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FAC Sues Ventura County Sheriff for Violating Public Records Act
March 30, 2021
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FAC sues LA council over destroyed public records
A new lawsuit filed by the First Amendment Coalition against Los Angeles highlights local governments’ all-too-common---and illegal---practice of destroying public records. The suit, filed Thursday in Superior Court for Los Angeles County, focuses on documents that went missing when a termed-out council member, Tom LaBonge, left office in 2015. Thousands of documents about city […]August 26, 2016
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FAC Prevails in Lawsuit Against Bakersfield Over Open Meetings, Records Violations
The First Amendment Coalition has prevailed in a lawsuit against the city of Bakersfield, with a judge ruling that the city council violated open- government laws when it held three closed-door sessions to discuss city finances and then refused to release public records related to those meetings. The ruling, a complete victory for FAC […]January 10, 2020
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FAC Prevails in Effort to Force CA Attorney General to Disclose Police Misconduct Files
A San Francisco judge today ordered California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to begin disclosing police-misconduct files sought by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC)—a victory for government transparency against one of the few remaining police agencies in the state to refuse to comply with Senate Bill 1421, California’s new landmark police transparency bill that went […]May 17, 2019
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FAC Partners with MuckRock to Expand Reach of Open Records, Meetings Database
[…] in full on FAC’s website, is a compendium of questions submitted over FAC’s free Legal Hotline, followed by answers provided by FAC's attorneys, all first amendment and government access specialists at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP, a global law firm. "FAC’s Asked and Answered database has helped thousands of people with their First Amendment […]May 29, 2018
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FAC Legal Director David Loy Honored with Society of Professional Journalists’ Northern California Chapter’s James Madison Award
[…] "My career is dedicated to the principle that transparency is the oxygen of accountability. I am honored to be recognized in such distinguished company for defending open government without fear or favor," said Loy. The Norwin S. Yoffie Career Achievement Award goes to FAC Board Member Karl Olson for a 40-plus year career in […]March 25, 2024
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FAC joins Apple v Samsung appeal to urge disclosure of confidential records filed in court “under seal”
[…] trial court Judge, Lucy Koh, ordering the unsealing of many (but not all) of the sealed records. FAC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to free speech and open- government, filed its motion to intervene in the appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Washington, DC, appeals court that will decide […]September 5, 2012
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FAC Helps Defeat Effort by School District to Recover Nearly $500K in Attorneys Fees From Records Requester
[…] the school district’s motion, explaining that it lacked any basis in law and, moreover, would cast an intolerable chill over the public’s ability to learn about their government. "The court’s order here sends a clear message to public agencies who would try to twist the California Public Records Act to punish those seeking transparency […]April 11, 2018
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FAC files suit for logs showing who visited LA’s County Assessor in jail
[…] and Gary Bostwick of the firm of Bostwick & Jassy in LA. FAC is a section 501C(3) nonprofit organization focused on issues of freedom of speech, open- government and government accountability. FAC’s other current litigation includes cases challenging sanctions against public records requestors; a FOIA suit for US Justice Department memos on the "targeted […]March 1, 2013
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FAC and Local Community Group Sue San Jose Over Secret Negotiations With Google
[…] the city to disclose those records. "The public is entitled to know what elected leaders are doing and saying in negotiations with corporations doing business with the government—especially where those companies are as large and powerful as Google," said FAC Executive Director David Snyder. "NDAs do not and cannot override elected leaders’ obligations to […]November 13, 2018