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    Cases Press Release

    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

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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 […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Blog FAC News

    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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    FAC News Press Release

    Announcing FAC’s 2014 Free Speech & Open Government Award Winners

    The First Amendment Coalition is proud to announce the winners of the 2014 FAC Free Speech & Open Government Award. This year FAC received 30 nominations covering the efforts of journalists, individuals, government officials, educators, attorneys, community groups, non-profit journalism organizations and newspapers. The two 2014 winners of this year’s awards use different methods […]

    December 2, 2014

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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 [employee], 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