Democratic candidate for U.S. House in California's 11th district.
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California's AB 2760 bars all law enforcement, including federal agents, from using electric shock gloves. Newsom and the author defend the ban. DHS and a federal prosecutor reject California's authority over federal agents. As of October 1, 2026, no court has ruled.
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An issue tracker recording where members of Congress and 2026 midterm candidates stand on the unauthorized Iran war, based on their votes on war-powers resolutions, campaign statements, and public remarks.
Role at the time: California state senator and congressional candidate, via campaign spokesperson
Statement summary
Wiener's campaign said he supports license-plate readers for crime investigations with strict limits on retention and data sharing.
“in a responsible way to help fight crime in San Francisco”
The campaign supports continued use only with guardrails and took no position on San Francisco's particular Flock renewal.
Role at the time: California state senator, speaking in the Senate floor debate on AB 2760
Response to this claim
Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins said the gloves are largely untested in real-world encounters, that a man died after being repeatedly shocked with them while in custody, and that public safety technology must be proven safe before it is deployed.
“I have to be honest, the idea of wearing these gloves that you touch people and you shock the heck out of them, that is super creepy. And I don't want those in my community or anyone's community.”
Relative to the ban as applied to federal officers, Wiener supports the ban on safety and public-trust grounds and says he does not want the gloves in anyone's community. He does not address whether California has the power to bind federal officers, so this is a statement on the safety question. We used Defended or excused. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional, because he notes the bill has a sunset and can be evaluated later, but he asks for a yes vote without conditioning his support.
Role at the time: Democratic candidate for U.S. House, California's 11th district; California state senator
Statement summary
Speaking to KQED in the first days of the strikes on Iran, Scott Wiener said Trump is acting for his own political purposes, warned the war could become a complete morass or another forever war, and said that if he were in office he would vote no on any war with Iran.
“Trump is not doing this to help Iranians. He's doing it for his own political purposes. And I am so deeply worried that this is going to lead into a complete morass for our country, that it's going to put Iran into a state of chaos.”
Wiener said he would vote no on the war and warned it would become a morass, a clear opposition position, while acknowledging the Iranian regime's trauma on its own people.
Statement dates: March 3, 2026 to September 8, 2026
Statement dates: August 31, 2026
Statement dates: August 31, 2026
Statement dates: March 3, 2026
Statement dates: August 31, 2026 to September 8, 2026
Statement dates: September 8, 2026
Statement dates: September 8, 2026
Statement dates: March 3, 2026
