Update: The Stop Secret Surveillance Act passed the rules committee on May 6 by a unanimous 3-0 vote! The full board will be voting on May 14th. The meeting begins at 2pm at City Hall in Room 250. Take action below to encourage the Supervisors to support it.
San Francisco’s surveillance transparency ordinance with a twist (a ban on municipal use of facial recognition software) took a giant step today towards adoption, adding two additional co-sponsors in Supervisors Hilary Ronen and Matt Haney at the April 15th Rules committee hearing. They joined Supervisors Shamann Walton, Board President Norman Yee and bill sponsor Supervisor Peskin
After a few technical amendments are noticed and the Rules committee advances the measure on May 6, a full board vote will follow, possibly as soon as May 14th.
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