David Loy
@DavidLoySD
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Free speech warrior, free range parent. Legal Director @FACoalition. Formerly @sdicACLU, @oad_nyc, civil rights lawyer & public defender. Views my own. he/him.
San Diego, CA
Joined May 2012
Today I begin as legal director for @FACoalition to lead its strategic litigation program & work with its brilliant team to defend free speech & the public's right to know.
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I’ve gone dark on this platform for all the usual reasons. I’m not (yet) deleting this account, but you can find my occasional remarks at
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You have to plead guilty to get any kind of treatment in SD Drug Courts. All kinds of reason to exclude: strike conviction, actual/suspected gang membership, sales/transport, etc. Proseuctors have wide discretion on who gets in, who doesn't. https://t.co/m1va5v4ly3
voiceofsandiego.org
In addition to reclassifying some misdemeanor crimes to felonies, Proposition 36 also opens the door to pushing defendants into court-mandated drug treatment.
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“The description of inaction by jail staff that led to this in-custody death is beyond the pale.”
sandiegouniontribune.com
Keith Galen Bach’s insulin pump had likely been beeping nonstop for nearly 24 hours, an autopsy found.
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“Some people may, of course, disseminate a falsehood — that’s a problem as old as politics, as old as democracy, as old as speech …The premise of the First Amendment is that it’s for the press and public and civil society to sort that out.”
nytimes.com
The state joins dozens of others in regulating the A.I. fakery in ways that could impact this year’s presidential race.
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“Free press is the oxygen of the civil society here. Press should be allowed to cover the government as it sees fit,” @DavidLoySD said to @voiceofoc about tonight's Santa Ana city council meeting.
voiceofoc.org
Santa Ana officials will discuss rescinding their media policy after criticism that it’s restrictive and violates state law.
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We’re hiring again @FACoalition for a legal fellow to start in 2025. Please share widely:
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Great job alert: I'm hiring an investigative reporter to hold San Diego institutions to account & build up our Watchdog team. Come break news, pursue short-term enterprise & big projects, & work with brilliant colleagues at the @sdut. Details & $ here:
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Shasta County has announced a restrictive media policy for covering public meetings. These restrictions will make it harder for journalists to inform the community and should be abandoned. Immediately. https://t.co/i4gUeREOOe
shastascout.org
Attorney David Loy says California law requires the press have access to public meetings, even if the room is cleared for a disruption.
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I’m suing Alameda county for its sideshow law, because it criminalizes activities protected by the First Amendment, including reporting practices like observing events in a public space and taking videos or photographs. Here’s more: https://t.co/7W0Pdj3uIL
oaklandside.org
Last month, traffic safety reporter Jose Fermoso joined a lawsuit against a law that infringes on First Amendment rights.
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Here's our letter in advance of tonight's meeting of the board of supervisors. https://t.co/G4JNpejKuW
firstamendmentcoalition.org
Shasta County has announced a restrictive media policy for covering public meetings. These restrictions will make it harder for journalists to inform the community and should be abandoned. Immediately. https://t.co/i4gUeREOOe
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“We’re starting to dictate what the press can and cannot do, and that is not what the First Amendment says." That's correct, and it's why @FACoalition & @SPJ_NorCal urge @CA_Brentwood to abandon the bad idea of trying to impose restrictions on media. https://t.co/JJpA0RKRAw
localnewsmatters.org
A discussion about the First Amendment came front and center Tuesday night as the Brentwood City Council discussed creating a policy that would require
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CA journos, join FAC & @SPJ_NorCal for a workshop on using public records in your reporting. Get tips from @CandiceNguyenTV @byJuliaLove @HollyMcDede and FAC Legal Fellow Annie Cappetta. August 6, 6:30 pm PT. RSVP ⬇️ https://t.co/dokxuCn03M
eventbrite.com
Get tips from experts to use in your own reporting.
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For >3 years, LASD secretly investigated — & urged the Cal AG to prosecute — an @latimes reporter who wrote about a leaked list of problem deputies. They claimed her 1A-protected reporting was actually a crime. My latest, with @AleneTchek:
latimes.com
Under former Sheriff Alex Villanueva, detectives secretly investigated and urged the state attorney general to prosecute a Los Angeles Times reporter who wrote on a leaked list of problem deputies.
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The @FACoalition is representing me in a lawsuit against Alameda County filed today. We believe the current sideshow law criminalizes journalism. Read more about the suit below.
BREAKING: FAC is representing @oaklandside reporter @fermoso in a First Amendment lawsuit against Alameda County. We are challenging its ordinance that prohibits being within 200ft of a sideshow for the purposes of observing it.
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We are so inspired by the work Central Valley journalists are doing to keep Californians informed. Honored to bring this Watchdog Workshop to you!
So exciting to see this watchdog workshop come together, thanks to @FACoalition @institute_trust @cv_journalism. It started as an idea from @loishenry of @SJVWater in March & here we all are!
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So thrilled to support the important work of our local journalists, who are truly the watchdogs of our democracy.
Dozens of journalists are attending a workshop at @Fresno_State on public records and other reporting issues. It is sponsored by the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative, the First Amendment Coalition and the Institute for Media and Public Trust.
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This kind of surveillance of a journalist is deeply disturbing. "[J]ournalists should be able to do their jobs without fear that they’re going to be targets, or potential targets, of law enforcement retaliation" says @davidloysd
lapublicpress.org
The LA Sheriff’s Department sent over 800 pages of emails in 7 months about me.
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Congratulations to the winners of this year’s #californiajournalismawards! Thank you for all that you do!
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NEWS: We are calling on Santa Clara DA Jeff Rosen to reject charges against a @Stanford student journalist who was arrested while covering a demonstration on campus earlier this month. Read our letter with @SPLC and 24 other organizations. https://t.co/rdWl2OGymG
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NEW: Free speech & press freedom orgs demand that a Stanford journalist arrested while covering a pro-Palestine #divest protest not be prosecuted. Journalists & attorneys say it serves no justice to charge him w/ a felony for doing his job. @CourthouseNews
courthousenews.com
Dilan Gohill, who works at the student-run Stanford Daily newspaper, is facing criminal charges after he was arrested during a pro-Palestine protest on campus earlier this month.
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