Williams v. City and County of San Francisco CA1/4

I. BACKGROUND

A. The SFPD’s Access to the Union Square Business Improvement District’s Camera Network In its summary judgment order, the trial court summarized the background of the SFPD’s use of the privately owned camera network at issue here. “During San Francisco’s Pride celebration in June 2019, the Union Square Business Improvement District [(USBID)]—a non-City entity—gave City police access to USBID’s outdoor camera network. [Citation.] In July 2019, the at-issue ordinance—[codified at San Francisco] Administrative Code [Chapter] 19B—took effect. [Citation.] In February 2020, the USBID again offered the police access to its cameras—for football’s Super Bowl. [Citation.] In May and June 2020, there were protests in San Francisco of George Floyd’s murder. With access to USBID’s camera network on a laptop computer, a police officer looked several times ‘to ensure there were no crowds forming in Union Square’ and found ‘no activity.’ [Citation.] Again, for July 4th 2020, the USBID offered police access to its camera network.” B. The Board’s 2019 Ordinance Governing the Acquisition of Surveillance Technology In 2019, the Board adopted San Francisco Ordinance No. 107-19, which…