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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>San Francisco reported 140,956 warnings to speeding drivers in the first 38 days all their cameras were operational, just over 500 more than Oakland, according to a KQED analysis of city data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA said the number of warnings was likely an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/our-speed-cameras-are-working-initial-evaluation-shows-drivers-are-slowing-down#:~:text=Note%20about%20the%20warning%20and,the%20launch%20of%20this%20program.\">undercount \u003c/a>due to issues with data gathering. San Francisco has two fewer cameras than Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As in San Francisco, Oakland contracted the Arizona-based technology company Verra Mobility to administer the program. When one of the cameras detects a speeding driver, the camera captures the license plate and a citation is mailed to the owner, according to the city. Citation amounts are on a sliding scale, from $50 to as much as $500 for drivers traveling more than 100 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rowan said the city will monitor if overall citations are decreasing over time, and what percentage of speeders get more than one citation, to assess if the program is effective in changing driver behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I really would like to see reduced speeds over time and reduced citations over time. We really want to drive this as close to zero as we can,” Rowan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city plans to release additional data on the program this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>East Bay residents mourned the two victims of a mass shooting at a downtown \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> bar early Saturday morning — an eighth-grade teacher and a young father — according to friends and family of the victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The shooting occurred at EZ’s Lounge on 14th Street around 3:30 a.m., according to the Oakland Police Department, leaving five others injured. Several firearms were recovered from the scene, police said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the victims, Latetia Bobo, 33, was an eighth-grade English Language Arts teacher at San Pablo’s Caliber Beta Academy, a K-8 charter school, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/officialCBA/posts/pfbid0qYHyES2ApNtKgNZff87mFKTmrCY7Ae3hx5BxW9zfugSUKfh5YcEr7A7P9Vdp65hGl\">announced\u003c/a> a schoolwide closure on Monday in honor of Bobo’s memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other victim, Markise Martin, 25, was a father to a 1-year-old girl, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-markise-tyler-martin\">GoFundMe campaign\u003c/a> posted by his brother, Lawrence Mcgee. Martin’s brother did not immediately respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The GoFundMe post described Martin as “always there for his family when needed, offering support and love without hesitation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12075906\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12075906\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00534_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00534_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00534_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00534_TV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends of the late Latetia Bobo hold hands at her vigil in Oakland on March 9, 2026. Latetia Bobo was one of two victims who died in a mass shooting in Oakland on Saturday, March 7. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“His presence brought comfort and strength to those around him, and he was truly such a caring soul underneath his tough exterior,” it continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Police said Bobo died on the scene — and Martin died after being transported to the hospital Saturday morning.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caliber Beta parent Robin DeGarcia, whose two children were both in Bobo’s classes, said she took the lead in organizing student trips, events like prom, and prepared eighth-graders to apply to high school.[aside postID=news_12068975 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01_qed.jpg']DeGarcia said that there’s “not one person who’s going to be able to step in and help what she had built.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She built a relationship with all of these children,” DeGarcia said, one “severed so quickly at what’s supposed to be starting the fun time of their eighth-grade year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caliber Beta Academy assistant and substitute teacher Paulie “Coach K” Kennedy said he often assisted Bobo when she was busy. Kennedy said Bobo was a teacher whom he aspires to be like, having frequently asked her for advice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was strict as she expected a lot out of you,” Kennedy said. “She would ask questions that made you think inside and introspectively and think, ‘How can I better myself?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Caliber asked him to fill her position, Kennedy said, he would honor her legacy by pushing the students to be the best they can be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes they say when people are called above, it means it’s their time,” Kennedy added. “They’ve done enough good on this earth, and she’s one of those few people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12075908\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12075908\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00623_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00623_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00623_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00623_TV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends and family of the late Latetia Bobo release balloons at her vigil in Oakland on March 9, 2026. Latetia Bobo was one of two victims who died in a mass shooting in Oakland on Saturday, March 7. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sofala Mayfield, a music producer, called Bobo by her stage name: “\u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/track/7EgNppU4cpHcUlA6kknI3T\">Teesh\u003c/a>.” He was with her at a First Friday event, the night before she was killed, Mayfield said, but they parted ways around 8 p.m. when his daughter got tired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayfield questioned how the bar, EZ’s Lounge, was still open — he cited the \u003ca href=\"https://www.abc.ca.gov/education/merchant-education/on-sale-licensee-informational-guide/hours-of-sale/#:~:text=In%20California%2C%20it%20is%20illegal%20to%20sell%2C,of%20the%20day%20before%20the%20time%20change.\">California code\u003c/a> prohibiting the sale of alcohol past 2 a.m. and called for the city of Oakland to take accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Law-abiding citizens don’t want to be held hostage by the violence and dysfunction that’s taking place in this city right now,” Mayfield said. He said online comments suggesting that victims of gun violence ‘shouldn’t have been outside’ make it seem as if “it’s a crime to enjoy your life in the city of Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">OPD said that due to an ongoing investigation, no additional details are being released at this time. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Cadets graduate from the Police Academy at a higher rate than non-cadet recruits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the most effective ways to strengthen public safety is to ensure that the people entrusted with this responsibility come from Oakland and that they understand Oakland and are accountable to the communities that they serve,” Lee said at a news conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland is among several Bay Area cities struggling to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064143/oakland-struggles-to-boost-number-of-women-officers-amid-worsening-staff-shortage\">recruit and retain police officers\u003c/a> as it faces a worsening staffing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11524304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11524304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland police headquarters on Nov. 12, 2016.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1305\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-800x544.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-1020x693.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-1180x802.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-960x653.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-240x163.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-375x255.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-520x353.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland police headquarters on Nov. 12, 2016. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>OPD has 619 sworn officers, but the police union contends only 490 of them are actively working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huy Nguyen, president of the Oakland Police Officers Association, praised the refunding of the cadet program as a long-term strategy to grow the next generation of officers, but said city leaders need to do more now to beef up staffing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are in a crisis and there is, concerningly, no end in sight unless the Mayor and Council take action to retain the small force of dedicated officers we have and to draw new recruits now to Oakland through improved pay, benefits, and working conditions,” he said in a statement.[aside postID=news_12068975 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01_qed.jpg']The city budget currently allows for 687 officers. Interim Police Chief James Beere said he’s hopeful he can reach that staffing level and higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said up to a dozen officers are planning to rejoin the force, and another Police Academy class will graduate in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the chief said he hopes to get staffing up to 877, as recommended by an \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26209764-pfm-llc-opd-staffing-study/\">independent firm\u003c/a> in April, to drive down crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of work ahead, but I can tell you this is the best traction I’ve seen in a long time to get our numbers back up where they should be,” Beere said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee said she hopes cadets will go on to not only serve the communities they come from, but also to spend their careers at OPD. 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And, yes, we’re working to find alternatives for our young people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aggravated assaults were also down 10%, robberies with firearms dropped by half and motor vehicle thefts dropped by nearly 40%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While city officials touted the numbers as the culmination of their efforts, the change also reflects a national trend in declining violent crime as seen in cities near and far, including \u003ca href=\"https://localnewsmatters.org/2026/01/05/sf-crime-plunged-25-in-2025-as-homicides-fell-to-lowest-level-in-70-years-police-say/\">San Francisco\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/homicide-san-francisco-oakland-21266798.php\">San Jose\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2026/01/02/chicago-crime-murder-homicide-shooting-president-trump-mayor-johnson\">Chicago\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/PR001/nypd-safest-year-ever-gun-violence-fewest-shooting-incidents-shooting\">New York City.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s Violence Prevention Chief Holly Joshi said her office played a key role in addressing public safety concerns by treating gun violence as a public health issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038300\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038300\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250430-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250430-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250430-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250430-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250430-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250430-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250430-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland City Hall in Oakland on April 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>”We believe that most people caught in cycles of violence want a way out, and with the right supports and opportunities, can reinvent themselves,” Joshi said. “With that understanding in mind, we work to identify and engage the individuals most likely to draw or drive gun violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That department includes so-called violence interrupters who Joshi said mediate conflicts before they become violent and work to prevent retaliation, as well as life coaches who work as case managers for people who are identified as being likely to engage in local conflicts and violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The experts in the field estimate that in Oakland at any given time, there’s between 240 and 350 people that are most at risk of being involved in gun violence,” Joshi said. “So, the strategy is specifically meant to identify and then intervene in the lives of those specific people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interim Police Chief James Beere cited one success story last year during a conflict between two groups that he said were both involved in illegal drugs and gambling.[aside postID=news_12066989 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-License-Plate-Readers-01-KQED.jpg']After a series of shootings throughout Oakland, Beere said officials arranged a meeting between the incarcerated leaders of both groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We sat them down so they could see each other face to face, and we told them the truth,” Beere said. “We let them know that there’s going to be resources sent out, violence interrupters, as well as other resources for people that were in their organization. Should they accept those? Great. If not, they were gonna be held accountable, and those that were committing the acts of violence were going to be held accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beere said a decline in shootings followed and that he believes homicides were prevented because of that meeting. Citing ongoing investigations, he declined to share more specifics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beere added that police also benefited from the increased use of certain surveillance technologies, such as drones, automatic license plate readers and the ShotSpotter system, which uses AI to detect gunshots and alert authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re utilizing the technology to report crimes that in the past have not been reported, such as ShotSpotter. We’re utilizing the automated license plate reader to proactively investigate robberies, to include assaults, as well as burglaries,” Beere said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061256\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Beere, Assistant Chief of Police with the Oakland Police Department, speaks at a press conference at Oakland City Hall on Oct. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The department deployed drones more than 150 times in 2025, Beere said — generally in disaster management in dangerous situations like armed and barricaded suspects, or sideshows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beere said newer technologies also helped the department seize over 291 vehicles involved in sideshows. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>After a series of shootings throughout Oakland, Beere said officials arranged a meeting between the incarcerated leaders of both groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We sat them down so they could see each other face to face, and we told them the truth,” Beere said. “We let them know that there’s going to be resources sent out, violence interrupters, as well as other resources for people that were in their organization. Should they accept those? Great. If not, they were gonna be held accountable, and those that were committing the acts of violence were going to be held accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beere said a decline in shootings followed and that he believes homicides were prevented because of that meeting. Citing ongoing investigations, he declined to share more specifics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beere added that police also benefited from the increased use of certain surveillance technologies, such as drones, automatic license plate readers and the ShotSpotter system, which uses AI to detect gunshots and alert authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re utilizing the technology to report crimes that in the past have not been reported, such as ShotSpotter. We’re utilizing the automated license plate reader to proactively investigate robberies, to include assaults, as well as burglaries,” Beere said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12061256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12061256\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Beere, Assistant Chief of Police with the Oakland Police Department, speaks at a press conference at Oakland City Hall on Oct. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The department deployed drones more than 150 times in 2025, Beere said — generally in disaster management in dangerous situations like armed and barricaded suspects, or sideshows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beere said newer technologies also helped the department seize over 291 vehicles involved in sideshows. Only 96 were taken at sideshow sites, while the majority were tracked down through surveillance technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These technologies are not without controversy, however. Privacy advocates have long criticized license plate readers’ and drones’ potential for abuse, and some have raised concerns that local license plate data is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066989/california-cities-double-down-on-license-plate-readers-as-federal-surveillance-grows\">fed into federal databases\u003c/a> that can ultimately aid in immigration enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking at the year ahead, Oakland leaders vowed to keep working to bring local crime rates down even further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Numbers alone are not the finish line. For families who have lost loved ones, statistics offer no comfort,” Lee said. “Our focus remains on what comes next, continuing to build on what works, really pushing forward with urgency and making Oakland again the safest city in America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Oakland City Council voted Tuesday to expand the city’s network of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/flock-safety\">automated license plate reader cameras\u003c/a>, overriding strong objections from privacy advocates who warned the move could expose residents to federal surveillance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 7-1 vote approves a new two-year, $2.25 million \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7778357&GUID=BC9ADFD5-2714-4303-BEA4-70DF1AD489D1&Options=&Search=\">contract\u003c/a> with Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based technology firm that holds major contracts in over 40 Bay Area cities. It came at the end of a contentious meeting that drew more than 140 public speakers and stretched late into the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal allows the Oakland Police Department to maintain its existing network of 291 cameras and add 40 new “pan-tilt-zoom” cameras to monitor high-traffic corridors and illegal dumping sites. The new terms go into effect immediately and prevent the existing camera network from going dark on Jan. 1, when the previous authorization was set to expire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This system makes the Department more efficient as it allows for information related to disruptive/violent criminal activities to be captured … and allows for precise and focused enforcement,” OPD wrote in its proposal to the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While supporters argued the technology is a vital “resource multiplier” for an understaffed police force, some critics blasted the council for what they called an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066924/oaklands-license-plate-camera-contract-is-back-up-for-a-vote-critics-are-crying-foul\">“undemocratic” and “backdoor” process\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday’s vote was particularly charged because the Public Safety Committee had previously deadlocked on the contract last month. However, just last week, the Rules Committee fast-tracked the item to the full council, a move that privacy groups said was designed to bypass committee-level opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984097\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man with a fluorescent yellow coat holds a black machine.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Flock Safety worker holds up a new automated license plate reader that was being installed in East San José on April 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Carroll Fife, the sole “no” vote on Tuesday, criticized her colleagues for advancing a contract with a company that has faced national scrutiny over data sharing with federal entities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know how we get up and have several press conferences talking about how we are supportive of a sanctuary city status, but then use a vendor that has been shown to have a direct relationship with Border Control,” Fife said from the dais. “It doesn’t make sense to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, the \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/14/oakland-san-francisco-ice-license-plate-readers/\">\u003cem>San Francisco Standard\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reported that federal agencies had accessed data from Oakland’s cameras. Last month, the city of Richmond deactivated its own camera network after discovering that federal officials could search their database.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Police Department, meanwhile, has defended the technology as an essential tool for solving violent crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lt. Gabriel Urquiza told the council that since the cameras were first deployed in July 2024, the system has led to 232 arrests and the recovery of 68 firearms. Department data shows carjackings dropped from an average of 40 per month before the cameras were installed to 17 per month in 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland City Hall in downtown Oakland on Aug. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To address privacy concerns, the council adopted a series of amendments proposed by Councilmembers Charlene Wang and Rowena Brown. The new contract includes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A strict prohibition on sharing data with federal immigration agencies or out-of-state law enforcement for the purpose of investigating reproductive health care or gender-affirming care.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A “two-key” approval system requiring both the city’s chief privacy officer and the OPD information technology director to authorize any new data-sharing relationships.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A mandate for quarterly independent compliance audits overseen by the city auditor.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A requirement that the city begin a request for proposal process within 18 months to identify potential alternative vendors, preventing an automatic renewal with Flock.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Many of the provisions, such as the prohibition on sharing data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement or for out-of-state abortion investigations, reiterate existing Oakland sanctuary policies and California state law.[aside postID=news_12066924 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/SFLicensePlateReader-1020x675.jpg']“My goal is to ensure that Oakland’s legislation is fully aligned with state law, as well as the essential protections that are needed in the policy,” Brown said. “I do want to minimize the potential risk this technology presents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The debate highlighted deep divisions within the city. While privacy advocates dominated much of the public comment during Tuesday’s meeting, many business owners from Chinatown and Little Saigon urged the council to pass the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to have cameras in order to protect the merchants so they feel safe and can open longer hours,” said Josephine Hui, member of the Toishan-Oakland Chinatown Patrol Team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, opponents argued that the system’s potential for abuse outweighed its benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why don’t we really prevent crime by funding [the Department of Violence Prevention]? Violence prevention programs have been proven to stop crime,” said Hannah Zuckerman, a District 2 resident. “We do not need data being shared, and license plate data is personal data.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the city-funded network is expanding, some neighborhoods are not waiting for municipal action. Residents in the foothills Oakmore neighborhood recently fundraised to install their own private Flock cameras to assist OPD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This system makes the Department more efficient as it allows for information related to disruptive/violent criminal activities to be captured … and allows for precise and focused enforcement,” OPD wrote in its proposal to the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While supporters argued the technology is a vital “resource multiplier” for an understaffed police force, some critics blasted the council for what they called an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066924/oaklands-license-plate-camera-contract-is-back-up-for-a-vote-critics-are-crying-foul\">“undemocratic” and “backdoor” process\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday’s vote was particularly charged because the Public Safety Committee had previously deadlocked on the contract last month. However, just last week, the Rules Committee fast-tracked the item to the full council, a move that privacy groups said was designed to bypass committee-level opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984097\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man with a fluorescent yellow coat holds a black machine.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Flock Safety worker holds up a new automated license plate reader that was being installed in East San José on April 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Carroll Fife, the sole “no” vote on Tuesday, criticized her colleagues for advancing a contract with a company that has faced national scrutiny over data sharing with federal entities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know how we get up and have several press conferences talking about how we are supportive of a sanctuary city status, but then use a vendor that has been shown to have a direct relationship with Border Control,” Fife said from the dais. “It doesn’t make sense to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, the \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/14/oakland-san-francisco-ice-license-plate-readers/\">\u003cem>San Francisco Standard\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reported that federal agencies had accessed data from Oakland’s cameras. Last month, the city of Richmond deactivated its own camera network after discovering that federal officials could search their database.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Police Department, meanwhile, has defended the technology as an essential tool for solving violent crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lt. Gabriel Urquiza told the council that since the cameras were first deployed in July 2024, the system has led to 232 arrests and the recovery of 68 firearms. Department data shows carjackings dropped from an average of 40 per month before the cameras were installed to 17 per month in 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland City Hall in downtown Oakland on Aug. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To address privacy concerns, the council adopted a series of amendments proposed by Councilmembers Charlene Wang and Rowena Brown. The new contract includes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A strict prohibition on sharing data with federal immigration agencies or out-of-state law enforcement for the purpose of investigating reproductive health care or gender-affirming care.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A “two-key” approval system requiring both the city’s chief privacy officer and the OPD information technology director to authorize any new data-sharing relationships.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A mandate for quarterly independent compliance audits overseen by the city auditor.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A requirement that the city begin a request for proposal process within 18 months to identify potential alternative vendors, preventing an automatic renewal with Flock.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Many of the provisions, such as the prohibition on sharing data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement or for out-of-state abortion investigations, reiterate existing Oakland sanctuary policies and California state law.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“My goal is to ensure that Oakland’s legislation is fully aligned with state law, as well as the essential protections that are needed in the policy,” Brown said. “I do want to minimize the potential risk this technology presents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The debate highlighted deep divisions within the city. While privacy advocates dominated much of the public comment during Tuesday’s meeting, many business owners from Chinatown and Little Saigon urged the council to pass the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to have cameras in order to protect the merchants so they feel safe and can open longer hours,” said Josephine Hui, member of the Toishan-Oakland Chinatown Patrol Team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, opponents argued that the system’s potential for abuse outweighed its benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why don’t we really prevent crime by funding [the Department of Violence Prevention]? Violence prevention programs have been proven to stop crime,” said Hannah Zuckerman, a District 2 resident. “We do not need data being shared, and license plate data is personal data.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the city-funded network is expanding, some neighborhoods are not waiting for municipal action. Residents in the foothills Oakmore neighborhood recently fundraised to install their own private Flock cameras to assist OPD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland’s City Council will vote next week on a controversial \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005347/the-east-bay-has-hundreds-of-new-surveillance-cameras-and-more-are-on-the-way\">surveillance technology contract\u003c/a>, just weeks after it failed to advance out of committee amid concerns over the company’s data-sharing practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Police Department’s proposal to extend the contract with Flock Safety, which operates nearly 300 automatic license plate reader cameras across the city, did not pass a vote in the council’s Public Safety Committee last month. But this week, it was brought back before the Rules Committee, which moved it forward on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m deeply concerned that this process feels like it lacks transparency and democracy,” Councilmember Carroll Fife said. “This item failed in committee and should go back to committee and be deliberated in that space.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Lance Wilson, policy and communications director at the Anti Police-Terror Project, the contract was only added to the Rules Committee meeting agenda on Wednesday afternoon, “with less than 24 hours’ notice to the public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He called the committee’s decision to revive a contract vote by the council “stunning and undemocratic,” saying more than 4,000 Oakland residents have urged the council to vote no on Flock expansion, and more than 40 organizations, including the ACLU of Northern California and multiple local unions, submitted a joint letter warning that approving the contract would hurt immigrants, communities of color and unhoused residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife and many residents had spoken out against granting a new two-year contract to the Atlanta-based company. The city’s volunteer Privacy Advisory Commission also refused to endorse OPD’s contract plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Privacy advocates have long had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064587/civil-liberties-groups-sue-san-jose-over-license-plate-reader-use\">concerns about the amount of data\u003c/a> stored, collected and shared by Flock, but its technology has come under increased scrutiny in recent months after reports revealed that its searchable license plate database has been used to aid federal investigations, including by the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State law prohibits local law enforcement from sharing automated license plate data with out-of-state and federal agencies, and Oakland’s sanctuary city policy bars police and city officials from aiding in immigration enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the summer, the \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/14/oakland-san-francisco-ice-license-plate-readers/\">\u003cem>San Francisco Standard\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reported that OPD’s data was accessed on behalf of federal agencies, and just last month, Richmond shut down its network of cameras after discovering that the data they captured was searchable by federal agencies, despite believing it was for internal use only.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, the nonprofit Secure Justice and its leader, Brian Hofer, sued Oakland over the reports of data sharing. The suit alleges that the department’s data was made accessible to at least six federal agencies and a number of non-California state and local agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A month prior, Attorney General Rob Bonta \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-el-cajon-illegally-sharing-license-plate-data-out\">sued the city of El Cajon\u003c/a> in San Diego County over similar Flock data sharing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984097\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man with a fluorescent yellow coat holds a black machine.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/SAN-JOSE-LICENSE-PLATE-READERS-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Flock Safety worker holds up a new automated license plate reader that was being installed in East San José on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As part of Flock’s services, it offers contracted agencies multiple data sharing options: a “National Lookup,” which allows two-way access to data between all Flock Safety customers who have opted in; a “State Lookup,” which creates a similar arrangement with other Flock customers only in their home state; and a 1:1 sharing option, which requires customers to add agencies they would like to share data with individually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland has previously said that its license-plate reader data would not be made accessible outside OPD due to privacy concerns, but city documents show that the data was made accessible and shared with at least six federal and a number of non-California state and local agencies, according to Hofer’s lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has been using a network of 290 Flock cameras along highways and high-traffic areas to aid in police investigations since March 2024. Around the same time, departments across the Bay Area \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989977/san-franciscos-new-license-plate-readers-are-leading-to-arrests-and-concerns-about-privacy\">entered similar contracts\u003c/a> with Flock as part of a push to crack down on crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12064587 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9.png']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, OPD proposed a two-year, $2.25 million contract for Flock to maintain the existing camera network and allow police to access private cameras in the company’s system when the current contract ends in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The four-member Public Safety Committee deadlocked, with Councilmembers Charlene Wang and Ken Houston voting in favor and Councilmembers Rowena Brown and Fife voting against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the meeting, Fife said she feared the data “falling into the hands of bad actors that have a track record” of working with agencies involved in immigration enforcement. She suggested that the department consider other vendors who could provide similar technology to use instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the proposal was brought back to the Rules Committee this week, Councilmembers Kevin Jenkins and Janani Ramachandran, along with Brown, voted in favor of agendizing the contract vote, while Fife lodged the sole vote against.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe that we can use cameras for public safety tools, but this vendor has shown time and time again that they will just thwart the rule of law in cities and states all over the nation,” Fife said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In public comment during Thursday’s meeting, Councilmember Houston voiced support for the plan, and representatives from Councilmember Zac Unger and Wang’s office also supported moving the vote forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s slated for a vote at the full council on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>For Oaklander Lucé Lu, the news this week that the city would soon be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065601/oakland-begins-installing-speed-cameras-in-18-locations-with-tickets-coming-in-march\">installing automated speed cameras at 18 locations\u003c/a> couldn’t have come soon enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ Honestly, it’s long overdue,” Lu said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing next to a coffee shop on Broadway near downtown Oakland, Lu acknowledged that she had some concerns about the added surveillance the cameras would bring. Still, she said those worries were outweighed by her feeling that Oakland needs to address its speeding problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I see people that run through red [lights] constantly — all the time. It’s normalized, it’s like the culture here,” Lu said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A nearby stretch of Broadway between 26th and 27th streets is one of the sites the city has selected for its automated speed camera pilot. According to city data, 9.2% of drivers — over 1,000 per day — travel more than 10 mph over the speed limit on that block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another future location of a speed camera on Hegenberger Road sees more than 10,000 vehicles — 43% of all drivers — exceeding the speed limit by more than 10 mph daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065777\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065777\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-10-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-10-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-10-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-10-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vehicles drive through the intersection of Broadway and 26th Street in Oakland on Dec. 2, 2025, where a speed-camera pilot program will install a camera on Broadway between 26th and 27th streets. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland is now on track to become the second California city, after San Francisco, to install automated speed cameras, realizing a hard-fought goal of many transportation and street safety advocates. The devices have a demonstrated track record of helping to reduce speeding in locations where they are placed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even as the city prepares to roll out the new program, local transit leaders acknowledge that the cameras are just a part of the work Oakland needs to do to make streets safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I don’t want to sit here and tell you I think this is going to solve everything,” said Josh Rowan, director of the Oakland Department of Transportation.[aside postID=news_12065601 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250805_SPEED-CAMERAS-FOLO_-0007_GH-KQED.jpg']Rowan said that while the city is excited about the cameras, there are other factors besides speeding that contribute to dangerous driving in Oakland, like the design of some of the city’s streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ They’re very long, they’re very straight, they don’t have many stop-controlled intersections and they just run like raceways. They’re very fast,” Rowan said, referring specifically to streets like East 12th, East 14th and East 21st.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About half of all of Oakland’s collisions are in intersections, when vehicles make left turns, Rowan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still can’t get away from things like the simple speed bump, or should we be rebuilding intersections as roundabouts?” Rowan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing at the intersection of 26th and Broadway, Justin Hu-Nguyen, co-executive director of mobility justice at Bike East Bay, has seen issues with the street that the incoming speed camera there can’t fix — like how wide the street is, which can \u003ca href=\"https://ssti.us/2016/10/31/more-evidence-that-wider-roads-encourage-speeding/\">encourage\u003c/a> drivers to speed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even here on Broadway, [the street] is six lanes across. A camera doesn’t make this intersection safe,” Hu-Nguyen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065778\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-16-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-16-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-16-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-16-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Hu-Nguyen stands near 26th Street and Broadway in Oakland on Dec. 2, 2025, a short distance from where a speed-camera pilot program will install a camera on Broadway between 26th and 27th streets. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hu-Nguyen said Bike East Bay has mixed feelings about the cameras. On one hand, they are excited about Oakland implementing technology that will help encourage drivers to slow down, but they’re also concerned the project will take away precious city resources that could be spent on immediate, localized solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ People want cars to slow down, and for us, the way to do it is to build infrastructure to make [streets slower], whether it’s a raised crosswalk, a speed table or speed humps,” Hu-Nguyen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, 23 people have been killed in collisions in Oakland — the lowest recorded number of fatalities since 2019. City residents voted to fund street safety improvements with Measure KK in 2016 and Measure U in 2022, but Rowan said those were more “paving-centric type capital programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking as we go forward, should we be shifting the focus away from paving? Should we be looking at a more robust capital program focused on safety, where we actually get in and address some of these intersection issues?” Rowan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065779\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-19-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-19-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-19-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-19-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pedestrians cross at the intersection of Franklin and 7th Streets in Oakland on Dec. 2, 2025, near where a speed-camera pilot program will install a camera on 7th Street between Broadway and Franklin. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of the 18 camera locations are situated on the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/Public-Safety-Streets/Traffic-Safety/2024-High-Injury-Network-HIN\">High Injury Network\u003c/a>, the minority of streets where the majority of severe and fatal crashes happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city expects installation of the cameras to be completed by mid-January. According to state law, the cameras must issue warnings for the first two months before they give out tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fines start at $50 for drivers traveling 11 mph or more over the posted speed limit, and top out at $500 for drivers driving more than 100 mph over the speed limit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speed cameras began issuing fines to drivers in San Francisco in August, and in October, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058605/sf-speed-cameras-are-issuing-tons-of-tickets-and-slowing-drivers-sfmta-says\">the city reported\u003c/a> that two-thirds of vehicles that received a first violation did not receive a second.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065776\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-05-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-05-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-05-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-05-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traffic management cameras are installed at the intersection of Broadway and 26th Street in Oakland on Dec. 2, 2025, where a speed-camera pilot program will install a camera on Broadway between 26th and 27th streets. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles, San José, Glendale and Long Beach are also planning to add the cameras in the coming years, as part of a statewide pilot program authorized by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rowan stressed that the speed cameras are a 5-year pilot program and that the city will be monitoring the effectiveness of camera placement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ Through this pilot, we have to demonstrate that the camera is reducing speed, and if it doesn’t, then we have to find another location,” Rowan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Rowan said that while the city is excited about the cameras, there are other factors besides speeding that contribute to dangerous driving in Oakland, like the design of some of the city’s streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ They’re very long, they’re very straight, they don’t have many stop-controlled intersections and they just run like raceways. They’re very fast,” Rowan said, referring specifically to streets like East 12th, East 14th and East 21st.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About half of all of Oakland’s collisions are in intersections, when vehicles make left turns, Rowan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still can’t get away from things like the simple speed bump, or should we be rebuilding intersections as roundabouts?” Rowan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing at the intersection of 26th and Broadway, Justin Hu-Nguyen, co-executive director of mobility justice at Bike East Bay, has seen issues with the street that the incoming speed camera there can’t fix — like how wide the street is, which can \u003ca href=\"https://ssti.us/2016/10/31/more-evidence-that-wider-roads-encourage-speeding/\">encourage\u003c/a> drivers to speed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even here on Broadway, [the street] is six lanes across. A camera doesn’t make this intersection safe,” Hu-Nguyen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065778\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-16-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-16-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-16-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-16-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Hu-Nguyen stands near 26th Street and Broadway in Oakland on Dec. 2, 2025, a short distance from where a speed-camera pilot program will install a camera on Broadway between 26th and 27th streets. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hu-Nguyen said Bike East Bay has mixed feelings about the cameras. On one hand, they are excited about Oakland implementing technology that will help encourage drivers to slow down, but they’re also concerned the project will take away precious city resources that could be spent on immediate, localized solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ People want cars to slow down, and for us, the way to do it is to build infrastructure to make [streets slower], whether it’s a raised crosswalk, a speed table or speed humps,” Hu-Nguyen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, 23 people have been killed in collisions in Oakland — the lowest recorded number of fatalities since 2019. City residents voted to fund street safety improvements with Measure KK in 2016 and Measure U in 2022, but Rowan said those were more “paving-centric type capital programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking as we go forward, should we be shifting the focus away from paving? Should we be looking at a more robust capital program focused on safety, where we actually get in and address some of these intersection issues?” Rowan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065779\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-19-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-19-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-19-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-19-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pedestrians cross at the intersection of Franklin and 7th Streets in Oakland on Dec. 2, 2025, near where a speed-camera pilot program will install a camera on 7th Street between Broadway and Franklin. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of the 18 camera locations are situated on the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/Public-Safety-Streets/Traffic-Safety/2024-High-Injury-Network-HIN\">High Injury Network\u003c/a>, the minority of streets where the majority of severe and fatal crashes happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city expects installation of the cameras to be completed by mid-January. 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The data also showed stark racial disparities — Black Oaklanders are four times more likely than their white neighbors to be killed or injured while walking on city streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Too many Oaklanders are being hurt or killed because of dangerous speeding,” Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said in a press release. “This program is a smart, life-saving step forward and brings us closer to streets where everyone can travel safely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The installation of the cameras comes more than two years after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB645\">AB 645\u003c/a>, which authorized six California cities, including San José, Oakland and San Francisco, to pilot automated speed camera systems for a five-year period. Oakland is now the second city to make good on the law, after speed cameras \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050882/sfs-speed-cameras-a-good-first-step-but-bittersweet-for-families-of-speeding-victims\">went online in 33 locations in San Francisco in August\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OakDOT: Proposed Speed Safety Camera Locations\" aria-label=\"Map\" id=\"“san-jose”\" src=\"https://oakgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=b683cfc6bb1040498714103744ba91f0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s cameras will be installed along the city’s High Injury Network — the 8% of city streets that account for 60% of severe and fatal collisions. Oakland has recorded 23 traffic deaths in the city so far this year, a majority of which occurred on high-injury corridors. Traffic deaths have trended downward since 2022, when traffic collisions killed 36 people on city streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also said speeding is one of the most common causes of severe and fatal crashes in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Saving lives is our top priority, and managing vehicle speed is one of the most effective strategies we have to prevent these tragic fatalities,” said Josh Rowan, Director of the Oakland Department of Transportation.[aside postID=news_12064587 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9.png']A \u003ca href=\"https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-studies/Documents/SS1701.pdf\">2017 study\u003c/a> from the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that automated speed enforcement is “an effective countermeasure to reduce speeding-related crashes, fatalities, and injuries.” However, the study acknowledges some limitations: automated speed enforcement does not stop a driver from speeding at the time of the offense, and leaves a driver free to continue speeding, as opposed to a traditional traffic stop by a police officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058605/sf-speed-cameras-are-issuing-tons-of-tickets-and-slowing-drivers-sfmta-says\">reported promising results\u003c/a> since automated speed cameras went online there in August. In the first four months of the cameras issuing fines or warnings, the city reported a major decrease in speeding at speed camera locations. A San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency study tracking speeds along 15 of the corridors where the cameras have been installed found an average of 72% reduction in speeding. SFMTA recorded 260,142 warnings and citations sent to drivers over the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As in San Francisco, drivers caught speeding by a camera in Oakland can expect to pay:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A $50 fee for going 11–15 mph over the posted speed limit;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$100 for going 16–25 mph over;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$200 for going 26 mph or more over the speed limit.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Additionally, any driver traveling more than 100 mph on city streets can expect a $500 ticket from the cameras.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Oakland also plans to offer a 50%–80% fine reduction for drivers who are unable to pay their tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The remaining four cities authorized to implement speed cameras by AB 645 have trailed behind Oakland and San Francisco. 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