Restore the Fourth
SB21, a California state ordinance that will mandate extensive oversight of police surveillance technology, is just two votes from being penned into law. Restore the Fourth is urging all Californians, on behalf of Oakland Privacy, to contact state representatives by Friday to urge them to bring the bill out of suspense for Gov. Brown to sign. […]
UPDATE: (5/31/17) SB21 passed the California State Senate 21-15, and now will move on to the Assembly. SB 21 was filed in December by state Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo), proposing that all new law enforcement surveillance equipment to be first approved by local government. The approval process would require agencies to submit a Surveillance Use Policy at […]