Residents urge supervisors to agendize and cancel Flock Safety contract before June auto‑renewal
May 21, 2026 | Alameda County, California
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Public comment at the end of the Public Protection Committee meeting focused heavily on concerns about a sheriff’s office contract with Flock Safety, a commercial license‑plate‑reading vendor whose county contract is scheduled to expire at the end of June and — commenters warned — will automatically renew unless the county issues a 30‑day cancellation notice.
Mina Kuchi, who identified herself as an Oakland resident, urged the committee to place the item on a future board agenda so supervisors can vote on renewal before the deadline. She and other commenters asked the committee to request briefings from privacy and civil‑liberties organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation or the ACLU to explain technical risks and civil‑rights implications.
Another speaker, Kiara Bursu, said continuation of the Flock contract “risks national abuses of data that disproportionately imperil immigrant families” and urged supervisors not to default into renewing a partnership she described as a corporate surveillance product. Several commenters alleged the sheriff’s prior outreach misrepresented community feedback and asked supervisors to contest that outreach record.
A different commenter urged expedited action, citing pending lawsuits against the vendor and similar deployments and warning of legal and fiscal exposure for the county if the contract is allowed to continue without public debate.
Chair Marquez acknowledged public comments and said the matters raised would be taken into consideration; she reminded the public that the two presentations were informational and that the committee cannot act on items not on the published agenda. She noted the next joint Public Protection and Health Committee meeting on Care First Jails Last is July 23 and reiterated staff will circulate updates and meeting notices.
Provenance: public comment beginning with Mina Kuchi and subsequent speakers (topicintro SEG 2002, topfinish SEG 2272).
Mina Kuchi, who identified herself as an Oakland resident, urged the committee to place the item on a future board agenda so supervisors can vote on renewal before the deadline. She and other commenters asked the committee to request briefings from privacy and civil‑liberties organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation or the ACLU to explain technical risks and civil‑rights implications.
Another speaker, Kiara Bursu, said continuation of the Flock contract “risks national abuses of data that disproportionately imperil immigrant families” and urged supervisors not to default into renewing a partnership she described as a corporate surveillance product. Several commenters alleged the sheriff’s prior outreach misrepresented community feedback and asked supervisors to contest that outreach record.
A different commenter urged expedited action, citing pending lawsuits against the vendor and similar deployments and warning of legal and fiscal exposure for the county if the contract is allowed to continue without public debate.
Chair Marquez acknowledged public comments and said the matters raised would be taken into consideration; she reminded the public that the two presentations were informational and that the committee cannot act on items not on the published agenda. She noted the next joint Public Protection and Health Committee meeting on Care First Jails Last is July 23 and reiterated staff will circulate updates and meeting notices.
Provenance: public comment beginning with Mina Kuchi and subsequent speakers (topicintro SEG 2002, topfinish SEG 2272).
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