Update: SB 712 failed to pass the CA State Senate on January 30, 2018 A bill before the CA State Legislature, SB 712, would make it easier to exercise your legal right to opt out of automatic license plate…
Opting Out Of License Plate Scanning
Month: January 2018
In The Wake Of Oakland’s Decision
ICE Director Thomas Homan issued a condemnation of the Oakland City Council. The full text is here: https://twitter.com/daviddebolt/status/953810452118515712 And Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf spoke to the media about Oakland’s decison.
Inappropriate Actions Alleged by City of Oakland Investigator
Signatories to the November complaint against Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick for untruthful statements relating to the August 2017 West Oakland ICE raid issued a letter on January 16 asking for City of Oakland investigator Joan Suape to be…
Oakland Deports ICE
By JP Massar. Originally published on Daily Kos On the day Homeland Security announced planning for a major immigration raid in the Bay Area in response to sanctuary city laws… U.S. immigration officials have begun preparing for a major sweep…
No Coffee For ICE
Oakland’s Public Safety Committee voted unanimously on January 9th to end all cooperation between the Oakland Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations/ICE; six months after cancelling a memorandum of understanding and five months after OPD assisted in a West Oakland…
What are the Practices of Those Concerned with Online Privacy?
One of Oakland Privacy’s newer members created, posted and analyzed an online survey of privacy habits amongst those predisposed to have an interest in online privacy: An anonymous, thirteen–question online survey was conducted over two days on Nov. 2–3,…