• Sen.
Quentin L. Kopp (1991 and 1993,
public official) •
Marilyn Hall Patel, U.S. District Court, Northern California (1993,
judge) •
Ben Bagdikian, author and professor (1995,
lifetime achievement) •
Nicholson Baker, author (1997,
citizen) •
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet (2000,
lifetime achievement) •
Electronic Frontier Foundation (2000,
online free speech) •
SF Weekly (2002,
online reporting) •
San Francisco Bay Guardian (2002,
public service) • Hon.
Ronald M. George, Chief Justice,
California Supreme Court (2003,
lifetime achievement) •
Daniel Ellsberg,
Pentagon Papers whistleblower (2004,
lifetime achievement) •
Cartoon Art Museum and
Rex Babin,
The Sacramento Bee (2004,
cartoonist) •
Joel Moskowitz (2018), health guidelines for mobile phones •
San Francisco Bay Guardian •
David Weir (2020), contributions to transparency ==See also==