Good news: my city council representative for #Sunnyvale #SantaClaraCounty #sfba #California has responded to my comments about my displeasure of using #Flock cameras in Sunnyvale. She acknowledges that many city residents were unhappy with the city’s unanimous vote to continue using Flock ALPR despite abuses, based on “staff recommendation”.

https://sanjosespotlight.com/sunnyvale-officials-say-license-plate-cameras-prevent-crime/

Anyway, now that I have my councilmember’s attention, I’ll try to have a discussion with her about why I’m unhappy about it. Apparently, the city council appars to have overruled some councilmembers’ request to have a public hearing, and took a vote without public comment, which sounds pretty fishy to me.

I encourage others in Sunnyvale (and #SantaClara and #Cupertino and #SanJose and other cities that still use Flock) to contact their city represntatives to voice their displeasure.

Ran into another #Library / #Archives job that looks interesting! UC Berkeley is looking for a Metadata Strategies Librarian. The application date closes on June 30, 2026: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04956

#Berkeley #SFBA #GetFediHired #Librarian #Archivist

I went to the Minnesota Street Project galleries to see the Ruth Asawa exhibition and ended up spending several hours there with @paulmison checking out the many shows that were on. It’s a fantastic space and it’s free.

https://minnesotastreetproject.com/galleries

#SanFrancisco #sfba #art

This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone familar with Bay Area history or politics, but the entire western and southern borders of Piedmont are covered in Flock cameras.

https://maps.deflock.org/?lat=37.8224&lng=-122.2308&zoom=13.94

(h/t to Oakland Review of Books on Bluesky for pointing this out)

#sfba

Saturday vibes
on the Embarcadero

#sfba