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Berkeley City Council · May 9, 2026

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Mayor calls a special meeting to order, clerk reads roll and confirms quorum. Mayor previews two action items: a surveillance technology ordinance (policies on police equipment, procurement, and contract authority) and social-justice review of contracts with data broker Flock Safety; this meeting continues a discussion started March 24, 2026.

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The Berkeley City Council on May 7, 2026 adopted city use policies for surveillance technologies, declined to execute a master services agreement with vendor Flock Safety, initiated a competitive RFP and extended the city's automatic license-plate-reader (ALPR) contract for up to 12 months while the procurement proceeds.

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