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FAC Prevails in Lawsuit Against Bakersfield Over Open Meetings, Records Violations

The First Amendment Coalition has prevailed in a lawsuit against the city of Bakersfield, with a judge ruling that the city council violated open- government laws when it held three closed-door sessions to discuss city finances and then refused to release public records related to those meetings. The ruling, a complete victory for FAC […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
January 10, 2020
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FAC lawsuit leads to model CPRA policy for dot-gov email

Auburn and San Jose are the first cities in California to adopt policies acknowledging the public’s right of access to city officials’ emails about government business--regardless of the kind of email accounts used to send or receive those emails. Emails have long been covered by California’s Public Records Act (PRA), which treats paper records […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 23, 2012
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FAC Honors Open Vallejo, Kaiser Health News, and The Maine Monitor with Annual Award

[…] IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2023 Contact: [email protected] SAN RAFAEL – The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the winners of its 2022 Free Speech and Open Government Award: three journalists who strategically used public records to expose government misconduct and failures of accountability. Some of this work resulted in significant government reforms. Through […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
February 27, 2023
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Consumers blindsided by secret settlements in hi-tech patent lawsuits

[…] to competition. Agreements in patent feuds between competitors, like the Apple-HTC settlement, pose an even greater threat to competition than mergers. If class actions and mergers require government approval, settlements in patent suits between rivals should be subject to at least the same level of scrutiny. Apple, Samsung, et al. no doubt would defend […]

December 23, 2012
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Blogger-Journalist Josh Wolf must be the first journalist to go to jail to protect evidence he didn’t have.

[…] battle is finally and thankfully over, one may reasonably ask: Was all this really necessary? Journalists have an obligation--not a privilege or right, but an obligation--to resist government attempts to force them to disclose evidence that the government wants for an investigation or prosecution, but that they possess as a result of their reporting. […]
- Press Freedom
June 2, 2009
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AG Jerry Brown’s decision to oppose Prop 8 in the Supreme Court will, ironically, only help the pro-Prop 8 forces

[…] case poses a test of the Court's legitimacy, its most valuable asset, at a crucial moment in its history. The Court is the only institution of California government that is seen as able to take on hard issues, to decide them in the public interest, and to act decisively. Although its authority has never […]

June 3, 2009
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A close look at Google’s handling of governments’ censorship demands

[…] of "compliance" with governmental take-down demands fell to 43 percent overall in the July-December 2012 period (48 percent for court orders). That Google acquiesces at all to government demands to remove content may come as a surprise to many. After all, Google withdrew its search business from China, the world's biggest internet market, to […]

April 26, 2013
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2007 CFAC Free Speech & Open Government Assembly

[…] Amendment Coalition is seeking nominations for its annual Beacon and Darkness awards, given in recognition of exceptional efforts, during 2006 and 2007, to advance and defend open- government and freedom of speech (Beacon Awards), and the opposite: exceptional efforts to curtail public access and free expression (Darkness Awards). Deadline for award nominations is September […]

June 3, 2009
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California First Amendment Coalition to Tell Congressional Commission that China’s Internet Censorship Violates WTO Treaties

CFAC, June 16, 2008--The California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) will testify before a Congressional commission this week concerning the Chinese government's system of internet censorship, which CFAC is challenging as a violation of free trade treaties enforced by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The hearings on "Access to Information and Media Control in the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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Violation of Brown Act by fellow board members

I am an elected official. I believe some of my fellow board members are violating the Brown Act and other public meeting laws. How do I go about getting an investigation into their activities and decision on potential violations and corrections or cures to potential violations?

June 14, 2009