'Cooler Heads Have Prevailed': Mayor Backtracks Plan To Bolster Police Surveillance

San Francisco CA

03 March, 2022

6:09 PM

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By Eleni Balakrishnan, Mission Local March 2, 2022 Facing public disapproval and pushback from the Board of Supervisors, Mayor London Breed on Monday withdrew a ballot measure to give police expanded access to monitor surveillance cameras. "Cooler heads have prevailed," said Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who in January sponsored an opposing ballot measure that reaffirmed a 2019 law requiring city agencies to get board approval to access surveillance technologies. Peskin's measure was supported by at least four other supervisors. Upon learning that the mayor withdrew her ballot measure, Peskin also withdrew his on Monday. The competing measures were set to appear on the June ballot. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.