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> The law only prohibits the sharing of data if it's being used for immigration law enforcement.

Citation? The law does not appear to be this narrow.

Per the article: "Under a decade-old state law, California police are prohibited from sharing data from automated license plate readers with out-of-state and federal agencies. Attorney General Rob Bonta affirmed that fact in a 2023 notice to police."






SB 34 (2015) prohibits sharing the data with out of state agencies, period.

https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/2023-dle-06.pdf

"Accordingly, SB 34 does not permit California LEAs to share ALPR information with private entities or out-of-state or federal agencies, including out-of-state and federal law enforcement agencies."


The article refers to Senate Bill 34, but you’ve posted a link to a Wikipedia article for Senate bill 54. How could the article’s content and assertions be made clearer? Should it have spelled out the numerals?

SB34 != SB54.



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