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November 2024: Slashdot: Aaron Swartz Day Commemorated With Those Carrying On The Work

October 2024: Berkeley Speaks: The End Game for 2023 Legislation in Sacramento

October 2024: The Gazetter: SFPD Quietly Deployed Drones at Outside Lands, Pride and the Dolores Street Hill Bomb

July 2024: The Register: Oracle Coughs Up 115 Million Dollars To Make Privacy Case Go Away

July 2024: Bloomberg: Oracle Will Pay 115 Million Dollars to Settle Customer Tracking Lawsuit

July 2024: PPC Land: Oracle’s 115 Million Privacy Settlement Reshapes Data Collection Landscape

July 2024: Reuters: Oracle Reaches 115 Million Dollar Privacy Settlement

June 2024: Voice of OC: Cyber Attacking Your Right to Know

June 2024: Vallejo Sun: Vallejo Police Still Illegally Sharing ALPR Data

June 2024: Cal-Matters: Find Out Which Lobbying Groups Get Their Way Most Often in Sacto

May 2024: Santa Cruz Sentinel: Santa Cruz ACLU Panel Examines Privacy Rights

May 2024: ABC7: San Jose Awarded 8.5 Million Federal Grant for Speed Cameras

April 2024: CalMatters: Car Tracking Can Enable Domestic Abuse. Why Turning It Off Is Hard

April 2024: KRON TV: Bill Pushes To Double Fines for Protesters Who Block Highways

April 2024: ABC7 News: San Jose Continues License Plate Reader Installation

April 2024: KTVU: Bill To Stop Police Buying Online Tracking Data Advances

March 2024: MassWire: Surreptitous Simulation

March 2024: Aaron Swartz Podcast: Episode 3

February 2024: SF Standard: San Franciscans Aren’t So Hot on Facial Recognition

February 2024: Gothenburg Leader: Council Approves New Automated License Plate Readers

January 2024: KQED: Police Can No Longer Ask “Do You Know Why I Pulled You Over”

December 2023: LA Daily News California Police Must Tell Drivers Why They Are Being Stopped Under New Law

December 2023: Coachella Independent: 8/9 Coachella Valley Cities Use ALPR

December 2023: KPIX: Privacy Advocates Accuse Kaiser of Not Following State Law on ALPR

November 2023: SF Chronicle: Are SF’s Surveillance Tech Laws Unnecessary Red Tape?

November 2023: Wisconsin Examiner: Milwaukee PD Gets Next-Gen Phone Surveillance Tech

October 2023: KTVU: Speed Cameras Coming to Bay Area; Privacy Advocates Skeptical

October 2023: KCBS: License Plate Reader Cameras Spark Debate in Oakland

October 2023: KPIX: Gov Newsom Signs Law Allowing Traffic Speed Cameras in Some Cities

October 2023: SF Chronicle: New Ca Traffic Law Aims to Save Lives with Traffic Cameras

October 2023: KRON: California Lawmakers Pass Speed Camera Bill

October 2023: Oakland Observer: PAC Approves ALPR Use Policy

October 2023: Telemundo: Podrian Instalar Mas Lectores de Matriculas en Las Calles de Oakland

September 2023: Vallejo Sun: Solano Supes Vote to Expand Vehicle Surveillance in S. Vallejo

September 2023: KRON: California LawMakers Pass Speed Camera Bill

September 2023: Oaklandside: Automatic Speed Cameras for Oakland

September 2023: KTLA: Speed Cameras Could Soon Be Coming to LA

September 2023: Cal Matters: This Bill Could Give Californians An Ally on Public Records Requests

August 2023: NY Times: CA Roads Could Soon Have Camera Issuing Speeding Tickets

July 2023: KPIX: Oakland Looking to Install More License Plate Readers

July 2023: KQED: Berkeley Approves License Plate Readers Despite Privacy Concerns

July 2023: KQED: Controversial Speed Cameras Could Come To Three Bay Area Cities

July 2023: SF Chronicle: Speed Cameras Would Ticket Drivers In These Cities

May 2023: Common Dreams: New Letter Says Slack Puts People in Danger

May 2023: Vallejo Sun: Vallejo Police Report High Usage of Cell Phone Tracker

May 2023: ABC7News: Can Speed Cameras Save Lives on San Jose Streets?

April 2023: KQED: Delete Act Seeks to Give Californians More Power to Block Tracking

March 2023: Mercury News: Phone Data Used to Surveil San Jose Church

March 2023: Oaklandside: Ransomware Hackers Dumped Gigabytes of City Files on the Web

March 2023: Mercury News: For Bay Area Cops Military Hardware Is One-Click Shopping

February 2023: Law 360: Oracle Says User Date It Allegedly Sold Not Private Enough

November 2022: East Bay Times: Antioch Adds Shotspotter Gun Detection System

November 2022: Coda Story: As Anxiety About Crime Peaks, Cities Turn to Surveillance Tech

November 2022: Law Street: Oracle Moves To Dismiss Mass Surveillance Class Action

October 2022: Daily Cal: Police Accountability Board Talks Surveillance

September 2022: Napa Valley Register: ALPRS Affect Privacy and Civil Rights

September 2022: Fox 40: Millions of License Plates Are Stored To Combat Crime

September 2022: EFF Deeplinks: San Francisco Must End Irresponsible Relationship with Norcal Fusion Center

September 2022: DRAD Blog: United We Stand

August 2022: TechCrunch: Oracle Surveillance Machine Targeted in US Class Action

August 2022: Bloomberg: Oracle Sued After Selling Marketers Digital Dossiers on People

August 2022: Napa Valley Register: St Helena City Council Wants Public Input Before License Plate Readers

August 2022: The Register: Lawsuit Accuses Oracle of Facilitating Sales of Billions of People’s Data

August 2022: Tech HQ: Oracle Facing Backlash for Violating the Privacy of Billions

August 2022: Telecare Aware: Oracle in Federal Class Action Lawsuit on Global Privacy Violations

August 2022: CMS Wire: Oracle and Sephora Face Data Privacy Woes

August 2022: Independent Institute: The Pitfalls of Automated License Plate Readers

July 2022: Pacifica Radio: Big Tech, Censorship and Surveillance

July 2022: Wisconsin Examiner: How The Milwaukee PD Uses Cell Phone Surveillance Technology

July 2022: SF Chronicle: What Experts Say Women Seeking Abortions Can Do To Protect Their Data

June 2022: Wisconsin Examiner: Police Surveillance Co Seeks to Acquire Israeli NSO Group

June 2022: Vallejo Sun: Vallejo Considering Purchase of Gunshot Devices

May 2022: Bloomberg: Zoom’s New AI Spurs Criticism From Privacy Groups

May 2022: CBS News: More Than Two Dozen Groups Call on Zoom to Halt Emotion Detection

April 2022: Louisiana Illuminator: National Campaign Sets Its Sights on Popular Gunshot Detection Tool

April 2022 Open Vallejo: Vallejo Police to Weaken Drone Policy Amid Violations

March 2022: Oaklandside: No More Free Parking at Lake Merritt

March 2022: KCBS Radio: California’s New Online Privacy Police Aims to Protect Consumer Data

March 2022: N.Y. Times: How California is Building the Nation’s First Privacy Police

March 2022: SF Gate: How A Prodigious Card Counting Blackjack Player Became an Activist

March 2022: East Bay Times: Oakland Police Drone Program

February 2022: Vallejo Sun: 27 Apply to Serve on Vallejo Surveillance Board

February 2022: East Bay Times: San Leandro Looks To Add Police Cameras

February 2022: NBC Bay Area: San Leandro Police Seek Permission for Surveillance Cameras Around City

February 2022: ABC-10: Proposed Bill Aims To Curb Traffic Fatalities

February 2022: Vallejo Herald Tribune: Vallejo Expands Application Time for Surveillance Board

February 2022: Alameda Sun: Alameda To Expand ALPR Use to Island Exit and Entry Points

February 2022: Daily Cal: Police Accountability Board Discusses Public Surveillance Camera Use

January 2022: Courthouse News: Sneaky Stingray Wireless Tracking Case Ends

January 2022: Mercury News: Hayward Sets Police Drone Use Guidelines

January 2022: SF Chronicle: Mayor Breed Files Ballot Measure Seeking to Expand Surveillance

December 2021: Gizmodo: FBI Will Neither Confirm or Deny The Existence of the Documents I Just Printed

December 2021: Pro Publica: Boston Police Bought Spy Tech With a Pot of Money Hidden from the Public

November 2021: The Oaklandside: Cameras, Cops and Red Light Running

November 2021: Counterspin: Tracy Rosenberg on Aaron Swartz Day

November 2021: The Oaklandside: Oakland’s Privacy Commission is Nationally Lauded

October 2021: The Lens NOLA: Neighborhoods Watched: The Rise of Mass Surveillance

September 2021: Vallejo Herald Tribune: Mike Malone Officially Named City Manager

September 2021: Vallejo Sun: Vallejo Council Approves Creation of Surveillance Committee

September 2021: Black Agenda Report: The Gorgon Staring At You

September 2021: Pacifica Radio: The Gorgon Stare: Latest in Mass Surveillance

August 2021: Wisconsin Examiner: Concerns Raised Over Wiretap Bill

August 2021: IVPM: Verkada’s False and Manipulative Facial Recognition Strategy

August 2021: Bay City Local News Matters: Police Reform: An Overview

July 2021: Vallejo Times-Herald: Vallejo Moves Closer to Having a Surveillance Advisory Board

July 2021: The Register: Facial Recognition Technology Gets A Smack In the Chops

July 2021: Vallejo Times-Herald: June 2021: Vallejo City Council to Discuss Surveillance Advisory Board

June 2021:Hoodline: Castro CBD Votes to End Private Security Camera Proposal

June 2021 Bay Area Reporter: Castro CBD Board Rejects Camera Proposal

June 2021: Wisconsin Examiner: Police Wiretap Bill Introduced by Republican Senator

May 2021: Sierra Sun Times: State Senate Approves Wieckowski Bill Covering Data Collected from In Vehicle Cameras

May 2021: KQED Forum: Facial Recognition’s Pervasive Role in American Life

April 2021: Vallejo Times-Herald: Privacy Watchdogs Pleased With Council Decision

April 2021: Whistleblower.org: Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act

April 2021: Common Dreams: Too Dangerous To Exist

April 2021: Open Vallejo: Vallejo Police Secretly Tested Dystopian Facial Recognition Tool

March 2021: SPJ Norcal: SPJ Norcal Honors First Amendment Champions

March 2021: Wisconsin Examiner: Milwaukee PD’s Cell Phone Monitoring Technology

March 2021: Toronto Star: Does Canada Allow Spyware Exports to Repressive Military Regimes?

March 2021: East Bay Times: Oakland’s Transparency Problem

March 2021: Wisconsin Examiner: Milwaukee PD’s Cell Phone Monitoring Technology

February 2021: Coda Currents: Police Outsource Surveillance

February 2021: TechWire: Bay Area Ring Partnerships Concern Privacy Advocates

February 2021: Vallejo Times Herald: Residents Express Concern About License Plate Readers

February 2021: The Detroit News: Doorbell Cams Worry Privacy Advocates

February 2021: JohnGlidden.com: Vallejo City Council to Mull Purchase of 10 License Plate Readers for Mare Island

February 2021: East Bay Express: Close The Gaps: California Leads on Privacy, Washington Should Follow

January 2021: Deep Links: Oakland Privacy and the People of Vallejo Prevail

January 2021: Pacifica Radio: COVID, Big Tech Censorship and Surveillance

January 2021: East County Today: Senator Weiner Introduces License Plate Privacy Act

January 2021: Lawfare: Court Upholds Legal Challenge Under Statewide Stingray Law

January 2021: Black Agenda Report: Will COVID-19 Contact Tracing Expand State Surveillance

December 2020: Fresno Bee: Fresno Sheriff’s Office Accused of Ignoring Public Records Laws

November 2020: NBC News: Good Riddance: Tech’s Flight From San Francisco A Relief To Some Advocates

November 2020: Vallejo Herald Tribune: Use and Privacy Policy for VPD Stingray Gets Unanimous Council Approval

November 2020: SF Weekly: The Robber Barons of Big Tech

November 2020: Open Vallejo : Tiny Constables (podcast)

October 2020: Global Data Review: California To Vote on Privacy in Midst of Heated Debate

October 2020: Digital Privacy News: Experts Split On Prop 24

October 2020: Vallejo Times-Herald: Vallejo City Council Adopts Privacy and Use Policy for Stingray Tech

October 2020 Govtech: Vallejo, California Discusses Privacy Policy and Stingrays

October 2020: Gizmodo: Cops Turn to Canadian Tracking Firm After Infamous Stingrays Become Obsolete

October 2020: University Times: The Confusing Ballot Measure That Has Privacy Experts Divided

October 2020: JohnGlidden.com: City Staff Pushes Back Council Vote On Stingray Policy

October 2020; Courthouse News: CA Voters Get Say on Data Privacy Law, but Is It Tough Enough?

September 2020: JohnGlidden.com: Judge Issues Tentative Ruling Blocking Vallejo’s Use of Cell Site Simulator

September 2020: Deep Links: Judge Upends Vallejo’s Use of a Stingray

September 2020: KTVU: Vallejo Police Expand Community Surveillance

September 2020: San Diego Union-Tribune: Prop 24 Pokes Holes in Data Privacy Protections

September 2020: Nation State of Play Podcast: Tracy Rosenberg and Mary Stone Ross on a Ballot Measure Masquerading as a “Privacy” Proposal

August 2020: Washington Post: The Technology 202

August 2020: Mercury News: Oakland Ready for Trump Attacks

July 2020: Black Agenda Report: What Are Trump and His Goons Up To?

July 2020: Reorg.com: DOJ Likely to Weigh Google’s Data Pledge In Context of Monopolization Case (Behind Paywall). 

July 2020: California Law Review: California County Oversight of Use Policies for Surveillance Technology

July 2020: Business Insider: An Uber-Backed Influence Campaign

July 2020: Fortune: Civil Rights Groups Urge NYPD to End Microsoft Partnership

June 2020: Common Dreams: A Historic Day

June 2020: Vallejo Times Herald: Group Files Lawsuit Against Vallejo’s Purchase of Cell Site Simulator

June 2020: Santa Cruz Sentinel: Santa Cruz Becomes First U.S. City to Ban Predictive Policing

June 2020: Deep Links: CA Privacy Advocates Sue Vallejo Over Cell Site Simulator

June 2020: Reuters: In a U.S. First, California City Set To Ban Predictive Policing

June 2020: Law.com: A Fight Over Surveillance Tech in a City Vowing To Reform Police (paywall)

June 2020: Communications Daily: California AG Submits Final Privacy Rules At Deadline

June 2020: Find BioMetrics.com: EFF Voices Opposition to CA Facial Recognition Bill 

May 2020: Whistleblower.org: Amendments to USA Freedom Reauthorization ACT

May 2020: SF Chronicle: Coronavirus Sparks New Fight Over Internet Privacy Law

April 2020: LA Progressive: Why Data Minimization Is The Privacy Principle We Need Now.

March 2020: Deep Links: Vallejo Must Suspend Cell Site Simulator Purchase

March 2020: Decipher: EFF Says Privacy Loopholes Remain in CCPA

March 2020: Bay Area Independent Media Center: Police State Expansion Continues During COVID-19 Pandemic

March 2020: GeoSpatial World: Data Privacy Worries As Governments Collect Location Data

March 2020: Vallejo Times Herald: Vallejo Purchases Cell Site Simulator For Police Department

March 2020: Amnesty International: 15 Groups Call on Lawmakers to Protect Privacy in COVID-19 Relief

March 2020: CPO Magazine: Collection of Mobility Data by LA Sparks New Privacy Coalition

March 2020: Net Times Magazine UK: Greatest Feats

March 2020: Black Agenda Report: California Flag Alienated Idealistic Kids of Color as Potential Violent Extremists

February 2020: Governing: What Cities Can Learn From the Nation’s Only Privacy Commission

February 2020: San Francisco Chronicle: Privacy Advocates Alarmed By Amazon Ring’s Partnerships with Bay Area Police. 

December 2019: Long Beach Report: Amnesia File: These Openness Advocates Supported.

November 2019: Whistleblower.org: Broad Coalition Opposes Patriot Act Extension

November 2019: MediaPost: Advocates Blast Interactive Advertising Bureau

October 2019: KGO Radio: Cutting Ties Between Doorbells and Police

October 2019: Daily Cal: Before Ban, Berkeley Acquired Facial Recognition Technology

October 2019: Who What Why: Watchdogs Challenge Surveillance in Berkeley

October 2019: Sacramento Bee: Kamala Harris Embraced Peter Thiel’s Big Data Tech

October 2019: TAC: Smoking Gun: Warrantless Surveillance

August 2019: Indybay: Protesters Force Palantir To Empty Headquarters

August 2019 -KTVU: Activists Again Call For Palantir To End Contracts With ICE

August 2019 Business Insider: Protesters Block Palantir’s Cafeteria

August 2019 CBS-5: Anti-ICE Protesters Block Access to Palo Alto Software Company

August 2019 East Bay Times: Palantir’s Controversial ICE Contract Renewed

August 2019 Politico Pro: Privacy Act Bills Straight to Senate Floor (behind a paywall).

August 2019 La Croix: Reconnaissance Faciale, L’urgence De L’un Debate

July 2019 – Mercury News: Bay Area City Approves New License Plate Readers

July 2019 – NYU Law Review: When Westlaw Fuels ICE Surveillance

July 2019 – SF Gate: Sheriff Revisiting Use of Force Policy After Taser Death

July 2019 – NBC Bay Area: San Mateo County Changing Use of Force Policy

July 2019 – KPIX: San Mateo Sheriff Revising Use of Policy

July 2019 EB Times: Oakland Bars City From Using Facial Recognition

July 2019 Vice: Oakland Becomes 3rd City To Ban Facial Recognition

July 2019 SF Chronicle: Fight to Change CA’s Landmark Privacy Law Fizzles

June 2019 – East Bay Citizen: San Leandro Accepts Federal Grant For Drone

June 2019 Truthout: As Reliance on Biometric Tech Grows, So Does Opposition

June 2019 – Richmond Standard: Richmond Ends License Plate Reader Contract

June 2019 – WND: Coalition Calls on Congress to Torpedo Facebook Currency

May 2019 CityLab: Can The Bay Area Rein In The Surveillance Tools It Created?

May 2019 Law 360: SF Picks Side of Privacy With Ban on Facial Recognition

April 2019 – East Bay Times: BART Reviews Plans to Purchase License Plate Readers

April 2019 – SF Gate: BART Board Approves Policy Governing Use of License Plate Readers

April 2019 – SF Examiner: BART Board Approves Automated License Plate Surveillance in Parking Lots

April 2019 – NBC Bay Area: BART Board Approves License Plate Readers in Parking Lots

April 2019 48 Hills: Tenant Representation and Spy Technology

April 2019 Gizmodo: Cops Are Trying To Stop SF From Banning Facial Rec

March 2019 – SF Chronicle: ICE Had Access To Millions of License Plates

March 2019 – Daily Cal: Alameda Cty Supes Vote For Demilitarized Training

February 2019 Atlantic: SF Wants To Ban Government Facial Recognition

February 2019 – KTVU: Privacy Advocate Mistakenly Detained After License Plate Reader Reports Car As Stolen

February 2019 – NY Times: Can Berkeley Boycott Amazon

January 2019 The Verge: San Francisco Proposal Would Ban Government Facial Recognition

January 2019 Metro UK: First City Could Ban Facial Recognition Amid Fear Over Big Brother

January 2019 NBC: SF Supervisors Introduce Legislation To Ban Facial Recognition

January 2019 Examiner: SF Supervisor Aaron Peskin Introduces Citywide Ban of Facial Recogntion

January 2019 Gizmodo: SF Supervisor Moves To Ban City’s Use of Facial Recognition Software

January 2019 Mercury News: SF Supervisor Wants To Ban Facial Recognition Surveillance Technology

January 2019 Ars Technica: Our Cops Should Be Banned From Using Facial Recognition

January 2019 – KPFA: Safety and Surveillance on BART

January 2019 SF Weekly: Peskin Battles Big Brother Surveillance

January 2019 Wired: SF Could Be First To Ban Facial Recognition Tech

January 2019 Slate: Face-Off in San Francisco

January 2019 – KTVU: Who Is Releasing Police Records and Who Is Not

January 2019 – Mondo 2000: What We Know About Law Enforcement Use of Face Surveillance

November 2018 – Muckrock: A Look At Transparency on the 2018 Ballot

November 2018 – Muckrock: Voters in Nevada and San Francisco Clear Two New Transparency Measures’

October 2018 – Golden Gate Xpress: Critics Urge BART To Improve Transit Security

October 2018 – KPFA – Proposition B

October 2018 – ABC/7: Consumer Groups Want Phone Privacy Changes

October 2018 – Ars Live: How Oakland Sets The Standard For Meaningful Police Oversight

October 2018 – SJ Mercury News: Bay Area Cities Consider Cutting Ties With Tech Giants Who Do Business With ICE

October 2018 East Bay Express: Oakland Review Agency Exonerates Police Chief Over False Statements Regarding ICE Raid.

October 2018 – KPIX: Oakland Police Chief Cleared of Wrongdoing in Oakland ICE Raid

October 2018 – KTVU: Berkeley To Vote on Sanctuary City Contracting Ordinance To Stop Doing Business With Data Brokers

October 2018 – Fortune: Tech Companies Are Profiting Off ICE Deportations, Report Shows

September 2018 – East Bay Times: BART Staff Ignored Board To Spy on Riders; Sent Info ICE Could Access

September 2018 – KPIX: BART Sent License Plate Info To Database Accessed By ICE

September 2018 – Telemundo: Acusan Al BART De Cooperar Con ICE

September 2018 – NBC: Thousands of License Plate Readers Recorded at MacArthur BART

September 2018 – ABC: BART Accidentally Records Tens of Thousands of License Plates

September 2018 – KTVU: BART Says It Was An Accident

September 2018 – The Blaze: BART Sent License Plate Pics to Database Accessible To ICE

September 2018 – NBC: BART To Discuss Surveillance and Safety Plans

September 2018 – KPIX: BART Denies Sharing License Plate Photos With ICE Database

September 2018 – KRON: BART Approves New Surveillance Ordinance To Enhance Passenger Safety

September 2018 – ABC: After Surveillance Camera Controversy; BART Adopts New Privacy Guidelines

September 2018 – Mercury News: BART Adopts Transparency and Accountability Policy for Surveillance Technology

September 2018 – SF Chronicle: Bowing To Privacy Concerns, BART To Hold Hearing Before Expanding Surveillance

September 2018 – SF Examiner: BART Approves Surveillance Policy Requiring Public Review and Privacy Protections

September 2018 – Bay City News: BART Board Approves Surveillance Ordinance

September 2018 – Ars Technica: Bay Area Transit System Approves New Surveillance Oversight Policy

September 2018 – CityLab: When Transit Agencies Spy on Riders

September 2018 – Oakland North: BART Directors Face Pushback On New Security Measures

September 2018 – GovTech: Data Sharing: What Is The Worst That Could Happen?

September 2018 – Sunlight Foundation: Smart Cities: Who Is Doing It Right?

August 2018 – Social Science Research Council: When Westlaw Fuels ICE Surveillance 

August 2018 – Emeryville Eye: City Council Delays Decision On City Wide Parking Plan

August 2018 – San Jose Mercury News: BART Proposes 28 Million Dollar Safety Plan

August 2018 – San Francisco Examiner: BART Plans To Expand Surveillance Raise Privacy Concerns

August 2018 – East Bay Express: Proposal To Build Vast Surveillance System May Be Decided A Suburban Meeting

August 2018 – East Bay Times: BART Delays Action On Parts of Controversial Plan Following Backlash

August 2018 – KTVU: BART Unveils New Safety Initiatives Following Recent Crime

August 2018 – ABC: BART Board Tables Votes On Several Safety Measures

August 2018 – SF Examiner: BART Riders, Board Members Push Back Against Surveillance Proposal

August 2018 – NBC Bay Area: BART Safety Plan Gets Backlash From Riders

August 2018 – Curbed: Anger Boils Over At BART Security Plan

August 2018 – State Scoop: Despite Public Opposition, BART Moves Forward With Some Surveillance Upgrades

August 2018 – San Jose Inside: Santa Clara County’s Data Mining Deal With Palantir Draws Scrutiny From Activists

August 2018 – Fast Company: MIT’s Tool For Tracking Police Surveillance

August 2018 – Redeye Radio/Vancouver: Thomson Reuters -One of ICE’s Corporate Collaborators

August 2018 – San Diego Union Tribune: Privacy Concerns Warrant Surveillance Oversight

August 2018 – Desert Sun: San Bernardino Sheriff Opposed CA Surveillance Regulations

July 2018 – Designing Across Senses: A Multimodal Approach To Project Design

July 2018 – NBC – Facial Recognition Gives Police A Powerful New Tool, And It’s Raising Alarms

July 2018 – Gizomodo: SalesForce Faces Boycott Threat As RAICES Rejects $250,000 Donation Over CPB Contract

July 2018 Buzzfeed Activists Are Asking Palantir’s CEO To Cancel The Company’s Contract With ICE

July 2018 ABC Palo Alto ICE Contractor Targeted For Protest

July 2018 – Dissent Newswire: CA Enacts Consumer Privacy Law, But There Is Still A Ways To Go

July 2018 – SF Chronicle: A Win For Digital Privacy, But That Is Just The Tip Of The Surveillance Iceberg

June 2018 – The Economist: Data Detectives: How More Data and Surveillance Are Transforming Justice Systems

June 2018 – Vice Motherboard: Predictive Policing Company Compares Software To Broken Windows Policing

June 2018 – Ars Technica: Supreme Court Opinion Nudges Us To Think Nationally, Act Locally

June 2018 – Counterspin: ICE’s Corporate Collaborators

June 2018 – LA Times: CA Is On The Verge Of Three Important Steps Towards Police Accountability

June 2018 – Slate: The Next Frontier Of Police Surveillance Is Drones

May 2018 – East Bay Times: Oakland To Require Public Approval of Surveillance Tech

May 2018 – Gizmodo: Oakland Passes Nation’s Strongest Surveillance Technology Policy Yet

May 2018 – Ars Technica: Oakland Passes Strongest Surveillance Oversight Law in US

May 2018 – Boing Boing: Oakland Passes Groundbreaking Municipal Law Requiring Citizen Oversight Of Surveillance

May 2018 – Daily Caller: Oakland Passes Powerful Bill To Combat Explosion of Government Surveillance Tech

May 2018 – Vice Motherboard: Oakland Proposes Strongest Anti-Surveillance Regulations In The Country

May 2018 – Futurism: As Smart Cities Come Into Focus, CA Cities Seek To Limit Surveillance Tech

May 2018 – Techdirt: Oakland Now Protected By The Strongest Surveillance Oversight Law In The Country

May 2018 – Smart Cities Dive: Oakland CA Bill Would Heavily Regulate The City’s Use of Surveillance Tech

May 2018 – Slate: How Cities Are Reigning In Out of Control Policing Tech

May 2018 – LA Times: Technology Turns Our Cities Into Spies For ICE

May 2018 – Bloomberg Law: California Cities Ice Out Contractors Helping Feds To Track Immigrants

May 2018 – KTVU: Richmond City Council Severs Ties With Data Brokers Who Share Personal Information With ICE

May 2018 – Telemundo: Aprueban Medida Cero Cooperacion Con ICE En Richmond

May 2018 – East Bay Times: Richmond Will Not Do Business With ICE Vendors

May 2018 – KQED: Richmond Moves Forward on Sanctuary City Contracting Policy

May 2018 – East Bay Express: ACLU Files Lawsuit Against ICE Related To Its Use Of License Plate Reader Databases

May 2018 – LA Times: Surveillance Bill Could Push Other Cities and Counties To Follow Oakland Police Tech Policies

May 2018 – ACLU: Stop Secretive Surveillance

May 2018 – Electronic Frontier Foundation: Surveillance Oversight Across The Golden State

May 2018 – Media Alliance: Ending Secret Surveillance in California

April 2018 – Fast Company: Berkeley Mayor: We Passed The Strongest Police Surveillance Law

April 2018 – DRAD: Demanding Transparency About Police Transparency

April 2018 – KQED Forum: A Deeper Look Into Palantir Technologies

April 2018 – East Bay Express: East Bay Cities Consider Banning Companies That Help ICE Track Down Immigrants

April 2018 – KQED: East Bay Cities Examine What Happens To Surveillance Data Collected By Police

April 2018 – Black Agenda Report: Victory Over Military Cop Convention

April 2018 – Chico News Review: Surveillance State: Legislation Would Ensure Transparency

March 2018 – The Verge: CA Claims Sanctuary Status, But 80 Counties Still Share License Plate Data Widely

March 2018 – East Bay Express: Berkeley City Council Approves Surveillance Technology Ordinance

March 2018 – IndyBay: Now We Watch The Watchers

March 2018 – EFF Deep Links: Unanimous Support in Berkeley for Community Control Of Spy Tech

March 2018 -East Bay Times: Berkeley Law Requires Council Approval of Surveillance Tech

March 2018 – East Bay Express: San Pablo Plans Major Expansion of City Wide Surveillance System

March 2018 – Richmond Standard: San Pablo Stalls Plan To Add Surveillance Cameras Citywide

March 2018 – East Bay Express: San Pablo Tables Plan To Expand Citywide Surveillance System

March 2018 – LA Times: A Fight Simmers In The Bay Area Over Protecting The Privacy Of Immigrants

March 2018 – LA Times: Trump Immigration War With California Has Reached A Fever Pitch

March 2018 – Slate: Sanctuary Cities Are Handing ICE A Map

March 2018 – The Intercept: Are Sanctuary Cities Doing Enough?

March 2018 – The Century Foundation: Beyond Sanctuary

March 2018 – EB Citizen: Berkeley Wants To Thwart Data Vendors Working With ICE

March 2018 – Capital Public Radio: Davis To Regulate Hi-Tech Surveillance

March 2018 – East Bay Express: Alameda County Sheriff Hosted ICE At Urban Shield

March 2018 -Telmundo: Activista: Agentes De ICE Entrenados A La Bahia

March 2018 – SF Chronicle: Before #DeleteFacebook, Others Resisted The Social Network

February 2018 – San Francisco Chronicle: Island of Alameda Weighing License Plate Readers At Exit And Entry Points

February 2018 – KTVU: Alameda Considering Controversial License Plate Readers For Every Car That Visits Island

February 2018 – ABC: Alameda Considers License Plate Readers At All Entry Points

February 2018 – Radio Diaries 99% Invisible: Border Wall

February 2018 – NBC: Alameda Police Chief Pushes For License Plate Readers

February 2018 – KPIX: Alameda Weighs Pros and Cons of License Plate Readers

February 2018 – KTVU: City of Alameda Approves Funding Controversial License Plate Readers

February 2018 – KGO: Alameda City Council Wants New Draft On License Plate Readers

February 2018 – NBC: Alameda City Council Shelves Decision on License Plate Readers

February 2018 – KPFA: Vigilant Contract With ICE

February 2018 – East Bay Times: Proposal To Install License Plate Readers in Alameda Put On Hold

February 2018 – SF Chronicle: Alameda Looks To Beef Up Privacy

February 2018 – The Verge: ICE Contract Sparks License Plate Reader Backlash From Cities

February 2018 – PRI This World: Feds Ink Contract To Monitor License Plates

February 2018 – Gov Tech: Policing, Tech, Privacy; Goverment Agencies Work through the Details

February 2018 – Orange County Register: California Needs To Police The Cops

January 2018 – KPIX: Oakland Public Safety Committee Votes To Strengthen Sanctuary City Status

January 2018 – Daily Kos: Oakland Deports ICE

January 2018 – KTVU: ICE Plans Major Sweep In Bay Area

January 2018 – KPIX: Oakland Mayor Says She’ll Go To Jail To Protect Sanctuary City Policy

January 2018 – East Bay Express: Oakland Privacy Commissioner Alleges Investigator is Mishandling Complaint

January 2018 – East Bay Times: Oakland Cuts Ties With ICE In Response To Controversial Raid

January 2018 – SF Chronicle: Bay Area Police Unlikely To Help ICE

January 2018 – Berkeleyside: Berkeley Could See ICE Arrests In Coming Weeks

January 2018 – Newsweek: Sanctuary Policies Strengthened By Oakland

January 2018 – San Mateo Daily Journal: ICE Accuses Oakland Officials of Interfering With Immigration Enforcement

January 2018 – Oakland North: Oakland Officials Prepare For Possible Immigration Raids

January 2018 – DRAD: Oakland Privacy Scores Another Victory

December 2017 – KRON – Pittsburg City Council Votes To Allow Police To Monitor Freeway Cameras

December 2017 – KGO – Surveillance Cameras To Be Installed Along I-80, Highway 4

November 2017 – East Bay Express: Highland Hospital Stirs Surveillance Concerns

November 2017 – East Bay Express: Complaint Filed Against OPD Chief For False Statements

November 2017 – KPIX: Internal Affairs Complaint Alleges OPD Chief Untruthful About ICE Raid

November 2017 – East Bay Times: Oakland Police Chief Accused of Making False Statements About ICE Raid

November 2017 – KTVU: Complaint Accuses OPD Chief of Making False Statements About ICE Operation

November 2017 – Splinter: Oakland’s Top Cop Accused Of Lying To Cover Up Cooperation With ICE

November 2017 – SFGate: Complaint Accuses OPD Chief Of Making False Statements About ICE Operation

November 2017 – Univision: Presentan Queja Contra Jefa De La Policia De Oakland Por Cooperar Con ICE

November 2017 – Fox News: Oakland’s Top Cop Probed For Assisting In Immigrant Arrest

November 2017 – NBC Bay Area: Complaint Accuses OPD Chief of Making False Statements About ICE Raid

November 2017 – SF Chronicle: Oakland Police Chief Under Fire For Response To Raid By Federal Agents

November 2017 – East Bay Times: Oakland Police Response To ICE Raid Criticism Put Off

November 2017 – Fox/KTVU: Oakland Hearing On ICE Raid Indefinitely Postponed

November 2017 – SF Gate: Activist Unhappy ICE Raid Hearing Postponed

November 2017 – KTVU: Kaplan Alleges Oakland Mayor Wanted ICE Raid Hearing Delayed

November 2017 – KPIX: Oakland Council Member Says Mayor Wanted ICE Hearing Delayed

November 2017 – KTVU: Questions Remain About OPD Involvement, Hearing Back On Agenda

November 2017 – Oakland Post: Councilmembers Will Discuss Coverup of OPD’s Violation Of Sanctuary City

November 2017 – East Bay Express: Why Oakland Should Cut Off ICE

November 2017 – East Bay Times: Oakland Police To Address ICE Raid At Council Meeting

November 2017 – KPFA: Complaint Against Oakland Police Chief Kirkpatrick

November 2017 – KTVU/FOX: Oakland Mayor Supports Cutting Off All Ties To ICE

November 2017 – NBC Bay Area: Hearing Slated To Discuss OPD Involvement In ICE Raid

November 2017 – KTVU/Fox: OPD Chief Says She Didn’t Deceive On Ice Raid Involvement

November 2017 – East Bay Times: Oakland Police Chief Finally Responds To ICE Raid Criticism

November 2017 – Oakland North: Oakland Police Chief Faces Council Over Details of August Immigration Raid

November 2017 -KPIX: Oakland Council May Ban All Police Cooperation With ICE

November 2017 – Daily Cal: Berkeley Officials Call For Increased Transparency on Police Use of Force

November 2017 – Daily Planet: Police Reform is Possible – And Crucial

October 2017 – East Bay Express: Oakland Police Agreements Subjected To Greater Oversight

October 2017 – East Bay Times: Commissioner: Raid Violated Oakland Sanctuary City Policy

October 2017 – East Bay Express: Oakland Police Chief Made False Statements About ICE Raid

October 2017 – East Bay Express: City Council To Hold Hearing on ICE Raid And Police Misinformation

October 2017 – Telemundo: Reporte: Policia Mintio Sobre Operativo De Inmigracion

October 2017 – OC Weekly: What Does CA Becoming A Sanctuary State Mean For The Undocumented

September 2017 – EB Times: Oakland Names New Chief Privacy Officer

September 2017 – East Bay Times: Berkeley Allows Police To Pepper Spray Violent Protesters

September 2017 – East Bay Express: Right Wing Extremist Group Had Booth At Urban Shield

September 2017 – KTVU: What Exactly Is Urban Shield Preparing Law Enforcement For?

August 2017 – Williamette Week: Portland Police Chief Defended ICE Agreement

August 2017 Orange County Register: Privacy Trumps The Expedience of Police Technology Tools

August 2017 Wired: How Peter Thiel’s Secretive Data Company Pushed Into Policing

August 2017 ACLU: A Promising California Bill Could Help Communities

August 2017 LA Times: CA Passed A Bill Boosting Police Transparency

August 2017 San Diego Union-Tribune: Public Should Know How Police Are Using Spying Tools

July 2017 – East Bay Times: Alameda County Takes On Surveillance Technology Regulation

July 2017 – KTVU: Oakland Committee Votes To Sever Ties Between Police and ICE

July 2017 – KPIX: Oakland Public Safety Committee Votes To End OPD Cooperation With ICE

July 2017 – East Bay Express: Oakland Takes First Step Towards Cutting Ties With Federal Immigration Agency

July 2017 – CAIR: Oakland Public Safety Committee Unanimously Supports Law Protecting Against FBI Overreach

July 2017 – SF Gate: Oakland Rescinds Agreement With Federal Immigration Officials

July 2017 – Courthouse News: Oakland Police Cut Ties With Immigration Enforcement

July 2017 – East Bay Times: Oakland Cuts Ties With ICE

July 2017 – Daily Kos: Oakland Deports ICE

July 2017 – NBC Bay Area: Oakland Police Department Severs Ties With ICE

July 2017 – SF Chronicle: Oakland Strengthens Status As A Sanctuary City

July 2017 – Next City: Oakland Doesn’t Want Immigrants To Fear The Police

July 2017 – The Nation: These Cities Are Putting Our Fractious Federal Government To Shame

July 2017 – El Observador: City of Oakland Moves to Terminate ICE Agreement

June 2017 – East Bay Express: Oakland Privacy Commission Urges Police To Cut Ties With ICE

June 2017 – East Bay Express: Rebecca Kaplan Sponsoring Legislation To Cut OPD Ties With ICE

June 2017 – The Intercept: How Sanctuary Cities Can Protect Undocumented Immigrants

June 2017 The Verge: Inside The Nationwide Campaign To Curb Police Surveillance

June 2017 SJ Mercury News: Should Police Be Able To Buy Spying Equipment Without Telling Anyone? No Way

June 2017 Orange County Register: Require Approval For Police To Use New Surveillance Technologies

May 2017 – East Bay Express: Oakland Poised To Protect Civil Liberties With Surveillance Tech Ordinance

May 2017 – EFF: Oakland Committee Advances Transparency Measure

May 2017 – ACLU: Oakland’s Surveillance Tech Ordinance Passes Out of Committee

May 2017 – 21st Century: Oakland Puts Surveillance Ordinance in Hands of City Council

May 2017 – AM New York: What Oakland Can Teach The NYPD

May 2017 Truthout: Local Movements Demand Disclosure of Police Technologies

May 2017 San Diego Union-Tribune: Public In Urgent Need of Surveillance Transparency

May 2017 EFF Deeplinks: A California Mayor’s First Hand Account of the Need for Surveillance Transparency

March 2017 – East Bay Times: Oakland Police Pact With ICE Questioned

February 2017 – Vice: Documents Reveal OPD Borrowing Cell Site Simulator

February 2017 – Mother Jones: Are You Prepared To Kill Somebody?

January 2017 – Ars Technica: Oakland May Become Rare American City

January 2017 – ABC: Officials Look To Block OPD Access To Cellphone Data

January 2017 – Off Now: Proposed Ordinance First Step To Limit Surveillance State

December 2016 – Vice: Minority Retort: Why Oakland Turned Down Predictive Policing

October 2016 – Oakland North: Cell Site Simulator Policy Passed by Oakland Privacy Commission

October 2016 – SFGate: Cell Site Simulator Policy Approved by Oakland Privacy Commission

September 2016 – Peninsula Peace and Justice: Surveillance Is A Local Issue

September 2016 – ACLU: Interrupting Surveillance in Santa Clara and Beyond

September 2016 – Business Insider: Award Winning Documentary on Police Militarization

August 2016 – Christian Science Monitor: Predictive Policing Isn’t In Science Fiction

August 2016 – East Bay Express: Privacy Commission Holds Hearings on Stingrays

August 2016 AFSC: Small Win Of A High Calibre

August 2016 – Reason: Bullet Proof Warrior Police Training Cancelled

July 2016 Occupy Oakland: Killer CopTraining Coming Soon To Bay Area

July 2016 – Bill of Rights Defense Committee: Bullet Proof Warrior Shot Down

July 2016 – CBS: South BaySheriff Cancels Bullet Proof Police Seminar

July 2016 NBC: Santa Clara Sheriff Cancels Controversial Training Program

July 2016 – Mercury News: Sheriff Smith Axes Bullet Proof After Outcry

July 2016 – East Bay Express: Controversial Bullet Proof Training Cancelled By Sheriff

June 2016 – ACLU: Santa Clara Passes Landmark Law To Shut Down Secret Surveillance

June 2016 – Ars Technica: County Passes Law Requiring Approval Before Cops Buy Spy Kits

June 2016 – The Hill: CA County Becomes First To Restrict Surveillance Technology

June 2016 – East Bay Times: Surveillance Tech Ordinance Adopted By Santa Clara Supervisors

June 2016 – Palo Alto Online: County Cracks Down on Police Surveillance Technology

June 2016 – San Jose Inside: Santa Clara Passes Landmark Surveillance Law

June 2016 – Forbes: Security News You Might Have Missed

June 2016 – Mint Press News: How One California County Beat The Surveillance State

June 2016 – SCC.Gov: Cutting Edge Surveillance Ordinance Approved

June 2016 – California County News: Ordinance Puts Government Surveillance In Check

June 2016 – Occupy Oakland: Watching Them Watching Us

June 2016 – Bill of Rights Defense Center: California Communities Respond To Surveillance Purchases

June 2016 – Restore The Fourth: Victory in California

April 2016 – Mercury News: Why Santa Clara Needs A Surveillance Ordinance

April 2016 – Santa Cruz Sentinel: High Tech Police Spying Rules Take Shape

February 2016 – EFF: Santa Clara Weighs Surveillance Reforms To Enhance Transparency

February 2016 – UK Guardian: Meet Silicon Valley’s Surveillance Watchdog

February 2016 – Media Alliance: Surveillance Transparency Ordinance May Debut In Santa Clara

January 2016 – KQED: Oakland’s Privacy Commission Could Lead Nation On Surveillance Oversight

January 2016 – Occupy Oakland: Oakland Will Be Establishing Privacy Commission

January 2016 – City of Oakland Commission Information

November 2015 – ACLU: Alameda County, It’s Your Move

November 2015 – East Bay Times: Alameda County Limits Cell Phone Surveillance Tool

November 2015 Oakland North: Alameda County First In State To Regulate Cell Phone Interceptors

November 2015 – Media Alliance: ALCO Passes Most Comprehensive Cell Phone Intercepter Policy

October 2015 – Washington Times: Stingray Vote On Hold in Northern California

September 2015 – CIR: Cell Phone Surveillance Plan Gets DA’s Support

July 2015 – East Bay Express: Alameda DA Seeks Controversial Surveillance Device

May 2015 – Daily Kos: Could Oakland Become A Leader Against The Surveillance State

April 2015 – KALW: You’re Being Watched: Surveillance in Oakland

March 2015 – Occupy Oakland: Why Pay For a Port Boondoggle With No Benefit To The City Of Oakland

February 2015 – EFF Deep Links: Oakland Considers Privacy Policy For Its Domain Awareness Center

January 2015 – Omni Oakland Forum – Domain Awareness Center

November 2014 – East Bay Express: Controlling The Surveillance State

June 2014 – Brooklyn Quarterly: Veiling Oakland

May 2014 – CNN: Data Surveillance Centers – Crime Fighters Or Spying Machines?

May 2014 – Oakland Magazine: Domain Awareness Center Blues

May 2014 Motherboard: SF Bans Facial Recognition Use By Police

April 2014 – Occupy Oakland: We Don’t Have The Videos You’re Looking For

April 2014 – Storify: Oakland Muslim Community Helps Stop Building Of Citywide Spy Center

April 2014 – Occupy Oakland: The Only Good Fusion Center Is A Star

March 2014 – The Verge: See No Evil: Inside One City’s Quest To Kill Its Surveillance Program

March 2014 – Occupy Oakland: Lighthouse Mosque Press Conference On The DAC

March 2014 – Youtube: Panel Discussion on Race, Technology and Civil Liberties – The Case of Oakland’s Domain Awareness Center at the Niebyl Proctor Library with Eddaan Katz and Cat Brooks

March 2014 – ACLU: Unchecked Mass Surveillance Of Entire City of Oakland Is Not Okay

March 2014 – Youtube: Oakland City Council: Entire Public Comment Session

March 2014 – Vimeo: Allahu Akbar (Dustin Craun At Oakland City Council)

March 2014 – Vimeo: Tracy Rosenberg at Oakland City Council

March 2014 – City of Oakland Staff Presentation at Oakland City Council

March 2014 – East Bay Express: Oakland City Council Rolls Back The Domain Awareness Center

March 2014 – SF Gate.Com: Oakland To Limit Surveillance Center to Port, Airport

March 2014 – KQED: Oakland Approves Scaled-Back Version Of Disputed Surveillance Center

March 2014 – NBC-Bay Area: Oakland Puts Brakes On NSA-Like Surveillance Center

March 2014 – East Bay Times: Oakland Council Limits Surveillance System To Port

March 2014 The Verge: Oakland Votes To Limit Scope Of Surveillance Center

March 2014 East Bay Express: New Questions About Secrecy and Surveillance in Oakland

March 2014 Firedog Lake: Oakland Planned Federally Funded Citywide Surveillance System, But Citizens Fought Back

February 2014 Truthout: Privacy Activist’s Nuclear Option

February 2014 Medium: Testing Ground For The New Surveillance; Oakland, California

February 2014 – Daily Kos: Willful Ignorance. A report on the rally and march in early February Oakland Privacy put together, in opposition to the DAC.

February 2014 – ACLU: OPD Documents Expose Grave Potential For Abuse of Domain Awareness Center

February 2014 – Daily Kos: Liberty Or DAC: A Struggle Against The Local Chapter Of The NSA

February 2014 – Al Jazeera: Oakland Residents Tell City

February 2014 – Daily Kos: Big Brother In The Bay Area: Why We Oppose The Oakland Spy Center

February 2014 – Archive.org: Fred Hampton Jr at Oakland City Council

February 2014 KQED: Oakland’s Surveillance Center: Fact Or Science Fiction

February 2014 – Occupy Oakland: An Offer Only A Quan Could Not Refuse

February 2014 Public Intelligence.Net: Domain Awareness Center

February 2014 Twit Wit Radio: KPFA: Mayor Quan Is Out Of Quantrol (Satire)

February 2014 Youtube: Oakland City Council: Entire Public Comment Session (4.5 hours)

February 2014 SF Gate: Oakland Delays Call on Surveillance Hub

February 2014 East Bay Times: Oakland Council Sours On Surveillance System

February 2014 East Bay Express: Oakland Council Backs Away From Surveillance Center

February 2014 – NPR: In Domain Awareness Detractors See Another NSA

February 2014 Oakland Local; Privacy Groups Urge Oakland To Scrap DAC, Vote Postponed

February 2014 Privacy SOS: Oakland Doesn’t Want A Bloated Surveillance Center, Thank You Very Much

February 2014 Al Jazeera: Oakland Residents Tell The City Stop The Spy Center

January 2014 – East Bay Times: Oakland Finds New Vendor To Complete Controversial Surveillance Center

January 2014 – East Bay Express: The Hidden Costs of Oakland’s Surveillance Center

January 2014 ACLU: Public Remains In The Dark About Oakland’s Proposed Surveillance Center

January 2014 – Mint Press News: Privacy Advocates Ready To Sue Oakland Over Spy Center

January 2014 – East Bay Times: Nuclear Law Again Threatens Oakland Surveillance Hub

January 2014 : KPIX: Proposed Oakland Surveillance Center Hits Roadblock

January 2014 – East Bay Express: Oakland Should Unplug The DAC

January 2014 – Daily Kos: Don’t Sell Out The People Of Oakland To The Department Of Homeland Security

January 2014 East Bay Citizen: Oakland’s Nuclear Free Zone Proving Troublesome For Future Of DAC

December 2013 – San Francisco Magazine: Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean Oakland Isn’t Orwellian

December 2013 – Alternet: Does Oakland Really Need A Hi-Tech Domain Awareness Center?

December 2013 – Al Jazeera America: Oakland Looks Into More Surveillance To Fight Local Crime

December 2013 – Oakland Local: Oakland’s Domain Awareness Center Will Make Youth Curfews Look Like Weak Sauce

November 2013 – Occupy Oakland: Oakland City Council Ignore The People (As Usual) And Votes To Move Forward With The Domain Awareness Center

November 2013 – Occupy Oakland: Domain Awareness Center Phase 2 At The Oakland City Council

November 2013 – Daily Kos: Oakland’s Big Brother Contractor Found With Its Hand In The Nuclear Cookie Jar

November 2013 – Youtube: Oakland City Council: Entire Public Comment

November 2013 – Pueblo Lands: Oakland’s Vendor Pool Is Filled With Nuclear Weapons Contractors

November 2013 – East Bay Express: All The Potential Contractors For Oakland’s Surveillance Center Have Nuclear Ties

November 2013 – East Bay Times: Nuclear Law Forces Oakland To Back Out of Surveillance Center Contract

November 2013 – East Bay Express: Oakland Kills Deal With Surveillance Contractor

November 2013 – SF Chronicle: Surveillance Center Protest Riles Council Chambers

November 2013 – RT: Oakland Moves Forward With Plans For Orwellian Surveillance Complex

November 2013 – Oakland Local: Chip Johnson Seems To Think City Hall Belongs To Politicians, Not the People

November 2013 -East Bay Express: Surveillance Contractor Lied On Official Documents

October 2013 – Salon: New Program Sees Big Data Used For Local Policing

October 2013 – Russia Today: Oakland Dedicating Anti-Terrorism Funding To Surveillance Supercenter

October 2013 – New York Times: Privacy Fears Grow As Cities Increase Surveillance

September 2013 – Government Technology: Domain Awareness Center May Bring Proactive Policing To Oakland

September 2013 – ACLU: Does Your Local Government Have a Black Box Budget Too?

September 2013 – East Bay Express: We Are Being Watched

September 2013 – TechDirt: Oakland’s Surveillance Center Being Built By A Contractor With History of Fraud

August 2013 – EFF: Oakland’s Creepy New Surveillance Program Just Got Approved

August 2013 – KQED: This Week In Northern California: Immigration, BART, Oakland Surveillance, and the FBI

August 2013 – Care2: How One US City Is Becoming A Survellance State

August 2013 InfoWars: Oakland’s Creepy New Surveillance Program

August 2013 – Digital Journal: All Eyes On Oakland As Oakland Has Plans For Eyes On All

August 2013 – Loss of Privacy: Oakland Accepts Federal Grant To Create Domain Awareness Center

August 2013 – New York Magazine: The Surveillance-Free Day

August 2013 – The Verge: One Thousand Cameras; How Centralized Surveillance Snuck Into American Cities

August 2013 – Guardian: If I Were In Charge Of Reducing Oakland’s Crime Rate

August 2013 – San Leandro Talk: Activists Publish Home Addresses of Oakland City Council Members

August 2013 – Public CEO: Oakland Breaks New Ground In Controversial Integrated Incident Management

August 2013 – East Bay Express: Oakland Surveillance Contractor Has Long History Of Fraud

July 2013 – East Bay Citizen: Big Brother in Oakland: There May Be An App For That

July 2013 – AllGov – Oakland Port Surveillance System May Expand Into Entire City

July 2013 – Pueblo Lands: SAIC; Oakland’s Border-Militarizing, Drone-Flying, Nuclear Weapons Engineering Contractor

July 2013 – Truthout – Surveillance State Prototype Exemplifies Mission Creep

July 2013 – Seattle Privacy: We are Watching – Oakland

July 2013 – Youtube: Oakland City Council: Entire Public Comment Session

July 2013 – East Bay Citizen – Proposed Citywide Surveillance Center In Oakland Is Delayed

July 2013 – Oakland Tribune: Oakland To Consider Privacy Concerns Over Surveillance Program

July 2013 – East Bay Citizen – #OakMtg Hashtag Flexes Collective Political Muscle

July 2013 – Oakland Tribune- Bay Area Police Agencies Make Use Of Big Data

July 2013 – Ars Technica – Oakland Accepts Federal Funds For Vast Surveillance Setup

July 2013 – Center for Investigative Reporting – Oakland Surveillance Center Progresses Amid Debate

July 2013 – NBC: Oakland Surveillance Center Progresses Amid Debate On Privacy

July 2013 – San Francisco Chronicle: Oakland Okays Money For Surveillance Center

July 2013 – East Bay Times: Oakland Says Yes To Surveillance Center, No To Hammers

July 2013 – The Verge: Oakland’s Centralized Surveillance Plan Faces Public Outcry

July 2013 East Bay Citizen: Amid Cries of Shame; Oakland Approves City Wide Surveillance Program

July 2013 KPIX: Oakland City Council Approves Surveillance Center

July 2013 Common Dreams: Criminalizing California

July 2013 – California Report – Oakland Seeks To Expand Surveillance Program

July 2013 – Upfront: KPFA – Interview with Ali Winston

June 2013 – Staff Report to Oakland City Council june-2013-staff-report-to-city-council

May 2013 – Local Wiki Oakland – Domain Awareness Center

January 2011 – City of Oakland – Request for Proposal Domain Awareness Center