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FAC Urges Ninth Circuit to Protect Right to Honk Car Horns at Protests

[…] lawsuit, Porter asserts a First Amendment right to express herself through horn use. After initially letting the case proceed, the district judge ruled in favor of the government, finding Section 27001 is a permissible, content-neutral regulation. On appeal, Porter’s attorneys argue that the statute is a near-total ban on expressive horn use that must […]

July 15, 2021
Cases

San José Spotlight v. City of San José

[…] revelations that Liccardo directed a constituent to contact him on a personal email account to skirt public records laws. "I’m going to delete this email from my government account," Liccardo wrote to the constituent, according to documents obtained and published by San José Spotlight. As San José Spotlight and FAC attorneys told the court, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
July 19, 2023
Cases

Dhaliwal v. Komrosky

[…] board member a "Communist." Komrosky has demonstrated a consistent pattern of violating the First Amendment and the Ralph M. Brown Act, California’s open meetings law for local governments, which allows removal of members of the public only if they are "engaging in behavior during a meeting of a legislative body that actually disrupts, disturbs, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Meetings
December 21, 2023
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How Can I Request All Audio and Video of My Arrest?

[…] your request, can be found on 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.
- Public Records
August 8, 2020
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FAC Urges UC Berkeley to Comply with Records Request Regarding Human Remains Found on Campus

FAC has called on the University of California, Berkeley, to comply with the California Public Records Act (CPRA) and respond to a CPRA request by Berkeley Scanner journalist Emilie Raguso. Raguso seeks emails to and from Tom Mucha, a Cal employee, regarding the skeleton found in an unoccupied building on campus in January 2023. […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
March 13, 2024
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Press Rights

FAC to California Judiciary: End Court Secrecy Now

[…] public. Today’s letter is a part of these efforts, and was made possible by support from FAC’s supporters. In addition to open-court advocacy, FAC has worked to combat government secrecy throughout the public-health emergency, speaking out against efforts to weaken freedom-of-information laws, publishing new tools to help the public and press obtain records, and holding […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Press Freedom
June 15, 2020
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Trying to access the transcript of a 911 call

[…] App. 4th 607, 615 (2003). The California Supreme Court has found that records regarding a call reporting a possible crime were investigatory records exempt from disclosure under Government Code § 6254(f). Haynie v. Superior Court, 26 Cal. 4th 1061, 1064 (2001). Given the circumstances you describe, the police department may claim that the transcript […]

June 16, 2015
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Can they stop me from gathering signatures in a city-owned building?

[…] to petition. The following general information may be useful for analyzing the question. As you seem to know, the First Amendment protects the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The Supreme Court has "recognized this right to petition as one of ‘the most precious of the liberties safeguarded by the […]
- Free Expression
June 30, 2015
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Will mainstream media match Wikileaks’ technology for receiving leaked documents anonymously and securely? Not likely.

[…] of their communications with reporters, is an obvious benefit. Even more important is the media's desire to neutralize Wikileaks' advantage in the competition for access to sensitive government records. Wikileaks, on the strength of its promise of anonymity, has managed to insert itself as an intermediary between news sources and the news media, relegating […]
- Press Freedom
May 14, 2011
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Whining college students need lessons in tolerance and free speech

[…] so fearful of competing ideas? When did they become so emotionally frail that even the hint of criticism is seen as a hostile act from which they must be shielded (and for which perpetrators must be re-educated)? College students always say and do stupid things; it goes with the territory. But today’s students’ equating […]
- Free Expression
November 18, 2015