Zaldivar says he stands against Flock camera use in West Hollywood
Candidate for West Hollywood City Council
“As for the Flock cameras, I have to stand firmly against their use. Not because they haven’t been found to solve certain crimes in certain cases, but rather on the principle that privacy should be deemed sacred. We’re a community built upon the backs of so many who fought for the right to feel free of government oppression. Our history is filled with members of the LGBTQ+ community and many of our Russian-speaking residents who lived in fear of being surveilled for behavior deemed unlawful, immoral and unjust. Power begets power. We already have cameras in businesses, in city buildings, in public parks and now on our city streets. When will it be enough? We have to set sensible boundaries that don’t intentionally track our everyday lives as we move about the city.”
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Signed campaign column by the candidate, published by WEHOonline as a written response to its City Council forum questions.
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In a signed WEHOonline column setting out his City Council platform, Zaldivar wrote about SB 79, homelessness and the Fountain Avenue Streetscape Project before turning to the city's Flock cameras.
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An editor's note says Zaldivar was one of four candidates who did not appear at WEHOonline's Aug. 16 City Council forum, and that the outlet invited them to answer the forum questions in writing, with the questions provided in advance.
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Case context: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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Why this label?
The reference point is whether networked license-plate cameras such as Flock should exist and be used. Zaldivar says he stands firmly against their use on privacy grounds while granting they have helped solve some crimes. That is opposition to the cameras themselves, not a call for limits, so Condemned fits.
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