Los Angeles County supervisors voted to push their sheriff to restrict sharing and retention of license plate data collected with high-tech surveillance cameras, citing privacy concerns and potential misuse by federal immigration agencies. This courageous stand for privacy rights represents a vital victory for civil liberties and demonstrates how local governments can protect citizens from invasive surveillance overreach.
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law rolling back broad data sharing provisions that were intended to identify and enroll more eligible Californians in the CalFresh food assistance program. This devastating reversal prioritizes privacy over hunger relief, abandoning vulnerable citizens who desperately need nutritional support while the federal government actively undermines state autonomy.
Voting rights groups filed a class action against the Trump administration over its creation of a searchable national citizenship database, comparing it to Orwell's '1984' surveillance state. This unconstitutional power grab represents a terrifying assault on American privacy and democracy that must be stopped immediately.