California

Aug 2026 · CONTRACT CANCELED

Stanford University, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Stanford University, CA terminated its Flock Safety contract. Cited reasons: Third-party / network access risk; Campus privacy backlash; Vendor swap.

Aug 2026 · PAUSED

Grass Valley, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Grass Valley, CA suspended its Flock Safety cameras. Cited reasons: Fourth Amendment concerns; Privacy / mass-surveillance risk; Data sharing / access review.

Aug 2026 · CAMERAS REMOVED

Brentwood (Shadow Lakes HOA), CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Brentwood (Shadow Lakes HOA), CA removed its Flock Safety cameras covering 4 cameras. Cited reasons: Public backlash; Mistaken HOA permit on public right-of-way; Council-directed permit cancel / removal.

Aug 2026 · CONTRACT CANCELED

Santa Barbara, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Santa Barbara’s Flock contract expired August 23, 2026 after staff opted not to renew. The city had 12 cameras. On August 25 council delayed a Verkada replacement and ordered an ALPR policy review. Coverage said the city currently has no ALPRs operating. County sheriff Flock cameras are a separate contract.

Jul 2026 · PROPOSAL REJECTED

Oceano, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Oceano Community Services District rejected a Flock camera proposal amid surveillance concerns.

Jul 2026 · CONTRACT CANCELED

Los Angeles Police Department, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Los Angeles Police Department, CA let its Flock Safety contract expire covering 138 cameras. Cited reasons: Privacy / civil liberties; Data ownership uncertainty; Federal access concerns.

Jul 2026 · PROPOSAL REJECTED

Oceano Community Services District, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Oceano Community Services District, CA canceled its Flock Safety contract before installation covering 1 cameras. Cited reasons: Public backlash / privacy; Data ownership concerns; Location near community safe space.

May 2026 · PROPOSAL REJECTED

El Cerrito, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: The El Cerrito city council voted not to renew its contract with Flock; the cameras will be turned off on June 7. "company not negotiating in good faith." "my biggest concern is the federal government could access the data"

Mar 2026 · CAMERAS REMOVED

South Pasadena, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: South Pasadena will remove its Flock Safety cameras over privacy concerns.

Feb 2026 · CAMERAS DEACTIVATED

Mountain View, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: The Mountain View Police Chief decided to disable their Flock cameras after noticing their cameras had been accessed by out-of-state and federal agencies, a violation of California law.

Feb 2026 · CAMERAS DEACTIVATED

Oxnard, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Oxnard police suspended operation of its 19 Flock fixed-position cameras after a vendor error allowed out-of-state agencies to query its data just over 364,000 times despite the office disabling National Lookup in June 2023.

Feb 2026 · CAMERAS DEACTIVATED

Santa Clara County, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Santa Clara County has decided to stop using Flock Safety cameras in several cities due to privacy concerns.

Feb 2026 · CONTRACT CANCELED

Foothill-De Anza Community College District, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Foothill-De Anza Community College District, CA terminated its Flock Safety contract. Cited reasons: Discontinued program; Data sharing disabled; Privacy climate.

Jan 2026 · CONTRACT CANCELED

Santa Cruz, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: The Santa Cruz City Council voted 6-1 to terminate their contract with Flock Safety after evidence that the city's data was accessed by out-of-state agencies (ICE) roughly 4,000x.

Jan 2026 · CONTRACT CANCELED

Los Altos Hills, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: The Los Altos Hills City Council voted to terminate their contract with Flock Safety (2:45:02) following resident concerns and a lack of evidence that the Flock system was effective at reducing crime.

Jan 1970 · CONTRACT CANCELED

Campbell / Los Altos Hills (Bay Area cluster), CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Campbell / Los Altos Hills (Bay Area cluster), CA terminated its Flock Safety contract. Cited reasons: Bay Area cancel wave; Public / sanctuary climate.

Dec 2025 · CAMERAS DEACTIVATED

Richmond, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Richmond's police chief shut down the city's Flock system after discoving their data was unintentionally being shared nationwide.

Feb 2025 · PROPOSAL REJECTED

Eureka, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: City council voted unanimously to reject a contract with Flock Safety after hearing community concerns about privacy, civil liberties, and data sharing with federal agencies.

Aug 2023 · CONTRACT CANCELED

Coachella, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Coachella rejects license plate readers over privacy issues, concerns with Chad Bianco

Dec 2020 · PAUSED

Chula Vista, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Chula Vista reversed course and paused sharing license-plate reader data with ICE and Border Patrol.

Oct 2020 · PROPOSAL REJECTED

Solvang, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Solvang City Council rejected a proposal to purchase license plate readers and surveillance cameras.

Dec 2018 · CONTRACT CANCELED

Sacramento, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Sacramento County Welfare Division terminated its automated license plate reader program.

Nov 2017 · CAMERAS REMOVED

Oakland, CA. Reported by DeFlock The USA Cancellation Tracker: Alameda Health System removed a license plate reader camera from Highland Hospital in Oakland.