The San Francisco Board of Supervisors last week voted unanimously in favor of requiring all special business districts—such as the Union Square Business Improvement District (USBID)—to bring any new surveillance plans to the Board before adopting new technologies.  The resolution—passed in the wake of an EFF investigation, a lawsuit brought by local activists, and a sustained local coalition effort—challenging police use of the USBID camera network to monitor last summer’s protests – is non-binding and it will be up to City agencies to determine whether and how to carry out the request. We’ll be watching to see if the city follows through, but one thing we already know:

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