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Fullerton residents and student journalists press council to reverse policy limiting publications in city spaces
Summary
Fullerton residents, student journalists and professors urged the City Council to reconsider a recently adopted resolution that removed nongovernmental newspapers from prominent public display, arguing it limits access to local news and risks First Amendment challenges; councilmembers agreed to bring rescission back for consideration.
City Council members heard a string of public objections on April 15 to a recently implemented resolution that moved nongovernmental newspapers and publications out of public-facing locations and into less-accessible areas of the library.
Emily Wilson, editor in chief of the Daily Titan at Cal State Fullerton, told the council that the policy was distributed to student staff only after papers had been delivered and called the change “an effort to silence criticism,” asking the council to reconsider. Frank Russell, a Cal State Fullerton journalism professor,…
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