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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 […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
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.
- Government Transparency and Accountability
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 […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
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 […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
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 […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
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 […]
- Free Expression
June 2, 2009
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CFAC files suit in affirmative action case to defend researcher’s academic freedom and oppose State Bar’s claim that it is above the law of access

[…] implications for higher education. To complete the research, which has been the subject of many scholarly articles and intense academic interest, he needs access to a California government database. So why has the State Bar, which controls the database, denied Sander and his research team access to the records? Because Sander’s subject is affirmative […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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Celebrate Sunshine Week in California–Hold Public Officials Accountable for Access to Information

[…] mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.'' And as the framers of Proposition 59 said two centuries later, ``A government that can hide what it does will never be accountable to the public it is supposed to serve.'' Those remain words to live by. Karl Olson, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 2, 2009