This is devastating news. Kelly was an immensely talented reporter with so much heart. She was kind and supportive of other journalists on her beat, myself included, and I appreciated and admired her so much from afar. Wish I'd had a chance to tell her.

This is heartbreaking - Kelly was so nice, and so dogged. Her death is such a loss for jail oversight and accountability reporting in San Diego. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/01/k...

Very sad news in San Diego. Kelly was a lion of dogged accountability journalism. A huge blow to the community. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/01/k...

The City of San Diego has been ordered to turn over the bodyworn camera footage and other records about the Marcus Evans incident. Records must be disclosed by July 17. buff.ly/qx6ei19

“If you don't want people to think you have something to hide, then don't hide it.” www.kpbs.org/news/racial-...

“People are entitled to the full story, not just the official story.” www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/06/26/j...

In a North State library, FAC's Thad Greenson and @davidloy.bsky.social unpacked CA public meetings laws to a full room of Shasta County residents eager to know their rights. Thanks to our partners @shastascout.bsky.social @amcommmedia.bsky.social! firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/in...

"Now that it’s undisputed that no charges will be filed, the city’s weak argument for withholding the records is even weaker," Loy tells SDUT. ⬇️ www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/04/23/b...

The City of San Diego is still withholding bodycam footage from the Marcus Evans incident in our public records lawsuit. But why? Officers have been cleared of wrongdoing. @davidloy.bsky.social tells @sandiegouniontribune.com: this "only confirms the city has no legal basis to withhold" the footage.

When even this DOJ says “there was no legal basis to proceed,” you know the case is garbage. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

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...

The story behind the lawsuit: @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social writes about why he's suing Imperial County for its communications with federal immigration enforcement www.joeyscott.xyz/foia-friday-...

FAC is representing @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social in a lawsuit against Imperial County for withholding public records about the county's cooperation with ICE and other federal immigration enforcement agencies. More⬇️ firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/fa...

Schrödinger's blockade?

A West Virginia law would impose a blanket restriction on publishing certain information about public officials. In a friend-of-the-court brief, @rcfp.org argues the law could chill reporting and cannot survive constitutional scrutiny.

I’m reading @inewsource.org about San Diego's proposed empty homes tax. #LocalNewsMatters because housing policy matters. inewsource.org/2026/04/06/s...

I’m reading @lisahalverstadt.bsky.social on a lawsuit by @voiceofsandiego.org to fight for transparency about "what the county knew about potential improprieties" before the COO of one of its contractors "faced felony charges." #LocalNewsMatters. voiceofsandiego.org/2026/04/06/a...

Today marks #LocalNewsDay, a time to support local journalism as essential civic infrastructure! Get involved: localnewsday.org @rcfp.org is proud to support local newsrooms and their crucial role informing communities across the US. Learn how in the thread below:

The President, White House, and FCC's Brendan Carr are calling for action -- and implying a criminal investigation -- against CNN for... accurately reporting what Iran's state media shared as a statement from Iran's Supreme National Security Council.

San Diego County opened 57 affordable housing units across Fallbrook and San Marcos — but 120,000 households are on the general waitlist. That gap is staggering. www.kpbs.org/news/living/...

Coming soon to a first amendment casebook near you

Dear friends on the left who advocate restrictions on speech, be careful what you wish for. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/r...

Are San Diego County’s "secret" subcommittees violating state law? 🧐 FAC's @davidloy.bsky.social warns these "ad-hoc" groups tackle long-term issues that should be discussed publicly: “It does look to me that this presents significant Brown Act problems.” www.kpbs.org/news/politic...

Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism The ruling cut deeper than left-versus-right politics, declaring that the policy imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is unconstitutional. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...

Understatement of the century: “The United States has a tendency to overestimate what political outcomes can be engineered using overwhelming military power while underestimating the fallout.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

Same dictatorship, different day: “straight out of the authoritarian playbook.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/w...

Resistance is hard but not futile. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

NEW: In my DOGE FOIA case with @facoalition.bsky.social Judge Boasberg ordered DoJ to ask Sean Duffy For Elon’s phone number. @nationalsecuritylaw.org is it normal to tell a witness to talk to a separate lawyer about whether or not to respond to you? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

One battle after another.

The principal of El Capital High School banned senior quotes from the high school yearbook, saying parsing the "modern slang" of the quotes would be too difficult to vet. FAC and @splc.org note the ban violates state law, urges the principal to rescind it. firstamendmentcoalition.org/2026/02/18/f...

Congrats to @oaklandside.org , winner of a @spj-norcal.bsky.social award for challenging Alameda County's sideshow observer law. “We cannot do our jobs when we’re not allowed to tell the public what’s happening in their city," says @tasneemraja.bsky.social oaklandside.org/2026/02/18/o...

@facoalition.bsky.social sent a letter to Imperial County counsel: “Perhaps a federal agency or official would prefer that the County not disclose the requested records, but the Supremacy Clause demands compliance only with laws of the United States, not mere wishes.”

We hope the principal at El Capitan High School reverses course and rescinds the yearbook quote ban. Michael Chen of @abc10news.bsky.social has an update with comment from the yearbook editor www.10news.com/news/we-foll...

That’s 💯 percent the right political response by the Board of Supervisors. The official’s actions were plainly unconstitutional — based on this own statements. Read the letter by @davidloy.bsky.social for @shastascout.bsky.social firstamendmentcoalition.org/2025/10/09/s...

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 answer to speech you dislike is more speech, not #censorship. voiceofoc.org/2025/10/cypr...

FAC is representing @shastascout.bsky.social in this letter to Shasta County's elections official after he said the outlet was not "legitimate" and illegally removed her from a media release distribution list.

Government secrecy fuels corruption. Transparency fuels accountability. That’s why FAC challenges government secrecy head-on. Support FAC: firstamendmentcoalition.org/support-fac/

One could do worse than be called a “visceral antitotalitarian.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/w...

In Los Angeles, LAPD and the LA Sheriff have also violated journalists' rights as they try to report the news. In California, reporters have additional protections. See our letter with 24 other groups: firstamendmentcoalition.org/2025/06/11/c...

With ‪@spj-norcal.bsky.social, FAC sent this letter to the San Francisco police chief noting officers' detaining, shoving, and obstructing journalists from doing their jobs covering protests. This is unacceptable. firstamendmentcoalition.org/2025/06/11/f...

@nppa.org has joined again w/several of our 1st Amendment & free press allies in a letter to the LAPD & LASD remind them of journalist’s rights. See below. We remain steadfast in our mission to make sure 1st Amendment rights are upheld across the United States of America. 🇺🇸

Are you a journalist covering LA protests? Check out our digital security guide on how to protect yourself, secure your communications and protect the information on your devices: freedom.press/digisec/blog...

The deployment of federal agencies to LA may be getting the headlines, but many of the most serious abuses have come from local police. We helped lead a letter to the LAPD and LASD reminding them of journalists' rights and the liability they're risking: media.freedom.press/media/docume...

Journalists must be allowed to do their jobs without fearing for their lives. “The First Amendment is the First Amendment regardless of who you report for or what your perspective is,” says @davidloy.bsky.social.

Law enforcement is violently targeting press at protests around Los Angeles, from easily recognizable "mainstream" outlets to freelancers and independents. ALL press have explicit legal protections in California. #JournalismIsNotACrime. This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇

#USA: RSF condemns the wave of violence – at least 27 separate attacks – that swept across journalists covering protests in Los Angeles this weekend. Violence against journalists trying to do their jobs is unacceptable. #JournalismIsNotACrime rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-c...

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.

The targeting of reporters in LA is inexcusable. The public interest in press coverage of protests couldn’t be more self-evident. We helped lead this letter to remind federal officers of journalists’ constitutional right to report on civil unrest. media.freedom.press/media/docume...

RTDNA is proud to be a signatory on this letter. Whenever a journalist is attacked, the ultimate victims are the people that journalist serves.