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After the Election, What Comes Next

[…] ability to do so will soon grow. In 2025, FAC will expand our defense of democracy’s fundamental rights by: Adding a senior staff attorney to ensure more government transparency. Increasing our oversight and lobbying of elected officials. Customizing and expanding our education for journalists to empower them to do their fearless best. To help […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Press Freedom
November 9, 2024
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First Amendment

Martinez et al. v. Fresno (Amicus Brief)

FAC's brief argues the court should issue a preliminary injunction against an ordinance because it will prevent the press and public from exercising fundamental First Amendment rights by permitting the government to arbitrarily block access to undefined "restricted areas" during homeless encampment sweeps. CLOSED
- Press Freedom
April 12, 2022
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First Amendment

Garcia v. County of Alameda

[…] ban (5/15/2025) San Francisco Chronicle: Oakland reporter sues Alameda County over sideshow ordinance (7/2/2024) KTVU: Reporter sues Alameda County over sideshow ordinance (7/3/2024) KRON4: News reporter sues government over sideshow laws in Alameda County (7/7/2024) Legal Documents: Order Denying Petition for Rehearing En Banc (10/27/2025) Defendants' Petition for Rehearing En Banc (10/2/2025) Ninth Circuit […]
- Press Freedom
July 12, 2024
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Sacramento Police May Have Violated Press Rights at Encampment Clearing
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Press Freedom
September 3, 2024
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A Guide to 2023 Open Meetings Law Changes

[…] public criticism of the policies, procedures, programs, or services of the agency, or of the acts or omissions of the legislative body. AB 2647 (Levine) codified at Government Code section 54957.5 AB 2647 allows local bodies to satisfy transparency requirements related to disclosure of records tied to business set for discussion or action at […]

February 16, 2023
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Public Records

City of Gilroy v. Superior Court

[…] a result, the power to award relief for failure to conduct an adequate search is essential to fulfilling the CPRA’s fundamental purpose to ‘safeguard the accountability of government to the public.’" The California Supreme Court granted review in the case on February 21, 2024. On September 26, 2024, FAC filed an amicus brief urging […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 20, 2023
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FAC Urges Mendocino County to Adhere to First Amendment Protections in Establishing Media Program for PRA Requests
- Government Transparency and Accountability
August 30, 2022
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FAC Urges California Highway Patrol to Release Public Records Relating to 2016 California State Capitol Violence

[…] Law Center. While public records requests are by no means secret, when an agency reaches out to disclose the identity of a public-records requester to people or entities who could do the requester harm, it creates an intolerable and unnecessary chill on the ability of the public to exercise its rights of access to […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
February 16, 2018
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FAC To LAPD: Police Bodycam Footage is a Public Record and Must Be Released

[…] controversies about the police use of force have heightened tensions between the police and the communities they serve. Transparency—the ability of the people to see and know what their government is up to—is essential to the proper functioning of our democracy, including the role police play in it. Bodycam footage is essential to the fundamental right […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 8, 2017
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First Amendment

FAC Calls on California City to End Unconstitutional Public Comment Policy

[…] actual disruption of a meeting. Indeed, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has held that virtually identical language is unconstitutional. No matter how intemperate, criticism of government and public officials is the core of what the First Amendment protects. As one court said over 40 years ago, "In America, one who seeks or […]
- Free Expression
- Government Transparency and Accountability
August 8, 2022