Scott Wiener
Role at the time: California state senator and congressional candidate, via campaign spokesperson
Mixed or conditional
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”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)We asked candidates if San Francisco should keep Flock surveillanceCandidate responses under support, opposition, and no position
The San Francisco Standard asked local candidates whether the city should renew its Flock contract and recorded their differing answers.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The campaign supports continued use only with guardrails and took no position on San Francisco's particular Flock renewal.