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  • Latest News

    Blog

    Can the First Amendment Survive President Trump?

    […] it is precious. President-elect Donald Trump likes to talk about a future in which America will be great "again." Freedom of speech---in particular, the right to criticize government without having to whisper and look over one’s shoulder---is why, frankly, America is great now. Freedom of speech derives from a mere handful of words inscribed […]

    November 18, 2016

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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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    Cases

    Amici Briefs Digest, Dec. 2017

    […] communication service providers -- is unconstitutional because it requires a prior restraint in violation of the First Amendment. The statute, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2709, 3511, allows the government to impose gag orders on internet companies that receive NSL’s, preventing them from publicly stating even that they were subjected to an NSL. In the underlying […]

    December 8, 2017

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    Blog

    2007 Open Government Legislative Roundup: Some successes and some failures

    2007 Open Government Legislative Roundup: Some successes and some failures By Nick Rahaim The 2007 legislative session started with a host of promising bills that would have created more transparency and would have reversed recent judicial and Attorney General opinions permitting excessive secrecy. There were some successes and some disappointments. The major disappointment was […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Is public college “executive board” subject to Brown Act?

    […] governing boards of "auxiliary organizations" of the community colleges comply with the Brown Act). Whether the Academic Executive Board is also covered by the Brown Act at Government Code section 54952(b). That section applies the Brown Act to committees created by formal action of a covered board. But "advisory committees, composed solely of the […]

    May 22, 2013

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    CPRA

    City Clerk’s obligation to the CPRA

    […] your question to be whether the City Clerk has the obligation to comply with requests for public records in accordance with the California Public Records Act, California Government Code sections 6250 et seq.If my understanding is accurate, the answer is yes, the City Clerk must comply with the Act. The California Public Records Act […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA School Records

    Are School Board Committee Meetings Subject to the Brown Act?

    […] non-existence of records. Bryan Cave 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.  No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    February 6, 2018

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    CPRA Police Records

    Disclosure of applicant information under PRA

    […] at child daycare centers licensed by DSS. Accordingly, ‘there is a clear and legislatively articulated justification for disclosure—the right of the public and the press to review the government's conduct of its business.’" Id. at 906.  While the public may have a less compelling interest in the criminal history of taxicab applicants than daycare providers, […]

    March 22, 2016

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    CPRA

    Are not for profit charter schools required to comply with the CPRA?

    […] two methods by which you, as a member of the public, can request and access records. First, you can request to inspect records in person by invoking Government Code § 6253(a), which provides, "[p]ublic records are open to inspection at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency and every […]

    November 9, 2016