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San Jose Council Moves Ahead with New Guardrails on License-Plate Cameras

Mercury News · · March 10, 2026

San Jose City Council approved policy changes for its 474 Flock cameras, reducing data retention from one year to 30 days and banning cameras from recording vehicles near houses of worship and reproductive health clinics. The EFF/ACLU lawsuit challenging San Jose's warrantless ALPR surveillance remains pending.

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