-reaching consequences for the transparency of government meetings. In the brief, FAC urges the court to find that Metrolink, Southern California’s largest commuter rail system, violated the state’s open-meetings laws when it barred the […]

    May 14, 2018

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    FAC and Local Community Group Sue San Jose Over Secret Negotiations With Google

    […] the city to disclose those records. "The public is entitled to know what elected leaders are doing and saying in negotiations with corporations doing business with the government—especially where those companies are as large and powerful as Google," said FAC Executive Director David Snyder. "NDAs do not and cannot override elected leaders’ obligations to […]

    November 13, 2018

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    Court rules CA counties must disclose pension amounts paid to government retirees

    […] has ruled that county governments, upon request, must disclose--by name--their retirees' pension payments. The Superior Court for Stanislaus County reasoned that the public interest in access to government employees' pensions outweighs the public interest in protecting the confidentiality of that information. In 2007 the California Supreme Court ruled that government employees' salaries--including employee names--are […]

    November 6, 2009

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    Big victory in CA Supreme Court case on public access to government data

    In a major victory for open government and data access, the California Supreme Court yesterday ruled that Orange County cannot restrict access to its electronic mapping data--a so-called "basemap." The Court decided unanimously that the county basemap is a public record under the Public Records Act, which means that it must be made available […]

    July 10, 2013

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    Cases

    Amici Briefs Digest – March 2018

    […] the issue of whether the mere existence of probable cause to arrest an individual defeats that individual’s ability to bring a First Amendment retaliation lawsuit against the government--i.e., a lawsuit alleging that the government retaliated against the individual for exercising free-expression rights protected under the First Amendment.  FAC joined an amicus by the National […]

    March 7, 2018

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    2007 Open Government Legislative Roundup: Some successes and some failures

    2007 Open Government Legislative Roundup: Some successes and some failures By Nick Rahaim The 2007 legislative session started with a host of promising bills that would have created more transparency and would have reversed recent judicial and Attorney General opinions permitting excessive secrecy. There were some successes and some disappointments. The major disappointment was […]

    June 3, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Investigative and disciplinary records pertaining to police officers

    […] elder abuse investigation in the community. Through my open records request I was hoping to determine why the detective assigned to investigate, arbitrarily dismissed the case. The department gave no reason. I also asked whether there was any disciplinary action ever taken against the detective. But the department has declined to respond to my request.

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    School Board Agenda Packets Availability

    […] agencies. See Govt Code 54950 et seq.  First, with respect to the meeting notice requirements under the Brown Act, a legislative body, including a public school board, must post an agenda at least 72 hours before the meeting.  Govt Code 54954.2.  In limited situations, special meetings may be called and noticed on 24 hours […]

    June 14, 2009