Homeland Security is investigating the Jacumba migrant camps for potential civil rights concerns. Then, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria is calling for substantial changes to the city’s ordinance that regulates the use of surveillance technology, but privacy rights advocates are pushing back. Plus, the Moonlight Amphitheater in Vista's Brengle Terrace Park has been transformed into a winter wonderland.
The proposed amendments include exemptions for a broad array of technologies, including fixed security cameras and police databases. Privacy rights advocates argue the proposal would water down the city’s robust surveillance oversight rules.
Privacy advocates have cause to question the motives of City Hall and police leaders. But the reverse is true as well. Who can step in to bridge this divide?
City officials say the changes address operational concerns, while privacy advocates say the suggestions instead strip the law of hard-fought protections meant to safeguard people's rights
The City Council approved the network that will cost $12 million over the next five years, will be made up of 500 cameras equipped with license plate reading technology, and could be implemented as soon as January.