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    CPRA

    County Refusing to Share Mold Report they Say Requires Us to Vacate. How Can We Access that Report?

    […] your request can be found at the First Amendment Coalition’s website here. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

    April 21, 2022

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    Government Transparency & Accountability

    Ensuring public access to information is essential for the people to know what the government is doing in their name. We advance and defend freedom of information — access to public records and public meetings — through education, policy advocacy and litigation.

    July 3, 2024

  • Cases

    Public Records

    First Amendment Coalition and KQED v. Bonta

    […] exemption of the California Public Records Act, which sometimes allows withholding on the ground that a request imposes an undue burden. However, the court found that the government had not justified invoking the catchall exemption. After the case returned to the trial court, the Attorney General produced some records but withheld others based on […]

    December 12, 2023

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    First Amendment Social Media

    Can a city in Texas limit who can comment on its Facebook (Meta) posts?

    […] is implicated by a public agency’s use of social media, for example when it is clear that the social media account is operated on behalf of the government, the extent to which the agency may regulate public comments generally depends on the type of forum at issue. The Ninth Circuit (which covers California) has […]

    August 19, 2025

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    Court Access

    U.S. v. Center for Investigative Reporting

    […] orders. This case arises from a 1990s FBI investigation into the possible theft of approximately $180 million worth of precious gems and metals belonging to the Russian government by Golden ADA, Inc. ("Golden ADA"), a San Francisco-based diamond importing company. During the investigation, the FBI sought and obtained wiretap orders from a federal district […]

    June 15, 2025

  • Latest News

    Following Pressure from FAC, California Judicial Council Releases Records

    […] a court rule that imposes similar obligations. While they don’t have to disclose adjudicative records, such as the draft of an opinion in a given case, they must disclose administrative records, such as budget and finance information. Representing Abel, FAC demanded disclosure of the powerpoint slides on August 13, 2024. As FAC argued, the […]

    February 28, 2025

  • Posts

    Newsgathering

    More than 100 Organizations and Media Companies Call on Congress to Pass the PRESS Act

    […] identifying confidential sources as well as records, communications content, documents, or information that the journalist obtained or created as part of their journalism. The bill also bars government demands for that data to third parties like phone or email providers unless a court finds a reasonable threat of imminent violence absent disclosure. And it […]

    October 10, 2024

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    FAC Joins Nationwide Coalition Urging Transparency and Access in Response to COVID-19

    […] letter to state, tribal and local public institutions raising concerns about transparency and access to meetings and records as these institutions respond to the coronavirus public-health crisis. Government bodies should not opportunistically take advantage of the public’s inability to attend large gatherings to make critical decisions affecting the public’s interest if those decisions can […]

    March 20, 2020