CA · State record
Everything currently documented in our database for California — the communities, the agencies, the vendors and the source links behind each record.
Database last updated 2026-08-07
323
Documented ALPR deployments
195
Verified Flock Safety
128
ALPR — vendor unconfirmed
284
Communities with a record
Markers sit at the municipality or agency, never at a guessed camera pole.
These California municipalities contain mapped ALPR camera locations from DeFlock/OpenStreetMap inside their boundary, but we hold no official or EFF deployment record for them. Mapped cameras found — municipal deployment not independently verified.
Grass Valley's police chief announced the department would indefinitely suspend fixed ALPR use and exercise its option to cancel the Flock contract; most of the cameras came down the next morning. This is the stage past a council debate — hardware physically off the poles.
The UnionAug 13, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
A federal judge in the Northern District of California denied a motion to dismiss in McGinty v. Reimagined Parking, holding the plaintiff plausibly alleged harm to his 'right to know' about ALPR use in two parking garages. The analysis, written by defense-side lawyers, argues it is the first federal decision to follow California state-court reasoning that inadequate ALPR disclosure alone can survive dismissal. It involves parking-operator ALPR rather than Flock, but the disclosure theory travels.
Global Privacy Watch (Seyfarth Shaw)Aug 13, 2026News reportingOther ALPR
After the department acknowledged that federal immigration agencies had access to its ALPR data — which California law restricts — NSPR looks at what happens to Chico's cameras next. The city has an internal investigation underway; the police chief has said the sharing should not have happened.
North State Public RadioAug 12, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
A judge tentatively sided with San Jose, accepting the city's argument that its roughly 500 interconnected plate readers should be treated like ordinary surveillance cameras. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which sued in late 2025, argues such networks amount to digital location tracking that demands a higher legal standard. A final ruling could shape how large ALPR networks are governed in California.
KTVU FOX 2Aug 6, 2026News reportingOther ALPR
El Cerrito started physically removing its license plate reader cameras, according to Local News Matters.
Local News MattersJul 30, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
An SFPD audit found department Flock searches run on behalf of federal and out-of-state agencies, KTVU reported.
KTVU FOX 2Jun 18, 2026News reportingFlock Safety
Every figure above counts records in our database, not cameras. A community that isn't listed simply has no verified record currently in our database — that is never evidence that cameras are absent. Agencies also add and cancel contracts faster than public datasets update.
Camera counts, prices, retention and sharing policies appear only where we found a primary source. Browse those in the Flock Files, or send us a record we're missing.
Data attribution
Portions of the surveillance deployment data on this site come from the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas of Surveillance. atlasofsurveillance.org ↗ Are You Flocked? is independent and is not affiliated with the EFF or Flock Safety. Database last updated 2026-08-07.