"[W]illing to risk lives for the sake of innovation." After more than year of fighting @caloes.bsky.social for public records, newly released internal emails show the absolute chaos behind California's $456M Next Gen 911 upgrade. www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/w...

How do journalists get ahold of government documents for investigative stories? @riversiderecord.bsky.social journalist Daniel Eduardo Hernandez worked with us to document FAC’s Watchdog Workshop with KVCR in San Bernardino last month and help answer that question.

We and @facoalition.bsky.social fought an overbroad unconstitutional order telling the "public" at large to pull down a court record. With (copious and generous!) help from @volokhc.bsky.social and @megangray.bsky.social, we won. reason.com/volokh/2026/...

Local journalists are working hard to get the stories their communities need. There are often too few resources and too many obstacles. Thrilled we could spend the day with Inland Empire reporters & offer some support for their work. 🗞️🤳🎥📸🔏

A CA school district ordered student journalists to take down two stories -- a violation of the state's student journalists' press rights law. @edsource.org talked to @splc.org and FAC's @davidloy.bsky.social about school admins squelching students' press freedom. edsource.org/2026/high-sc...

TODAY! We're excited to be in Redding today to give a Know Your Rights program on public meetings protections. We're proud to partner with @shastascout.bsky.social and @amcommmedia.bsky.social to offer this educational community event.

How are #immigration issues impacting individuals and families, and what is the role of media? FAC's Paloma Esquivel (center) joined a panel discussion discussing these issues at @calulacfoundation.bsky.social annual convention. We were so honored to attend!

What are authorities trying to hide? 🕵️‍♂️ Join FAC's @davidloy.bsky.social and Thad Greenson for a deep dive with @amcommmedia.bsky.social on uncovering ICE's local partnerships. Get records, read the data, and know what to look for. Don't miss this briefing americancommunitymedia.org/media-briefi...

Had a blast representing @harborinstituteoc.bsky.social at the @caimmigrant.bsky.social Immigrant Day of Action Conference earlier this week speaking alongside @eri-usc.bsky.social, @buenvecino.bsky.social, @facoalition.bsky.social about accessing and communicating data to advance immigrant justice!

FAC's Paloma Esquivel (center) joined Dr. Mai Nguyen Do (left) of the Harbor Institute for Immigrant & Economic Justice and Willie Lubka of @buenvecino.bsky.social to talk about obtaining and using data to advance accountability at the annual Immigrant Day of Action in Sacramento last week.

We’re kicking off #SunshineWeek in classrooms and community events. Yesterday, FAC Advocacy Director @ginnylaroe.bsky.social was on campus at SF State University (pictured) and our Executive Director David Snyder talked to a class at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social.

A Valentine from @facoalition.bsky.social.

NEW: Opening up the Trump admin's attack on Minnesota refugees to greater public scrutiny. On Tuesday, Law Dork, with Public Justice, filed a motion to improve access to a key court case challenging ICE's new effort to detain thousands of law-abiding refugees.

🔴 The arrest of Don Lemon is blatant censorship. And he is not the only one: Thursday’s arrests of Lemon and independent journalist Georgia Fort demonstrate the administration’s lawless crusade against routine journalism Read FPF's @seth-stern.bsky.social's op-ed in the @us.theguardian.com.

Ashamed this is happening in my city. www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...

Oakland police say city is too unsafe to conduct its news conferences the way every other agency in the city does. Instead, it picks and chooses who passes an application for a police-issued credential just to be present at routine news conferences.

Thankful for all the local journalists who keep communities informed and for those who invest in us press rights advocates to support the work.

Oakland Police must end its restrictive press policy, writes FAC, @spj-norcal.bsky.social and @pmwglocal39521.bsky.social firstamendmentcoalition.org/2025/11/14/p...

If you’re a reporter with questions about what you and others are allowed to do in and around polling places on Election Day, we’ve got answers. Join us for a Q&A on 10/28 1 PM PT about our new election day access guide firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/yo...

California journalists: Let us know what you think of our new resource. We are hosting a Zoom Q&A next week. firstamendmentcoalition-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A California county’s top election official excluded journalists he doesn’t like from receiving press releases. Today, in response to @facoalition.bsky.social’s advocacy for @shastascout.bsky.social, these actions got a strong rebuke by the board that hired him. shastascout.org/supervisors-...

“The board unanimously respects the right of the press to have free and unfettered access to public information. We condemn Mr. Curtis’ action of excluding the press and encourage him to maintain a high level of transparency and access to public information.”

“The government may not condition its distribution of press releases on its perception of what publications are deemed ‘legitimate.’”

Clint Curtis, Shasta County’s thin-skinned elections chief, stopped sending news releases to @shastascout.bsky.social because he didn't like its reporting. His response when told it's unlawful to single out one news outlet? Collectively punishing of all of them.

We are pushing back on behalf of the public we serve after being restricted by the local election office. A free press is central to a healthy and civically-engaged community.

¡Atención, periodistas! Hoy publicamos una guía para los reporteros que cubren la aplicación de las leyes de inmigración en California. Ofrecemos consejos sobre cómo acceder a los registros públicos, las cortes y los centros de detención. firstamendmentcoalition.org/handbook/gui...

Today, @freedom.press filed three FOIA lawsuits seeking records on: 1. Efforts to prosecute CNN for reporting on ICE agent tracking app 2. Firing of FOIA official who handled one of our requests 3. ICE's access to data on ~79M Medicaid enrollees (filed w. @404media.co)

We hope California cops & courts reporters will find this useful. We kept in mind the needs of both veterans of the criminal justice best and interns who may be thrown on these stories. Tune in tomorrow for a 30-min chat about guide highlights and how to make the most of it.

California police beat reporters: Join us for a quick chat on Wednesday to go over this new resource you can use the next time you have to cover a shooting by a police officer.

This bill will not make politicians safer but it will make government less transparent. Lawmakers should stop AB 1392. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/08/17/a...

NEW: The ACLU SoCal and some of the best lawyers in the game filed a federal lawsuit against Sec. Kristi Noem & DHS on behalf of myself and other reporters, as well as legal observers and protesters. @lapressclub.bsky.social @aclusocal.bsky.social @newsguild.org @acatwithnews.bsky.social

Without journalists, we wouldn't know what's happening beyond our front doors. That's why FAC and free press partners such as @lapressclub.bsky.social‬ @freedom.press‬ @spj-norcal.bsky.social‬ have been working tirelessly all week to defend press rights. firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/fi...

Los Angeles immigration raids protests began on June 6. The @pressfreedomtracker.us is investigating: - 47 assaults on journalists - 8 detainments/arrests of journalists - 5 equipment damages - 2 equipment searches/seizures View our database: pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...

Message to our members about the lawsuit we have filed over LAPD attacking press. Among reminders: "Above all, we hope you and your colleagues are OK. Some of you are not. Please take time for self care, your health and safety are more important than any story. " lapressclub.org/la-press-clu...

28 press rights orgs joined a letter to DHS Secretary Noem, calling out acts against press during this weekend's protests in Los Angeles. I won't be naive about impacts of one letter. But we are united for our free press, and this puts them on notice about points of law and policy. More soon.

Police assaults on journalists recall the violent aftermath of the George Floyd uprising, by @jonallsop.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

JOURNALISTS IN LA or COVERING FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT: Press rights groups are trying to coordinate responses to unlawful attacks by federal officers against journalists during protests. If you can help ID individuals in charge of operations (incident commander, etc.) & contact info please LMK.

Nondisclosure agreements undermine transparency. Police officers accused with sexual harassment, assault, embezzlement and other crimes face few consequences and put the public at risk. Urge your officials and @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to support #AB1388. action.aclu.org/send-message...

The Justice Department rolled back rules that prevented federal prosecutors from using compulsory tools like subpoenas to seize journalists' records in leak inquiries. @rcfp.org's Gabe Rottman told @nytimes.com that it “raises significant First Amendment concerns.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi's recent memo indicates journalists who receive classified information could face Justice Department subpoenas and search warrants. In @msnbc.com, @rcfp.org's Gabe Rottman explains what it means for reporters and public-interest newsgathering:

In the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term, his appointees and allies in Congress have joined his campaign against the press, and are endeavoring to defund, defang and silence independent and critical reporting:

Following a letter from FAC and @spj-norcal.bsky.social and opposition from residents at a council meeting Tuesday, the City of Sebastopol repealed a restrictive new media policy. See our letter to the council: firstamendmentcoalition.org/2025/03/06/f...

"We have no evidence that this student did anything other than cover this event as a journalist." We're glad charges were dropped against the Stanford journalist unjustly arrested, but this also should have been blindingly obvious from the beginning.

👏Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen announced his office will not pursue charges against Stanford Daily student journalist Dilan Gohill, who was arrested last year while covering a student protest on campus. buff.ly/ZaBdRgs