Fyi: Tomorrow, Feb. 24: Get the Flock Out of Santa Clara County
Bruce England
Hi Bruce and April,Forwarding this information to you, in case you would like to participate and/or forward to your team. Santa Clara County BOS will be voting at 1pm on a Flock contract renewal for Los Altos, and Mountain View City Council will be voting on a staff recommendation to cancel its contract with Flock.A state assembly person recently authored a bill that, if passed, would require Class II and Class III ebikes to be registered and carry license plates. I greatly hope that law doesn't pass, but if it does, then presumably ebikes will also become trackable by ALPRs. So hopefully this gives greater importance for cyclists to help oppose these contracts.Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan recently introduced the so-called “E-Bike Accountability Act”, which would mandate license plates and registration for all Class II and Class III ebikes in the state. I greatly hope that law doesn't pass, but if it does, then presumably ebikes will also become trackable by ALPRs. So hopefully this gives greater importance for cyclists to help oppose these contracts.Forwarded Conversation
Subject: Tomorrow, Feb. 24: Get the Flock Out of Santa Clara County
------------------------From: Kim Woo <kimb...@sirenimmigrantrights.org>
Date: Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I’m reaching out to uplift upcoming opportunities to protect our privacy by removing Flock Safety and Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) from Santa Clara County, which is an issue that our group has been taking tabs on! Overwhelming evidence shows that local agencies across the country and Flock have grossly mishandled our personal automatic license plate reader (ALPR) data by sharing data with ICE, racially profiling Black and Brown communities, stalking religious minorities, targeting people seeking reproductive and gender affirming care, and harassing individuals exercising their First Amendment rights to protest. Mass surveillance does not keep our public safe, but endangers all our residents.
This upcoming Tuesday, February 24, let’s fight to end this AI mass surveillance system that tracks our every move! RSVP here (https://tinyurl.com/noflock-scc) and share the link!
- Protect Our Privacy Rally: Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 12 pm at 70 W. Hedding St., San Jose
a. It might rain, so please bring an umbrella!
2. Santa Clara County Supervisors Public Comment: Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 1 PM
a. Participate in any of the below ways! Talking Points
i. In-Person: 70 W Hedding Street, San Jose
- Speaking Time Max: 1-2 minutes, to be determined by Chair
ii. Zoom Link
iii. Email BoardOp...@cob.sccgov.org before or during 2/24, Template; Subject Line: Agenda Item 8 - Oppose
3. Mountain View City Council Public Comment: Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 6:30 PM
a. Participate in any of the below ways! Talking Points
i. In-Person: 500 Castro Street, 2nd Floor, Mountain View, CA 94041
- Speaking Time Max: 90 seconds
ii. Zoom Link
iii. Email city.c...@mountainview.gov by 4:30 p.m. on 2/24, Template; Subject Line: Agenda Item 6.1 - Support with Amendments
iv. Letter Writing Campaign: takes two minutes, almost hitting 600!
4. Tuesday, February 24 at 9 AM: Sign onto our organizational letters via Endorsement Form
a. Santa Clara County Letter: https://tinyurl.com/endflockinscc-letter
b. Mountain View City Council Letter: https://tinyurl.com/endflockinmtnview-letter
Please share the attached flier and RSVP form with your communities because we must pack the public meetings so that our elected officials in Santa Clara County Supervisors and Mountain View City Councilmembers know that we the people hate AI-powered mass surveillance!
If you can’t make it, we’ll miss you, but there will be plenty of opportunities to join our movement, so please complete the RSVP form!
Data privacy is a right, fight with all your might!
In community,
KIMBERLY WOO
Community Organizer
(408) 217-5134 | kimb...@sirenimmigrantrights.org
1769 Park Ave., Suite 200, San Jose, CA 95126
Follow us on social media!
linktr.ee/sirenimmigrantrights
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From: Shiloh Ballard <ballar...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 4:19 PM
To: Kim Woo <kimb...@sirenimmigrantrights.org>, Jordan Moldow <jmo...@alum.mit.edu>, Jordan Moldow <jordan...@gmail.com>Hi Kim,Thanks for sending all this info. I would love to join you but I have a Water District board meeting tomorrow so am unable. That said, I've cc'd Jordan with the Bike Coalition since this used to be something we were very actively involved with. I'm not sure if the org is still tracking or involved so I'll leave it to Jordan to take it from here and help get the word to others in the bike movement that might be in alignment.Take care~
Shiloh
