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Board clarifies surveillance rules, tightens ban on facial recognition in amended ordinance
Summary
Supervisors amended and advanced on first reading an Administrative Code change to allow acquisition and retention of certain surveillance technologies while explicitly prohibiting facial recognition use; the amendment clarifies that devices or software with bundled facial recognition must be treated as facial recognition acquisition.
On Dec. 10 the Board of Supervisors amended and advanced on first reading an ordinance that revises the city's surveillance-technology rules (Administrative Code, Chapter 19B). The measure restates the city's ban on use of facial recognition technology and adds language to address devices or software that may include facial-recognition components.
What changed: The sponsor, Supervisor Aaron…
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