Oversight Following City Council Approval of New Surveillance Technology and Existing Surveillance Technology
San Diego Municipal Code § 210.0108
in effect§210.0108 Oversight Following City Council Approval of New Surveillance Technology and Existing Surveillance Technology
(a) City staff shall submit to the Board and to the City Council by February 1 of each year an Annual Surveillance Report that discusses the new surveillance technology and existing surveillance technology approved on or after January 1 of the prior year and that provides additional, necessary updates to the surveillance technology approved in prior years. This annual reporting requirement continues as long as the surveillance technology is used.
(b) In its review of the Annual Surveillance Report, the Board shall provide its advisory recommendation to the City Council regarding whether
(1) the benefits to the community of each item of approved surveillance technology outweigh the costs;
(2) civil rights and civil liberties are being safeguarded; and
(3) use of the surveillance technology, in accordance with the approved Surveillance Use Policy, should continue, cease, or be modified to address identified concerns.
(c) If the Board does not make a recommendation on each item of approved surveillance technology within 90 calendar days of City staff’s submission of the Annual Surveillance Report to the Board, City staff may proceed to the City Council for determination of whether the approved Surveillance Use Policies should remain in effect, be modified, or be rescinded.
(d) City staff may provide an annual report to the City Council in closed session as permitted by state law on cybersecurity threats involving surveillance technology and how the City is managing risk to include the following:
(1) a list and description of any major surveillance technology updates that resulted in the expansion or contraction of system access, data retention, or data access, as well as a description of the reason for the change;
(2) information about any data breaches or unauthorized access to the data collected by the surveillance technology, including information about the scope of the breach and the actions taken in response; and
(3) a description of the standards and industry best practices that the City uses to detect incidents of data breaches or unauthorized access to surveillance technology.
(“Oversight Following City Council Approval” added 8-10-2022 by O-21514 N.S; effective 9-9-2022.)
(Renumbered from former Section 210.0105 to Section 210.0108, retitled from “Oversight Following City Council Approval” to “Oversight Following City Council Approval of New Surveillance Technology and Existing Surveillance Technology” and amended 2-14-2024 by O-21762 N.S.; effective 3-15-2024. Former Section 210.0108 “Whistleblower Protections” amended and renumbered to Section 210.0111.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter02/Ch02Art10Division01.pdf#page=17Fetched: 10/28/2026