More than 60 people who staged a sit-in at the San Diego County clerk’s office Wednesday were escorted out of the building with citations. Though arrests were threatened, in the end none were made, and the paddy wagon was on the scene just as a precaution. People were escorted from the building by to cheers and applause.

Sara Beth Brooks reached out to The Advocate while sitting on the floor of the county clerk's office, protesting "in support of Michael and Brian, a couple who have twice been denied today a marriage license."

Brooks says people sang and shared memories of Stonewall in support. She says at one point a sheriff threatened to take her phone for trying to snap a photo.

The sheriff threatened that arrests would start at 5 p.m., according to Brooks, though did say that people who weren't willing to be arrested will be allowed to leave the building. That's when Brooks left. "My role was to hold the space outside for those not willing to be arrested," she said.

As they left the building, she said, "people applauded the sheriff. There's some great organizing going on down here in San Diego."