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    FAC News Press Release

    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 News Press Release

    FAC Welcomes Legal Fellow Monica Price

    […] to welcome Monica Price as its next legal fellow. In this role, Price will work directly with journalists and others to help them access public records and government meetings, while also contributing to a range of First Amendment and open-government litigation. "We are thrilled to welcome Monica to the team," said FAC Executive Director […]

    July 22, 2021

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Urges Court to Block Fresno Ordinance, Citing First Amendment Concerns

    The press plays an important role in documenting the government’s treatment of homeless people, FAC's brief says UPDATE May 24, 2022: A federal judge, citing First Amendment problems, granted plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the ordinance at issue in the case. Read the order. The First Amendment Coalition today filed […]

    April 12, 2022

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    Blog Cases

    FAC sues Novato to compel release of secret emails

    […] under the CPRA because they are subject to the "deliberative process privilege," which protects certain records that reveal policymakers’ decision-making. However, not all records relevant to officials’ deliberations receive this protection. A government agency must also show that the public interest in keeping a specific record secret is greater than the public interest in disclosure of the record—a high standard. "The […]

    July 13, 2016

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Sues LAPD Over Failure to Release Bodycam Recordings from Protest

    […] About FACThe First Amendment Coalition is a nonprofit public interest organization working across California to advance free speech, a free press and a more open and accountable government. It published the Police Transparency Guide, a free resource to help the press and public access newly available records about police misconduct and use of force. […]

    July 6, 2022

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Receives Three-Year, $375,000 Grant From Jonathan Logan Family Foundation

    […] our organization in 2014 and has guaranteed his foundation’s support over an extended period of time going forward speaks volumes to the foundation’s commitment to open and accountable government, free speech and aggressive, independent journalism." The Logan grant will provide $125,000 per year in 2018, 2019 and 2020, with $50,000 each year coming in the […]

    April 20, 2018

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Honors the Brown Institute’s ‘Documenting COVID-19’ Project as 2020 Award Winner

    The First Amendment Coalition today named the Brown Institute for Media Innovation its 2020 Free Speech & Open Government Award recipient for its "Documenting COVID-19" project, which created a massive clearinghouse of public records and produced accountability journalism in partnership with 30 newsrooms. The project set out to examine the decision-making of state and […]

    February 9, 2021

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC and ACLU of Northern California Welcome Mendocino County’s Repeal of Public Records Fee Ordinance

    […] review, or redact documents people asked for under the California Public Records Act. The law, passed last July, received widespread condemnation from the public, journalists, and open government advocates. One local media organization, the Mendocino Voice, has been assessed fees in excess of $76,000 since the law was passed. Mendocino was not the only […]

    May 9, 2023

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    Blog Cases

    Equal Justice Society Criticizes CFAC Suit against State Bar for records on affirmative action.

    […] Privacy Act (FERPA) governs the privacy and disclosure of educational records. Under FERPA, anonymized educational records are routinely made public, by education institutions and by the federal government itself. Every case we have found addressing a request such as that made by CFAC held that disclosure was required, and does not violate FERPA. Notably, […]

    June 3, 2009

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    FAC News Press Release

    EFF and ACLU Staffers Win 2017 FAC Award for Work on Public Access to Police Surveillance Records

    The ​First Amendment Coalition is proud to announce the recipients of its 2017 Free Speech & Open Government Award are Jennifer Lynch and Dave Maass of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Peter Bibring of the American Civil Liberties Union-Southern California (ACLU), selected for their joint work to bring accountability and transparency to the […]

    November 27, 2017