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Court Rules Fresno City Council Violated Open Meetings Law By Conducting Budget Deliberations in Secret

[…] behind closed doors in violation of the Brown Act, the state’s open meetings law that guarantees the public's right to attend and participate in meetings of local government bodies. The First Amendment Coalition and ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed the lawsuit in November 2023 after first sending a letter demanding the city stop […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 5, 2026
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Lawmakers Are Trying to Slow-Walk Responses to Records Requests

On April 14, FAC Executive Director David Snyder testified before the California Assembly Judiciary Committee against AB 1821, a bill by Assemblywoman Blanca Pacheco, D-Downy, that would extend the amount of time government agencies have to answer public records requests.
- Government Transparency and Accountability
April 15, 2026
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Gov Brown, Veto SB 1300. Ostensibly about oil refineries, SB 1300 threatens public access rights.

[…] Legislature and is now on Governor Jerry Brown's desk, awaiting his signature. Tell him that if he cares at all about the Public Records Act and making government transparent and accountable, he should veto SB 1300. Ostensibly a bill to strengthen safety regulation of oil refineries, SB 1300, introduced by Senator Lonnie Hancock (D-Berkeley), requires […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 9, 2014
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FAC Opposes California Bills that Would Reduce Face-to-Face Accountability

Legislation Would Make Government More Remote You may have seen the recent editorials sounding the alarms over legislation that would make California government less open and accountable by chipping away at our state's open-meetings laws. Los Angeles Times: It's time for California's public officials to return to work. In person. Mercury News: Stop Two […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
August 21, 2023
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Using Trade Agreements As a Tool to Further Rights of Free Speech

[…] the Beijing Olympic Games, a U.S.-based coalition is striving to keep the spotlight squarely focused on China. The California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) is urging the U.S. government to launch a formal complaint against China at the Geneva-based World Trade Organization, alleging that the country's heavy-handed Internet censorship violates world trading rules. The CFAC […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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The connection between drone strikes and massive government surveillance programs

First came news accounts of the government’s use of armed drones in the targeted killing of terrorists abroad. Then came the revelations about government surveillance programs, breathtaking in their scale, tapping into data on phone calls, emails, internet searches and more. These activities are, in fact, linked. The use of drones to target America’s […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 8, 2013
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Texas open meeting law supported by FAC amicus stands

[…] today. Earlier this week, FAC filed our own amicus brief written by Rex Heinke and Teresa Wang of the LA office of Akin Gump to defend local government open-meeting laws, like California’s Brown Act, from a potentially devastating national legal challenge. Rangra v. Brown is a rehearing of an appellate decision that struck down […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 11, 2009
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Special Commentary | You Have the Right to Record Law Enforcement Officers — Including at the Border

In a landmark settlement, the federal government was forced to concede that there is no border exception to this First Amendment right. Note: In April 2022, the First Amendment Coalition joined the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties as co-counsel to help enforce the landmark settlement protecting the right to record at the […]
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- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 9, 2022
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Leaks in the Age of Trump–The Coming Flood

[…] quarry for the conventional press, he is likely to be a never-ending font of leak-inspired journalism. Chaos begets dissension, and dissension within the close ranks of government bureaucracy leads, inevitably, to leaks. Career public servants ignored by the boss will try to find someone else to tell. Reporters who don’t get their calls […]
- Press Freedom
January 4, 2017
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Joint Statement from FAC and EFF on DOJ Leaks Investigations

[…] this threat to transparency is particularly grave." Sessions also raised the specter that the Justice Department will roll back internal DOJ protections against the overzealous use of government subpoenas against journalists, saying DOJ is "reviewing policies affecting media subpoenas." Current DOJ policies, substantially revamped in 2015 under then-Attorney General Eric Holder, recognize the critical […]
- Press Freedom
August 4, 2017