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FOIA: Sample Request Letter
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FAC Joins Coalition Urging SF Mayor to Restore Rights Under Sunshine Ordinance
FAC joined a coalition of media and transparency groups urging San Francisco Mayor London Breed to restore all aspects of the city's open- government ordinance, parts of which she suspended after the city declared an emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic. The letter to Mayor Breed sent Friday, April 17 by the Northern California […]April 20, 2020
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Shasta News Outlets, FAC, and ACLU Demand Shasta County Repeal Unlawful Public Records Act Fee Ordinance
[…] an ordinance that imposes unlawful fees for public records that can run into the thousands of dollars and threaten the public’s fundamental right to open and accountable government. In a letter sent today, lawyers for FAC and the ACLU told members of the Shasta County Board of Supervisors that their organizations, joined by the […]September 20, 2023
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FAC’s letter to Gov Brown, urging veto of SB 1300
Here is FAC's letter to the Governor, urging his veto of SB 1300: Dear Governor Brown, On behalf of the First Amendment Coalition (FAC), I am writing to request your veto—or, alternatively, a qualified signing--of Senate Bill 1300, which requires oil companies to file reports on scheduled shutdowns, typically for maintenance, of their refinery […]September 17, 2014
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Veteran First Amendment Lawyer Glen A. Smith Named FAC’s First Legal Fellow
[…] FAC Legal Fellow. Smith comes to FAC with a deep and widely varied background in media litigation, including substantial experience advocating for public and press access to government records, defending journalists against subpoenas, and litigation and advice relating to defamation and privacy law. From 1988-1993, Smith served as Director of Litigation for the Los […]July 17, 2018
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US releases to FAC new legal memo on 2010 killing of Anwar al-Awlaki. Here’s our analysis.
[…] earlier opportunity to target Awlaki. The February 19 memo focuses on the key issues posed by the planned strike: Awlaki’s rights, as a citizen, and limitations on government power (if any) that derive from those rights. The July 10 memo covers that territory too, but is devoted mainly to an analysis of potential constraints […]August 15, 2014
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The BALCO reporters had a slimy source, we now know. Did the reporters also get slimed?
[…] also a CFAC director), say the reporters (and their editors) showed bad judgment in relying on a demonstrably partisan source with a clear interest in derailing the government's investigation. Worse, say the critics, the reporters crossed a line once Ellerman used the reporters' stories to actively mislead the court – by lying about his […]June 2, 2009
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Real outrage is that surveillance of AP reporters’ phone calls was probably legal
[…] the source of AP's leak before resorting to the AP subpoenas --including, for example, obtaining the same metadata for the office, home and cell phones of all government officials who had access to the classified information leaked to AP's reporters. Also, did the Justice Department obtain specific judicial authorization to subpoena the AP's phone […]May 20, 2013
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Pricing the Public Out of Public Records
[…] To locate and identify records related to a marijuana eradication program, Mendocino County staff estimated it would take 2,139 hours, costing $67,145. For records revealing details of government workers’ use of the disappearing messaging app Signal, it would take an estimated 534 hours, costing almost $16,900. And just to get the county working on […]May 11, 2023
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New ruling in FAC case opens door to release of state bar records needed for affirmative action research
[…] academic research into the effects of affirmative action policies. The decision, in a lawsuit filed by UCLA Professor Richard Sander and the First Amendment Coalition, an open- government organization, establishes that administrative records of the State Bar, which is an arm of the Judiciary, do not get a free pass from all government-access requirements. […]June 10, 2011
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