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Federal Judge rules in FAC case: US can keep secret a legal memo on drone strikes targeting US citizen

[…] that were not properly classified could nonetheless be withheld on grounds of attorney-client privilege. "We continue to believe the public has a right to know, in detail, the government's legal justification for tracking down a terrorist suspect, who is also a US citizen, and killing him," said Peter Scheer, FAC's executive director. "We're not saying the government can't […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
April 15, 2014
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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, ACLU Sue for Public Access to Kern County Superior Court

[…] against Kern County Superior Court officials for denying access to court proceedings in violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (Read more about FAC's open- government advocacy amid the COVID-10 crisis.) The suit comes at a time when many businesses in Kern County, including bowling alleys and hair salons, have been permitted […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 26, 2020
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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 Victory in “Reverse CPRA” Case: Court Orders Disclosure of Records Alleging Misconduct by Milpitas City Official

In an important win for government transparency, a Santa Clara Superior Court judge has ruled that the city of Milpitas must release documents relating to allegations of serious misconduct by former city manager Tom Williams. The city originally withheld the documents based in part on a "reverse California Public Record Act" lawsuit filed by […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 3, 2018
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FAC Urges California Supreme Court to Require Transparency in Clemency Proceedings

[…] the California Supreme Court to require more transparency in an important area of the criminal justice system: the justices’ oversight of executive clemency. In California, the governor must seek approval from the state Supreme Court to pardon or commute the sentences of one category of applicants, those twice convicted of felonies. But that process […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
January 13, 2021
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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
March 30, 2021
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FAC sues Novato to compel release of secret emails

[…] under the CPRA because they are subject to the "deliberative process privilege," which protects certain records that reveal policymakers’ decision-making. However, not all records relevant to officials’ deliberations receive this protection. A government agency must also show that the public interest in keeping a specific record secret is greater than the public interest in disclosure of the record—a high standard. "The […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
July 13, 2016
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FAC sues LA council over destroyed public records

A new lawsuit filed by the First Amendment Coalition against Los Angeles highlights local governments’ all-too-common---and illegal---practice of destroying public records. The suit, filed Thursday in Superior Court for Los Angeles County, focuses on documents that went missing when a termed-out council member, Tom LaBonge, left office in 2015. Thousands of documents about city […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
August 26, 2016
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FAC Prevails in Effort to Force CA Attorney General to Disclose Police Misconduct Files

A San Francisco judge today ordered California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to begin disclosing police-misconduct files sought by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC)—a victory for government transparency against one of the few remaining police agencies in the state to refuse to comply with Senate Bill 1421, California’s new landmark police transparency bill that went […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 17, 2019