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Rules Committee advances most COIT surveillance‑technology policies, holds others for revision
Summary
The committee reviewed a package of surveillance‑technology policies from COIT Oct. 3, praised the inventory work and impact assessments, but voted to split the file: most policies were forwarded to the full board and several (including airport tenant cameras, Rec & Park body‑worn cameras, elections cameras and the tennis reservation policy) were retained or continued for further edits and review.
The Rules Committee on Oct. 3 examined a broad package of surveillance‑technology policies developed with the Committee on Information Technology (COIT), advanced most of them to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation, and set aside several items for further revision and separate review.
Joanne Johnson, COIT staff, told the committee that the city’s surveillance inventory identifies 171 technologies and that 36 technologies had already received board and mayoral approval. "We work with departments to develop impact reports and surveillance technology policies as defined by §19B of the Administrative Code," she said, describing COIT’s surveillance toolkit, advisory board and multi‑step review process.
The committee focused discussion on several substantive points raised by supervisors and agency staff:
- Classification and privacy: Julia Crucio, COIT privacy analyst, described classification levels used in policies ("1 is public information, and 5 is the most sensitive data") and cited NIST and DataSF as informing the framework.
- Airport tenant…
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