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    Contact Us

    Contact the First Amendment Coalition and get support protecting your first amendment rights for free speech, press freedom, and government transparency.

    June 12, 2024

  • Posts

    FAC Supports AB 339’s Open Meeting Provisions

    FAC stands with a broad coalition of civic organizations backing a measure that would enhance public participation in government meetings in California. Read our joint letters in support of California Assembly Bill 339.

    April 1, 2021

  • Cases

    First Amendment

    Porter v. Martinez

    […] her speech has been chilled by the threat of continued enforcement. Unfortunately, both the district court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the government. In her dissent, Ninth Circuit Judge Marsha Berzon noted that the majority’s ruling upheld "a ban on a popular form of political expressive conduct" without any […]

    December 12, 2023

  • Cases

    First Amendment Public Meetings

    Dhaliwal v. Komrosky

    […] board member a "Communist." Komrosky has demonstrated a consistent pattern of violating the First Amendment and the Ralph M. Brown Act, California’s open meetings law for local governments, which allows removal of members of the public only if they are "engaging in behavior during a meeting of a legislative body that actually disrupts, disturbs, […]

    December 21, 2023

  • Asked and Answered

    How Can I Request All Audio and Video of My Arrest?

    […] your request, can be found on the First Amendment Coalition’s website here. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

    August 8, 2020

  • Posts

    FAC urges ‘NO’ vote on San Francisco’s Prop E

    […] that make San Francisco’s political process more transparent and more open to voices that are not currently heard, and FAC supports the use of technology to make government more accountable to the people. But Prop E is a flawed proposal that will create serious, practical problems. For example, Prop E allows organized groups (consisting […]

    September 9, 2015

  • Posts

    First Amendment

    FAC Urges Alameda Board of Supervisors to Reject Ordinance that Criminalizes Observing or Reporting on Sideshows

    […] events occurring in public, even if those events are illegal. Such reporting is essential to informing the public, exposing or protesting unlawful conduct, or otherwise speaking out or petitioning the government. The draft ordinance would unconstitutionally punish the exercise of these core First Amendment rights. See the letter to the Alameda Board of Supervisors below.

    June 13, 2023

  • Posts

    First Amendment

    FAC Condemns Speech-Chilling Tactics of Cypress City Hall

    […] a local woman, that her social media post about city business was "potentially libelous" and suggested she remove it, which she did (read news coverage). "Critique of government is democracy, not defamation," Loy wrote to the city. If the city wished to dispute a community member’s claims, Loy wrote, it is free to do […]

    August 1, 2022