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San Diego council adopts updated 2026 legislative platform after heated debate over license-plate readers
Summary
The City Council voted 6–3 on Dec. 17 to adopt an updated 2026 legislative platform after a contentious debate and amendments focused on automated license plate readers (ALPRs); council altered staff language to preserve San Diego's control over ALPR deployment and regulation and added a clause opposing federal intervention.
San Diego’s City Council on Dec. 17 approved an updated 2026 legislative platform after several hours of public comment and council debate that centered on a new provision about automated license plate readers, or ALPRs. The council adopted the final package 6–3, with Councilmembers Elo Rivera, Moreno and Foster recording no votes.
The platform — presented by Walt Bishop, the city’s director of government affairs — lays out the city’s state and federal advocacy priorities for the year, including support for housing bonds, funding for transit agencies, protections for immigrants, and language addressing climate, utilities and public-safety technology. Bishop told the council his office added language to the platform to protect the city from state preemption while allowing room for local debate: “My goal with this…
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