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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

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    FAC, joining info requests for Palin speech at UCS-Stanislaus, also requests speaking contract for Bill Clinton talk at UC Berkeley

    […] Clinton speeches potentially raise several important legal issues. One is the enforceability under access laws of a confidentiality clause in contracts entered into by public agencies. Another issue is the applicability of the Public Records Act to an ostensibly private entity, like the CSU Stanislaus foundation, that functions as an extension of a government entity.

    April 8, 2010

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    FAC Welcomes Legal Fellow Sherene Tagharobi

    The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to welcome Sherene Tagharobi, an attorney and Emmy-nominated former journalist, as its new legal fellow focusing on press freedom and government transparency. Tagharobi joins FAC from the law firm Nixon Peabody, where she represented individuals and businesses in complex litigation and government investigation matters. She also represented pro […]

    July 17, 2020

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    FAC teams up with New America Media and CA Black Media to assist ethnic journalists

    […] the Legal Hotline available on a priority basis for NAM and CBM members--hundreds of journalists around the country---to give them expert guidance and support in reporting on government. The Legal Hotline handles questions about freedom of speech, access to government records, attending court proceedings or meetings of government agencies, and many more matters involving […]

    July 23, 2016

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    FAC Sues CA Attorney General to Force Disclosure of Police Misconduct Files

    The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) filed suit today against California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for failing to comply with the state’s new, landmark police transparency law. The suit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, seeks the release of records regarding serious police misconduct — records that all state and local agencies are now required […]

    February 14, 2019

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    FAC Forces Disclosure of More Documents From CA Supreme Court ‘Secret Docket’

    Even more secret records related to former California Gov. Jerry Brown’s request to pardon former state Sen. Rod Wright became public yesterday—the result of an ongoing effort by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) to shine light on the decades-old California Supreme Court practice of automatically sealing documents related to executive clemency. The once-sealedrecordsreleased yesterday […]

    March 21, 2019

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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