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Supervisors hear Japantown CBD annual report; privacy and anonymous donation concerns raised
Summary
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee received the Japantown Community Benefit District FY2018-19 annual report, heard that the CBD installed 90 surveillance cameras funded by an anonymous $750,000 donation, and had questions about compliance with the city's surveillance and facial-recognition prohibitions and the long-term maintenance costs of donated systems.
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee on Nov. 19 received the Japantown Community Benefit District's FY2018-19 annual report and questioned whether the CBD's newly installed security cameras follow San Francisco surveillance rules.
Chris Korgas, senior program manager at the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, told the committee OEWDreviews CBD annual reports to ensure compliance with the Streets and Highways Code (the 1994 Act) and local Article 15 of the Business and Tax Regulations Code, and that Japantown met OEWD's four management benchmarks.
Grace Horikiri,…
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