Make Your Calls

Here in Santa Clara County, we have a critical opportunity to protect our vulnerable neighbors from mass surveillance.

Across the country, automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras operated by Flock Safety are quietly building a travel diary of our lives. Every drive to work, every late‑night run to the pharmacy, every trip to a church, mosque, clinic, or community meeting is logged and stored. What looks like a simple traffic camera is, in reality, part of a dangerous, wide-ranging tracking system.

Data gathered by Flock can be used to stalk immigrants or, indeed, anyone the Trump regime wants to target. After recent high-profile leaks of ALPR data, Santa Cruz and Los Altos Hills have turned off their cameras.

In January, Mountain View officials discovered that outside agencies were able to search the city’s Flock data, despite state and local policies meant to keep that information under community control. The city turned off all 30 of its Flock cameras, pending review by the City Council. The next council meeting is on Tuesday, February 24.

Meanwhile, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors plans to reevaluate its use of ALPR cameras at its meeting, which is also scheduled for February 24.

Now is our chance to tell Mountain View and Santa Clara County officials that they must permanently turn off all Flock cameras. (Mountain View residents can call or write to officials in both jurisdictions. Others should focus on contacting county officials.)

City Council Email | [email protected]

City Council Phone | 650-903-6304 

Hi, I'm a resident of Mountain View. My name is [your full name].

I’m [“calling” or “writing”] to urge the Mountain View City Council to end the city’s contract with Flock and to keep all automated license plate reader cameras turned off.

We now know that out‑of‑state agencies were able to search Mountain View’s ALPR data, despite legal protections provided by the State of California. This breach shows that Flock’s system is not trustworthy and that it puts our community’s privacy at risk. Mass surveillance does not keep our public safe. On the contrary, it endangers the lives of our most vulnerable residents. 

Thank you for your consideration. I hope you will protect the Mountain View community by permanently ending the use of Flock.

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Supervisor Sylvia Arenas (District 1)

Supervisor Betty Duong (District 2) ​

Supervisor Otto Lee (District 3)

Supervisor Susan Ellenberg (District 4)

Supervisor Margaret Abe-Koga (District 5) 

Hi, I'm a constituent from [your zip code]. My name is [your full name].

I’m [“calling” or “writing”] to urge you to end the county's contract with Flock and to keep all the automated license plate reader cameras turned off.

We now know that out‑of‑state agencies were able to search ALPR data, despite legal protections provided by the State of California. This breach shows that Flock’s system is not trustworthy and that it puts our community’s privacy at risk. Mass surveillance does not keep our public safe. On the contrary, it endangers the lives of our most vulnerable residents. 

Thank you for your consideration. I hope you will protect the Santa Clara County community by permanently ending the use of Flock.

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