The 2010 article linked to by jwz is about a proposed alcohol tax being defeated. I'm guessing that the opposition to it was mainly about the tax and the surve

The 2010 article linked to by jwz is about a proposed alcohol tax being defeated. I'm guessing that the opposition to it was mainly about the tax and the surveillance cameras were collateral damage. If you proposed merely that bars have surveillance cameras which the police can access, I'm sure it would be widely supported by both the voters and the board of supervisors. What the government agencies are doing an end-run around is the Constitution and sadly the voters and legislature are complicit. We have to change the average person's attitude about this sort of thing before we have any hope of meaningful change.