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New FAC Lawsuit To Tackle Growing Use of “Reverse CPRA” Suits

[…] the city of Milpitas highlights the growing use of so-called "reverse California Public Records Act" suits to pre-empt the public’s right of access to information about their government. FAC’s lawsuit, filed Friday in Santa Clara County Superior Court, seeks to force Milpitas to release information about alleged misconduct by city officials. FAC requested records […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
May 31, 2017
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New 1st amendment case poses existential threat to public employee unions

[…] to bankruptcy to void union contracts. It's not state initiatives to restrict collective bargaining rights or other outpourings of voter resentment. No, the new existential threat facing government unions comes from . . . the First Amendment. In a scarcely-noticed lawsuit filed Monday in federal district court in Los Angeles, a conservative nonprofit, the […]
- Free Expression
May 2, 2013
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Federal Judge declines US request to freeze FAC’s FOIA suit for targeted killing memo

The US Justice Department has failed in its effort to derail the First Amendment Coalition's FOIA suit for access to a government legal memo on the lethal targeting of US citizens engaged in terrorism against US interests. US District Judge Claudia Wilken on Tuesday denied the Justice Department's request to stay proceedings in the […]

July 24, 2012
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FAC Welcomes Two California Attorneys to Board of Directors

[…] own practice, Douglas was the managing attorney at the Law Offices of Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., where he coordinated O.J. Simpson’s defense. He started his career in government service, working first with the Federal Communications Commission and then as a federal public defender in L.A. Douglas earned his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and […]

November 14, 2022
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FAC Sues Ventura County Sheriff for Violating Public Records Act

The First Amendment Coalition today sued the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office over its failure to comply with public records requests seeking information about deputy misconduct and serious use of force. The lawsuit comes after FAC attempted to pull back the veil of secrecy on deputies’ most violent interactions with the public and any instances […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
March 30, 2021
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FAC Sues LAPD Over Failure to Release Bodycam Recordings from Protest

[…] About FACThe First Amendment Coalition is a nonprofit public interest organization working across California to advance free speech, a free press and a more open and accountable government. It published the Police Transparency Guide, a free resource to help the press and public access newly available records about police misconduct and use of force. […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
July 6, 2022
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FAC sues Auburn for council members’ business emails sent from private email accounts. Suit also challenges email deletion policy.

FAC--A new suit filed by the First Amendment Coalition claims that city officials' emails about government business are public records even though they were sent or received on the officials' personal email accounts. The suit, against the city of Auburn and Auburn's City Council, also challenges the city's policy--similar to that of many California […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
June 11, 2012
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FAC Mourns Death of Lifelong Government Transparency Champion Daniel Ellsberg

[…] Court case New York Times v. United States, which remains at the bedrock of First Amendment law. The case stands for the proposition that prior restraints — government preventing speech from going forward — are essentially verboten under the First Amendment. It is a crucially important bulwark for free speech and a free press. […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 16, 2023
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California Supreme Court Stops Cities From Charging Steep Fees for Video Redactions

The California Supreme Court today issued an opinion preventing government agencies from charging the public for editing and compiling police body camera footage and other electronic records before the records are released. The First Amendment Coalition and the California News Publishers Association filed an amicus brief in the case, National Lawyers Guild v. City […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
May 28, 2020
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As he leaves the Justice Dept, AG Holder is buffing his 1st Amendment credentials

[…] suspected leakers of national security information--and those investigations inevitably led to battles with journalists over information about their confidential sources. But as Holder gets ready to depart government--his successor, Loretta Lynch, has been nominated and is awaiting confirmation---he has been taking steps to leave behind a different legacy. While these steps won’t win him […]
- Press Freedom
January 23, 2015