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    FAC Sues Bakersfield For Open Meetings, Records Violations

    […] asserting the city had not violated the law. The city also failed to produce the documents FAC requested. The FAC-Cal Aware lawsuit followed. "The public can’t hold their government accountable unless they know what their government is doing," Snyder said. "We’re going to make sure they do." +++ Attorney Kelly Aviles of Los Angeles is […]

    December 22, 2017

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    Digital strip-search: Case of lost iPhone prototype shows the danger of using search warrant to seize journalists’ information

    […] most professionals, a loss of this magnitude would be crippling, essentially bringing one's work to a complete halt for the duration of a police examination in which government agents have access, not only to business records, but also to one's most private files (medical and financial records, communications with family members, etc.). But for […]

    April 30, 2010

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    Can local legislators speak freely to voters? The answer should be an emphatic “yes.” Too often the answer given is “maybe.”

    BY PETER SCHEER--Local government, Republicans and Democrats agree, is the most democratic (with a small d) form of government. The closer government is to the people, the theory goes, the more accountable it is to voters and the more responsive to the public will. Congress is the most remote, hence least accountable; your local […]

    December 16, 2014

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    California Supreme Court Stops Cities From Charging Steep Fees for Video Redactions

    The California Supreme Court today issued an opinion preventing government agencies from charging the public for editing and compiling police body camera footage and other electronic records before the records are released. The First Amendment Coalition and the California News Publishers Association filed an amicus brief in the case, National Lawyers Guild v. City […]

    May 28, 2020

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    BART feud shows that censorship is never local

    […] never local. So, whether you live in the SF Bay Area or not, whether you ride the BART rail system or not, the recent actions of local government officials affected us all. Last Thursday, during the evening rush hour commute, BART shut down cell antennas in several of its San Francisco stations. According to […]

    August 24, 2011

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    An open letter to judges in the BALCO appeal

    […] District Court, the reporters will go to jail for up to 18 months and the Chronicle will start paying hefty fines it can scarcely afford. The federal government is obviously determined to find out who leaked to the reporters, Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, the testimony of Barry Bonds and other witnesses before the […]

    June 2, 2009

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    An Illicit Power-Grab And Usurpation Of State Sovereignty By The Bush Justice Department

    […] justly criticized for attempting to enhance executive power at the expense of Congress, is now eviscerating states' rights in order to expand the power of the federal government. William Rehnquist, the conservative former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court--and intellectual champion of American "federalism"—is no doubt turning over in his grave. California, like […]

    June 2, 2009

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    Amicus Briefs Digest, Sept. 2017

    […] of Appeal, authored by Reporters Committee. In an argument that perhaps only a lawyer could love (but which is actually quite important), the brief argues that the government may not charge all costs for collecting and assembling electronic records, but rather are limited to the "costs of duplication" they are permitted to charge for […]

    September 27, 2017

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    2007 FAC Awards: CFAC Names Six Award Winners, One Big Loser

    […] legislators Gloria Romero and Mark Leno are among the recipients of awards given by the California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) at the organization’s Free Speech and Open Government Assembly held at the Annenberg School for Communication in Los Angeles. The awards are given in recognition of an individual’s or organization’s courage and commitment to […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Public Meetings

    Public meetings protections remain in place — for now

    All, I wanted to let you know about a legislative victory that is crucial to government accountability and civic engagement. In a bipartisan vote, a committee of the California Legislature voted down AB 817, keeping in place important public-meeting protections. As we shared last week, we opposed AB 817 because it would have excused a wide range of government bodies governed […]

    June 13, 2024