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Santa Clara County Votes to Adopt Surveillance Technology Ordinance

52 points by diafygi 10y ago

DrScump 10y ago
Here are details: http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=SplitView&MeetingID=7193&MediaPosition=4404.274&ID=81387&CssClass= http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=S... Note that the jurisdiction is limited to unincorporated land in the county -- the vast majority of the population lives in incorporated cities and towns. Ordinance text is available as a PDF here.
- sparky_ 10y ago
  Darn.
- tzm 10y ago
  Interesting, which got me thinking.. Where does it limit jurisdiction to unincorporated areas? After digging in the ordinance[1], it seems to apply to any "County department with a recognized County budget unit", which should include both cities and unincorporated areas [2], as the fiscal budget appropriates money to these populated areas. If it's limited to unincorporated areas, then it would only enforceable in 8% of populated areas (primarily farmland), as 92% of the 1.8 million population lives in cities [3]. [1] http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=4&ID=149330 http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=4&ID=1493... [2] https://www.sccgov.org/sites/sccphd/en-us/Partners/Data/Pages/City-Profiles.aspx https://www.sccgov.org/sites/sccphd/en-us/Partners/Data/Page... [3] https://www.sccgov.org/sites/scc/pages/about-the-county.aspx https://www.sccgov.org/sites/scc/pages/about-the-county.aspx
  - zmanian 10y ago
    Basically the jurisdiction is limited to equipment used by the county sheriff. To cover the police departments within the county, we need to pass a similar ordinance in each city. We are working on it
    - tzm 10y ago
      Excellent. Thanks for clarifying. Hope to see this adopted everywhere.
  - DrScump 10y ago
    <as the fiscal budget appropriates money to these populated areas.> There are a few cities that subcontract to the county for their law enforcement. Cupertino, for one. [EDIT] But I don't see how the county has jurisdiction there for any ordinances.
zmanian 10y ago
This doesn't directly impact a huge population. But because of the relentless support of Supervisor Simitian, it was a good test case. It will be much easier to move forward in larger cities now.
zmanian 10y ago
ACLU press release https://www.aclunc.org/news/santa-clara-county-passes-groundbreaking-law-shine-light-secret-surveillance https://www.aclunc.org/news/santa-clara-county-passes-ground...

52 points by diafygi 10y ago

Here are details: http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=SplitView&MeetingID=7193&MediaPosition=4404.274&ID=81387&CssClass= http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=S... Note that the jurisdiction is limited to unincorporated land in the county -- the vast majority of the population lives in incorporated cities and towns. Ordinance text is available as a PDF here.

sparky_ 10y ago
Darn.
tzm 10y ago
Interesting, which got me thinking.. Where does it limit jurisdiction to unincorporated areas? After digging in the ordinance[1], it seems to apply to any "County department with a recognized County budget unit", which should include both cities and unincorporated areas [2], as the fiscal budget appropriates money to these populated areas. If it's limited to unincorporated areas, then it would only enforceable in 8% of populated areas (primarily farmland), as 92% of the 1.8 million population lives in cities [3]. [1] http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=4&ID=149330 http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=4&ID=1493... [2] https://www.sccgov.org/sites/sccphd/en-us/Partners/Data/Pages/City-Profiles.aspx https://www.sccgov.org/sites/sccphd/en-us/Partners/Data/Page... [3] https://www.sccgov.org/sites/scc/pages/about-the-county.aspx https://www.sccgov.org/sites/scc/pages/about-the-county.aspx
- zmanian 10y ago
  Basically the jurisdiction is limited to equipment used by the county sheriff. To cover the police departments within the county, we need to pass a similar ordinance in each city. We are working on it
  - tzm 10y ago
    Excellent. Thanks for clarifying. Hope to see this adopted everywhere.
- DrScump 10y ago
  <as the fiscal budget appropriates money to these populated areas.> There are a few cities that subcontract to the county for their law enforcement. Cupertino, for one. [EDIT] But I don't see how the county has jurisdiction there for any ordinances.

zmanian 10y ago

This doesn't directly impact a huge population. But because of the relentless support of Supervisor Simitian, it was a good test case. It will be much easier to move forward in larger cities now.

zmanian 10y ago

ACLU press release https://www.aclunc.org/news/santa-clara-county-passes-groundbreaking-law-shine-light-secret-surveillance https://www.aclunc.org/news/santa-clara-county-passes-ground...