The San Diego City Council Tuesday established a Privacy Advisory Board to protect resident and visitor privacy as the city purchases and uses surveillance equipment and other technology that collects or stores individual data.
Council President Pro Tem Monica Montgomery Steppe led the council's work to establish the nine-member board, which all council members endorsed, save for one member who was absent.
The drive came about in 2019, following the revelation that the $30.3 million Smart Streetlights program — approved in late 2016 and billed as a way to assess traffic patterns — actually put more than 3,000 cameras and microphones in San Diego's street lights. Some of these surveillance devices were used by the San Diego Police Department to solve violent crimes, but public backlash caused then-Mayor Kevin Faulconer to shutter the program.
The board will consist of nine volunteer members, six of whom must be city residents. The members must be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council. Additionally, there must also be at least four members from"equity- focused organizations serving or protecting the rights of communities and groups historically subject to disproportionate surveillance, including communities of color, immigrant communities, religious minorities, and groups concerned with privacy and protest," a staff report on the ordinance reads.
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