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Use your First Amendment rights loudly, proudly, peacefully and legally to defend your Fourth Amendment rights.
Contact your elected officials and let them know that you demand all ALPRs be removed from our communities. These people work for you. They work for all of us.
Be polite. Be persistent. Ask direct questions. Tell Alameda County's decision-makers what you think about government-operated systems that create a surveillance state by allowing searchable records of all vehicle movements.
The Board voted 3–2 on the Flock contract amendment
On 21 April 2026, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved the Sheriff's second Flock contract amendment by a 3–2 vote. The County's official minutes record the following votes:
YES: David Haubert, Lena Tam and Nate Miley.
NO: Elisa Márquez and Nikki Fortunato Bas.
The same minutes record 55 speakers on the item.
Source: Alameda County Board of Supervisors — 21 April 2026 Summary Action Minutes, Item 55 →
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ACCOUNTABILITY: Alameda County Board of Supervisors: Contact the elected officials who can vote on County surveillance policy, contracts and spending.
| Official | Title | Voted for Flock contract? | Term expires | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
David Haubert
|
President · District 1 | ✓ YES | January 2029 | 510-272-6691 |
Elisa Márquez
|
Supervisor · District 2 | NO | January 2027 | 510-272-6692 |
Lena Tam
|
Vice President · District 3 | ✓ YES | January 2027 | 510-272-6693 |
Nate Miley
|
Supervisor · District 4 | ✓ YES | January 2029 | 510-272-6694 |
Nikki Fortunato Bas
|
Supervisor · District 5 | NO | January 2029 | 510-272-6695 |
Portraits: Alameda County official government websites. Contact and term information is sourced from official Alameda County records.
Do not vandalize cameras, threaten anyone, or harass dispatchers, front-line employees or other people who do not make surveillance policy.
Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez
The Sheriff administers the Sheriff's Office and its ALPR program. Contact the Sheriff's Office to ask about ALPR policy, retention, sharing, access controls, audits and the scale of vehicle observations.
Alameda County Sheriff's Office
General / Non-Emergency: 510-272-6878
1401 Lakeside Drive, 12th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612-4305
We were unable to independently verify current direct phone or email contact information for Sheriff Sanchez from three credible sources. If you have current direct contact information supported by a credible, verifiable source, please send it to us through our Contact Us page.
ALPRs can become institutional crack:
a few early successes create the rush, ubiquitous access creates the dependency,
and soon law enforcement can't imagine policing without tracking everyone.
That's when intervention is needed.
Questions worth asking
- How many vehicle observations does the Sheriff's ALPR system collect during a typical day, month and year?
- How many of those observations concern vehicles or people who are actually suspected of a crime?
- What is the current retention period for ACSO ALPR observations?
- Exactly which agencies and users can search ACSO-generated ALPR data?
- What technical controls prevent prohibited access or sharing?
- How often are ALPR access logs independently audited, and are the audit results available to the public?
- What is the current number of ALPR cameras operated for or accessible to the Sheriff's Office?
- What is the total current annual cost of the program?
Don't accept a numerator without asking for the denominator.
Arrests and recovered vehicles are relevant. So are the number of innocent vehicle observations collected to produce those results. Ask for both.