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          [Special Commission Meeting on February 20, 2026.]
          [00:00:03]
THERE WAS A SPECIAL MEETING AT CITY COMMISSION FEBRUARY 20TH, 2026. 
          THE TIME IS AT FOUR OH FOUR. 
          CALL THE BEING TO ORDER. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER  IS NOT HERE YET. 
          UM, BUT ON THAT, UH, HONOR NUMBER TWO, IT IS A PLEDGE TO ALLEGIANCE, TO FLAG AND, AND PLEASE REMAIN SAME FOR THE INVITATION TO THE FLAG. 
          UNITED STATES LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR TO THE S ONE STATE AND THEN ONE INDIVIDUAL, OUR FATHER, HEAVEN BOWER HEADS GRATITUDE TO THE FOR FREEDOMS AND ABILITY TO DETERMINE OUR OWN DESTINY AND WHERE WE GO. 
          WE, WE PRAY THAT AS WE STRIVE TO GO FORWARD, NOW THAT WE MIGHT FIND UNITY AND, AND WORK TOGETHER FOR, THAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO GO AND REALIZE THAT OUR BLESSINGS WILL COME AS A RESULT. 
          HELP US TO UNDERSTAND AND TO LISTEN TO BE CLEAR AND ALL THAT WE ARE SEEING AND DOING. 
          WE RELY ON THE, WE DEPEND ON NAME. 
          WE NEED THE ALWAYS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PUBLIC, PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MA NOAH RODRIGUEZ. 
          I CAN START WITH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR MY TIME. 
          MY NAME IS RODRIGUEZ ON 6 6 0 RATCLIFF STREET IN SAN BENITO, TEXAS. 
          I JUST WANNA START OFF WITH A QUOTE FROM A DENVER COLORADO SERGEANT THAT WAS USING THE FLOCK CAMERAS. 
          THE SAME SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED ON SAN HOUSTON BOULEVARD ON R STREET IN SAN BENITO. 
          HE GOES TO THE RESIDENT WHO WAS ACCUSED OF FLAT CAMERAS FLAGGED BY THE AI AND SAYS, YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE, YOU CAN'T GET A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN THAT TOWN WITHOUT US KNOWING. 
          THESE ARE SOME VERY ALARMING WORDS THAT ARE USED IN THIS CASE BY THE SERGEANT OF POLICE IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION AGAINST THE INNOCENT WOMAN WHO HAD TO PROVIDE RECORDS OF LOCATION AS FAR AS HER GOOGLE RECORDS, HER ARTICLES OF CLOTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CLOTHING WAS, WAS OF THE SAME ON THE DAY OF THE CRIME THAT SHE WAS BEING ACCUSED OF. 
          AND IN THE END, SHE FORWARDED ALL THIS INFORMATION TO THE POLICE CHIEF, THE ONE ABOVE THE SERGEANT IN DENVER, COLORADO. 
          AND SHE WAS AVOIDED OF ALL CHARGES. 
          I'M BRINGING THIS UP TODAY BECAUSE OF OUR RECENT IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN USED ON SAN HOUSTON BOULEVARD. 
          AND I AM EXPRESSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH, UNFORTUNATELY HAVING A NATIONAL DATABASE OF FLOCK CAMERAS BEING USED. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF PRIVACY VIOLATIONS THAT I FEEL IS DEFINITELY NOT WARRANTED FOR THE CITY. 
          I DO NOT AGREE AS A CITIZEN OF SAN BENITO, THAT ALL OF US AS CITIZENS SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WORRIED ABOUT HAVING OUR INFORMATION STORED INTO A NATIONAL DATABASE, WHICH IT'S GONNA GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. 
          IT'S GONNA NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS TO WHAT IT COLLECTS. 
          BUT THESE FLAT CAMERAS THAT THE POLICE CHIEF, UH,  HAS IMPLEMENTED IS VERY, VERY EGREGIOUS. 
          IT'S VERY AGGRESSIVE AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT IT COLLECTS. 
          IT COLLECTS ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT PHOTOS EVERY TIME THAT YOU PASS BY ONE OF THOSE CAMERAS. 
          VIDEO EVIDENCE IS COLLECTED AS WELL AS LONG ALONG WITH MICROPHONE ACCESS, UP TO 50 TO A HUNDRED FEET IN BETWEEN EACH OF THOSE CAMERAS. 
          MEANING THAT IT DOES HAVE THE ACCESSIBILITY TO SPY, UH, AS FAR AS VOICES. 
          AND, UH, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF PRIVACY VIOLATIONS THAT FEEL LIKE COME ALONG WITH THESE CAMERAS, UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE FOURTH AMENDMENT. 
          AND I JUST DO NOT THINK THAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, UNFORTUNATELY, TO BE HAVING THESE FLAT CAMERAS INSTALLED. 
          UH, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WAS A DECISION OF THE CITY OR IF IT WAS ONLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE POLICE CHIEF, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS A LOT OF PRIVACY VIOLATIONS THAT I SEE THAT COULD BE WARRANTED. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE AI FLAGGING PEOPLE FALSELY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          THERE'S RECENTLY A WOMAN IN, UH, DENVER AS WELL, WHERE SHE WAS PULLED OUT OF HER CAR. 
          UH, THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          COULD I HAVE AN EXTENSION OF TIME BY CHANCE? MINUTES OVER YOU MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, 
          [00:05:01]
RUTH. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR. 
          SIR. 
          THE, THE, UH, FURTHER SIR COMMISSIONERS, WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND THAT IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVE ORDER NUMBER 2 0 2 6 0 0 2, CALLING THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO SPECIAL ELECTION. 
          BE HELD MAY 2ND, 2026 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING. 
          COMMISSIONER PLACE THREE. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NO. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS? MOTION TO APPROVE? WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR BOMAN. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          MORALES. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          ANY NAYS? MOTION PASSES. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? NONE THE TIME IS, UH, 1210. 
          WE ADJOURN.
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