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March 13, 2025: Read the new People's Surveillance Impact Report for ALPR authored by community voices and the TRUST SD Coalition .
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Read the 2025 People's Surveillance Report on ALPR

Read community stories about Automatic License Plate Scanners and learn more about them.
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10 Real Facts About San Diego's Smart Streetlight Program and TRUST SD Coalition
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Voice of San Diego

In July, smart streetlight surveillance was changed to make it available only to police.
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Read the 2025 People's Surveillance Report on ALPR

Read community stories about Automatic License Plate Scanners and learn more about them.

TRUST SD Coalition In The News

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Union Tribune: Backlash against secret streetlight surveillance cameras prompts new privacy board

  • 5th Apr 2022

Panel of experts, community leaders will help city avoid approving surveillance unfair to low-income areas.

Credit: Julius Drost

NBC 7: San Diego PD's Covert Use of iPhone Spyware

  • 18th Aug 2020
Credit: Julius Drost

VOSD: The Mission Creep of Smart Streetlights

  • 3rd Feb 2020
Credit: Julius Drost

NBC 7: City Councilmembers Call For Outside Legal Help On Smart Street Lights

  • 3rd Feb 2020
Credit: Julius Drost

VOSD Podcast: Shedding Light on the Streetlights Debate

  • 31st Jan 2020
Credit: Julius Drost

VOSD: Moreno Questions Smart Streetlights Funding Source

  • 3rd Feb 2020
Credit: Julius Drost

Union-Tribune: City committee rejects Smart Street Lights surveillance policy in San Diego, wants a law instead

  • 29th Jan 2020
Credit: Julius Drost

Union-Tribune: Proposed rules for access, use of data from San Diego’s controversial eye-in-the-sky street lights make debut

  • 28th Jan 2020
Credit: Julius Drost

KUSI: City Attorney and community advocates spar over streetlight cameras

  • 28th Jan 2020
Credit: Julius Drost

KUSI: Privacy rights and surveillance

  • 21st Jan 2020
Credit: K. Mitch Hodge

San Diego Union-Tribune - 12/22/19

  • 11th Dec 2019
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Fox 5 San Diego: Community coalition hosts forum on 'smart streetlights'

  • 11th Dec 2019
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Voice of San Diego: San Diegans Shouldn’t Be Lab Rats for Innovation

  • 24th Sep 2019
Credit: Isaiah Rustad

KUSI: Community members call for end to ‘Smart Streetlights’ in San Diego

  • 17th Sep 2019
Credit: Isaiah Rustad

San Diego Union-Tribune: How San Diego may be spying on you

  • 4th Oct 2019
Credit: Isaiah Rustad

San Diego Union-Tribune: San Diegans share what they hope to see accomplished in 2020

  • 27th Dec 2019