Emanuel 'Manny' Yekutiel is a San Francisco small business owner and civic organizer. He opened Manny's, a cafe and community event space, in 2018 and later co-founded the Civic Joy Fund. A former San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board member, he is running for the city's District 8 Board of Supervisors seat in 2026.
Case
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
Role at the time: San Francisco District 8 supervisor candidate
Statement summary
In a response to Mission Local, Yekutiel supported San Francisco's Flock cameras if the city limits access and retention and prevents data from reaching ICE or other federal agencies.
“Yes, I support it, with real guardrails.”
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Yekutiel said he supports the cameras with real guardrails, including limits on access and retention and keeping data from federal agencies. Use with limits fits Mixed or conditional.
Statement dates: August 19, 2026
Statement dates: August 19, 2026
Statement dates: August 19, 2026
Statement dates: August 19, 2026
