Some of the things Oakland Privacy had a hand in in 2020:
- Deeply involved in the successful effort to get Santa Cruz to pass a facial recognition and predictive policing ban.
- Initiated and concluded a successful lawsuit against Vallejo re: Stingray approval and use by Council.
- Filed a lawsuit against Oakland for egregiously violating the Public Records Act.
- Lobbied for and saw AB 1185, Sheriff Oversight, passed and signed into law.
- Pushed for and got the AC Transit Board to approve a policy on its surveillance cameras for its rapid-transit platforms.
- Participated in an opposition campaign to the faux commercial privacy ballot initiative, Prop 24. (it passed nonetheless).
- Advised activists in Portland, Oregon on their campaign which ultimately resulted in passing a ban on both government AND commercial use of facial recognition, a first.
- Helped defeat a proposal for massive use of surveillance cameras across Berkeley.
- Produced a report on Ring camera usage via the ‘Neighbors App’ in San Francisco.
- Pushed for and succeeded in cutting/eliminating the ‘Preventing Violent Extremism’ program in California
- Helped initiate successful public records lawsuits against the Sacramento and Fresno county sheriffs
- Obtained and distributed much information via public records requests, including on law enforcement helicopters, cell site simulator logs and ALPR deployment locations.