The City of Santa Barbara should take down the Flock cameras and ban the city from using license plate surveillance networks.
“Twelve Flock cameras track every passing car on our streets. They went up after a 7 to 0 vote in January 2024 pitched partly as parking customer service, with one public commenter. Audits elsewhere caught Flock data reaching federal agencies against state law. Take them down and keep them down.”
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