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    Shasta County Repeals Illegal Fee Law Following FAC and ACLU Demand

    […] California Supreme Court confirmed in 2020 that fees for ancillary costs like searching for and redacting records create an illegal financial barrier to transparency and accountability in government. After an investigation by FAC and ACLU, the organizations, representing news outlets Shasta Scout and the Record Searchlight, sent a letter to Shasta County to repeal […]

    May 22, 2024

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    FAC Suit Against CalPERS Seeks Records on Controversial E Palo Alto Real Estate Investment

    FAC---Monday July 19---The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today announced that it has sued CalPERS, the retirement system for California government workers, over access to records about the agency’s ill-fated investment in an East Palo Alto residential real estate development that has gone bust--at a loss to CalPERS of all of its $100 million stake […]

    July 20, 2010

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    Obama should just say ‘No’ to aides who, worried about FOIA, say he must give up beloved Blackberry

    […] degree of security. A further recommendation: He should promise to make public all his communications on the Blackberry going forward. Such a commitment would establish Obama’s open- government credentials while earning him considerable capital with the news media. Moreover, the contrast with Capitol Hill secrecy could be used to put pressure on Congress to […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Now Hiring: FAC Legal Fellow

    […] journalists and others, with a particular focus on those in traditionally underserved communities. FAC’s legal work is focused on enhancing public access to federal, state and local government records and proceedings and protecting the First Amendment rights of free speech and press. FAC also works to provide legal assistance to journalists served with subpoenas […]

    October 14, 2021

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    Now Hiring: 2023 Legal Fellow

    […] to the health of our democracy – that the values expressed by the First Amendment provide a blueprint for an inclusive, equitable society and a responsive, accountable government. To that end, FAC educates, advocates and litigates to protect and promote government transparency and First Amendment protections for all. The Legal Fellow will report to […]

    September 9, 2022

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    New “drone memo” to be released to FAC . . . and other developments in FAC’s legal cases

    The US Justice Department has advised FAC that it plans to release a second redacted memo analyzing the legality of the government’s proposed use of force to kill al-Aulaqi, a US citizen who had joined Al Qaeda and taken on operational functions for Al-Qaeda’s  operations in Yemen. Al-Aulaqi was subsequently killed in a 2010 […]

    July 11, 2014

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    Judge orders release of SF Ethics Comm’n docs, despite claim of attorney privilege

    […] privilege applied because the documents consisted of communications between his and the city attorney's offices. Plaintiff Allen Grossman, a San Francisco resident and long-time activist for open government, noted that Sunshine Ordinance Sec. 67.24(b)(1)(iii) establishes disclosability of city attorney's advice regarding city and state open-meetings and public-records laws and ethics codes. Though the Sunshine […]

    November 1, 2013

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    Journalists Thomas Peele & Caroline Titus named 2016 FAC Award Winners

    First Amendment Coalition is proud to announce the recipients of the organization's 2016 Free Speech & Open Government Award. Out of more than two dozen nominees, two contestants will be honored, one representing a mainstream news organization, and the other representing small-scale community journalism. What they share is their diligence in pursuit of access to public […]

    November 29, 2016

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    How FAC Fights for Police Transparency

    Democracy depends on accountability. Transparency is the oxygen of accountability. That is why California law requires access to government records unless they fall within specific exceptions from disclosure. The public has a special interest in disclosure about law enforcement. As the California Legislature has declared, officers are vested with "extraordinary authority — the powers […]

    August 9, 2023

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    First Amendment Attorney Duffy Carolan Elected President of FAC Board of Directors

    […] Directors. Carolan, a former journalist who has spent her career defending the First Amendment, is one of the country’s foremost champions of free speech and access to government information. As a partner at the Jassy, Vick, Carolan firm in San Francisco, Carolan represents a wide range of media in defamation, prior restraint, copyright, and […]

    January 15, 2018