Senate Bill 210 passed the California Senate Judiciary Committee on March 23 by a 9-1 vote. A bill has been introduced in the CA State Legislature to refocus California’s ubiquitous automated license plate readers from tracking the movements of every…
Author: Tracy Rosenberg
Oakland City Council Approves Drone Use and Bans Predictive Policing and Biometric Surveillance
In a busy surveillance day at the Oakland City Council, the council approved a use policy for drone use in Oakland. The city currently does not own any drones, but has borrowed from the stable of drones owned by the…
AB 1185 Letter to the Journal
After a 2 year long process, AB 1185, which allows either a county board of supervisors (by vote) or county residents (by referendum) to set up a sheriff oversight board with subpoena power, is a law. On the last day…
Writ of Mandate Granted in Oakland Privacy vs. Vallejo
Ringing Alarm Bells
SF Police Sued Over Public/Private Camera Use To Surveil BLM Protests
Oakland Public Safety Committee Debates JTTF Withdrawal
Update: Oakland terminated its MOU with the JTTF task force on 10-20-20. On October 13 at 2:3opm, Oakland’s Public Safety committee will debate a measure from City Council chair Rebecca Kaplan to withdraw the Oakland Police Department from the Joint…
Vallejo Stingray Use Policy Up for Public Comment at October 27 City Council Meeting
What Can We Learn From Cell Site Simulator Logs
Prop. 24 Actually Pokes Holes in Data Privacy Protections
In this op-ed in the San Diego Union Tribune, OP member Tracy Rosenberg breaks down all the loopholes and exemptions in Prop 24 and why Californians who care about privacy rights should vote NO. Proposition 24 pretends it is making…