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    FAC to California Court of Appeal: The Public Can’t See What No Longer Exists

    […] to the public’s ability to obtain records under the California Public Records Act: should a CPRA requester be required to get a court order—an injunction—to prevent the government from destroying records? The clear answer is "no." If the CPRA stands for anything, it is the idea that the government has a duty, at an […]

    July 26, 2017

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    FAC Helps Defeat Effort by School District to Recover Nearly $500K in Attorneys Fees From Records Requester

    […] the school district’s motion, explaining that it lacked any basis in law and, moreover, would cast an intolerable chill over the public’s ability to learn about their government. "The court’s order here sends a clear message to public agencies who would try to twist the California Public Records Act to punish those seeking transparency […]

    April 11, 2018

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    Equal Justice Society Criticizes CFAC Suit against State Bar for records on affirmative action.

    […] Privacy Act (FERPA) governs the privacy and disclosure of educational records. Under FERPA, anonymized educational records are routinely made public, by education institutions and by the federal government itself. Every case we have found addressing a request such as that made by CFAC held that disclosure was required, and does not violate FERPA. Notably, […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Don Imus, Snoop Dogg and the 1st Amendment

    […] from our public vocabulary, would freedom of speech be the ultimate casualty? No, not as long as this change is not forced upon us by an overreaching government. When voices are silenced by the Federal Communications Commission, a Congressional committee, or some other arm of government, the result is censorship--no matter how offensive the […]

    June 2, 2009

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    FAC News Press Release

    Bert Robinson, veteran reporter, editor and open government advocate joins FAC Board

    […] FAC Board Member James Chadwick said in nominating Robinson to the board. "More importantly for FAC, I've not met anyone in the industry more committed to open government and the protection of first amendment rights than Bert." As a reporter for the Mercury News Robinson wrote a series of articles detailing little-known closed sessions […]

    January 5, 2013

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    Attorney Judy Alexander Joins FAC as Special Access Litigation Counsel

    […] new litigation capacity," said Peter Scheer, FAC's executive director. "By filing selected lawsuits to overcome agencies’ denials of access, we hope to send a strong message to government bureaucracies," Scheer continued. "The message is: "You cannot disregard the public's and the media's open-government rights with impunity." In addition to Alexander, FAC contracts with Holme […]

    March 9, 2010

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    Cases

    Amici Briefs Digest, Dec. 2017

    […] communication service providers -- is unconstitutional because it requires a prior restraint in violation of the First Amendment. The statute, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2709, 3511, allows the government to impose gag orders on internet companies that receive NSL’s, preventing them from publicly stating even that they were subjected to an NSL. In the underlying […]

    December 8, 2017

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    CPRA Police Records

    CHP said I could view dashboard video, but all my requests have been denied

    […] under the influence of anything. He clearly was under the influence of something and she was protecting him. She told me that under the California Public Records Act I could view, and possibly receive a copy of, the video and audio that was onboard and filming from the officer's vehicle. I was allowed to […]

    November 12, 2014

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    CPRA

    Fees for “compiling” digital documents at UC?

    […] $.20 per page for the electronic record and, upon inquiring about this fee have been referred to the following policy by the California State University: Public Records Act? The records that I am trying to obtain are in ready-made format and used for analysis by the CSU on a regular basis. In other words, […]

    May 15, 2012

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    First Amendment

    Union attorney didn’t defend my free speech rights

    Government regulation of employee speech implicates First Amendment issues and is sometimes unconstitutional. The question usually boils down to the "'balance between the interests of the , as a citizen, in commenting upon matters of public concern and the interest of the State, as an employer, in promoting the efficiency of the public […]

    August 2, 2011