https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/06/26/oakland-closer-to-banning-facial-recognition-technology/

OAKLAND — An ordinance barring the city from using facial recognition technology — widely criticized for its impact on civil rights — will be up for a vote by the City Council on July 16.

The ordinance is likely to pass since the council’s Public Safety Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to put it on the consent calendar for July 16 along with other items considered so routine they’re typically approved on one motion. If it does pass, Oakland will be either the second or third city in the nation to ban its departments from using the technology; San Francisco was the first U.S. city to prohibit the facial recognition technology in May, and the Berkeley City Council is scheduled to vote on a facial recognition ban July 9.