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    Texas open meeting law supported by FAC amicus stands

    […] today. Earlier this week, FAC filed our own amicus brief written by Rex Heinke and Teresa Wang of the LA office of Akin Gump to defend local government open-meeting laws, like California’s Brown Act, from a potentially devastating national legal challenge. Rangra v. Brown is a rehearing of an appellate decision that struck down […]

    September 11, 2009

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    Super Bowl Score: Cop Overtime $6.3 Million, Taxpayers 0

    […] provided for reimbursement to Santa Clara. The reimbursement from the Host Committee to Santa Clara was expected to be $3.6 million to cover additional public safety and government services costs. San Francisco, however, negotiated no such deal. The Budget Analyst’s report observed that there was no written agreement, other than the original bid, between […]

    April 14, 2016

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    FAC to Intervene in Lawsuit that Attempts to Prohibit Disclosure of Public Records

    […] seeks to prevent the release of public records regarding a former public school teacher’s alleged sexual abuse of students. A reverse CPRA lawsuit seeks to prevent a government agency from releasing records in response to a California Public Records Act (CPRA) request. Reverse CPRA lawsuits are often brought by the subject of the records […]

    May 9, 2024

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    Shasta County Repeals Illegal Fee Law Following FAC and ACLU Demand

    […] California Supreme Court confirmed in 2020 that fees for ancillary costs like searching for and redacting records create an illegal financial barrier to transparency and accountability in government. After an investigation by FAC and ACLU, the organizations, representing news outlets Shasta Scout and the Record Searchlight, sent a letter to Shasta County to repeal […]

    May 22, 2024

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    Security plans for the Democratic convention in Denver must be changed to make room for dissent

    By Benjamin Grant Ladner The upcoming Democratic National Convention inspires optimism among many advocates for free-speech and open government; an Obama presidency, should it come to pass, is seen as a welcome opportunity to redraw the balance between government secrecy and accountability. That optimism, however, must be tempered by what stands to go on […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Pultizer Prize-winning reporter describes quest for truth in Las Vegas construction deaths

    […] James Rainey, media columnist for the Los Angeles Times, Berzon described her year-long quest for the truth at the 14th Annual Assembly for Free Speech and Open Government in Los Angeles October 24 hosted by the First Amendment Coalition and Southwestern Law School. Berzon said the first thing she did was to find out […]

    November 11, 2009

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    Public Citizen and CFAC seek to overturn court orders shuttering wikileaks.org

    […] orders are invalid under the First Amendment. Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. CFAC is a free speech and open- government advocacy group with offices in San Rafael, CA. Here's the Public Citizen/CFAC brief. CFAC and Public Citizen are seeking to intervene as parties in the lawsuit […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Proposition

    […] not least for the California First Amendment Coalition ("CFAC"), a cash-strapped nonprofit working overtime to defend freedom of speech and the public's right to know about its government. Besides, President Obama is a big proponent of open government, as shown by his recent pronunciamento on the Freedom of Information Act. He will, I'm sure, […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Moving On

    […] CA and across the country. FAC’s Board members, led by Board President Carol Melamed, are engaged, rich in talent and unreservedly committed to our free speech and open government mission. While fundraising is always a challenge, FAC’s finances are stronger and more stable than at any previous time. Major new funders include Will Hearst, Craig […]

    June 25, 2016

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    Mel Opotowsky, 1931-2024

    […] few thousand dollars to what it is today: a robust and growing organization with a professional staff that shapes public policy, fights important court battles on open- government and First Amendment issues, and trains and educates journalists and others across the state. Mel, a journalist his entire working life, was still plying his trade […]

    April 26, 2024