Rules Committee Files Mayor’s Surveillance Proposal and Supervisors’ Countermeasure; Public Outcry Opposes Mayor’s Measure
The committee filed both competing surveillance ballot measures — the mayor’s proposal to loosen parts of the 2019 surveillance-technology ordinance and a supervisors’ countermeasure to preserve oversight — after extensive public comment from civil‑rights, privacy and community groups urging the mayor to withdraw her proposal.
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The Rules Committee on Feb. 14 filed both a mayoral initiative (Item 7) that would expand police access to certain surveillance technologies and a supervisors’ countermeasure (Item 8) intended to reinforce the city’s 2019 surveillance‑technology oversight law.
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