Privacy & Surveillance in California (2026)

Berkeley does not license private home security cameras, but it puts city-owned cameras and other surveillance…

Irvine's code has no citywide residential camera or Ring-registry rule, but it does mandate a full HD camera…

California is a two-party consent state for audio recording under Penal Code Section 632. Video-only surveillance…

Security cameras on private residential property are legal in unincorporated LA County. California is a two-party…

Rancho Cucamonga requires every convenience food store to install a security camera approved by the city manager or…

Homeowners in Riverside may install security cameras on their own property without a permit but cannot aim them into a…

Security cameras are legal on private property in unincorporated Riverside County, but California is a two-party…

San Bernardino's private surveillance equipment ordinance lets residents run home security cameras but bars pointing…

SFPD may enter agreements with homeowners and businesses to receive footage from private security cameras, but citywide…

Anaheim allows residential security cameras on private property, but installation must respect neighbor privacy under…

San Jose has no specific ordinance regulating residential security cameras. California law permits video recording on…

Sonora does not have a specific ordinance regulating residential security cameras. California is a two-party consent…

Tuolumne County does not regulate residential security cameras. California's two-party consent law (Penal Code §632)…

California is a two-party (all-party) consent state. Recording any confidential communication without all parties'…

California is a two-party (all-party) consent state under Penal Code 632. In Anaheim, it is a crime to record any…

California is a two-party (all-party) consent state under Penal Code Section 632. All parties to a confidential…

California is a two-party (all-party) consent state for recording confidential communications. Under Penal Code §632…

California Penal Code Section 632 makes Moreno Valley a two-party consent state for recording confidential…

California is a strict two-party (all-party) consent state under Penal Code §632. Recording any confidential…

California is an all-party consent state for audio recording. All parties to a confidential conversation must consent…

California is a two-party (all-party) consent state. Recording private conversations without the consent of ALL parties…

California is a two-party (all-party) consent state under Penal Code §632. Recording confidential conversations without…

California is a two-party (all-party) consent state. Recording private conversations without all parties' consent is a…

California is a two-party (all-party) consent state. Recording private conversations without consent of all parties is…

California is an all-party consent state. All parties to a confidential conversation must consent to audio recording…

California is a two-party consent state under Penal Code section 632. All parties must consent to have their…

California is a two-party consent state under Penal Code §632. Recording confidential conversations without all…

Oakland Municipal Code § 9.08.270 states that photographing, audio recording or videotaping a police or peace officer…

Section 20-48.070(B)(2) requires every Santa Rosa Short-Term Rental host to disclose any video surveillance or audio…

Berkeley bars its own City Manager and anyone acting on the City's behalf, including police, from obtaining, retaining…

Oakland outright bans its own government, including police, from acquiring, retaining, requesting or using facial…

San Francisco bars every City Department, including the Police Department, from obtaining, retaining, accessing, or…

Davis has not banned facial recognition software outright, but the Surveillance Technology Ordinance lists it as a…

San Diego does not ban facial recognition technology outright. The TRUST Ordinance requires SDPD and every city…

Berkeley cannot deploy automatic license plate readers without the City Council approving a public Surveillance Use…

Davis requires city council approval at a public hearing before any city department, including police, can acquire or…

Oakland treats automated license plate readers as regulated "surveillance technology," so police cannot buy, deploy or…

Sacramento City Code Chapter 12.73 (Ord. 2026-0012) bars city property and city-controlled data, expressly including…

Automatic license plate readers count as surveillance technology under San Diego's TRUST Ordinance, so SDPD needs City…

San Francisco law names automatic license plate readers as regulated Surveillance Technology, so SFPD cannot acquire…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County requires Board of Supervisors approval before any county department acquires or uses…

West Covina requires any gasoline service station that sells beer and wine to install a Flock Safety license plate…

Salinas limits Automated License Plate Reader data to official law-enforcement use under Municipal Code Sec. 27-04.01…

Vallejo's seven-member Surveillance Advisory Board, created under Municipal Code Chapter 2.27, reviews any city…