Matthew McNicholas serves as legal counsel to two of the most right-wing organizations in LA: the Los Angeles Police Protective League and the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City. These two “unions” collectively spent almost a million dollars to get their pro-cop, anti-safety candidate in office, so it’s no surprise their lawyer threw in $50K. McNicholas was also the LAPD lawyer who sued when the city released data on police officers pursuant to a public records request. Lawsuits by McNicholas and City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto to clawback the information were quickly denounced as meritless by First Amendment experts. “Once the government gives you information in good faith, you have the right to publish it under the First Amendment.”