Ways to Locally Regulate Smart Street Lights

Where: San Diego

What are smart street lights? street lights with high-tech sensors equipped with cameras, microphones, and other technology

What ordinances is San Diego proposing to regulate smart street lights?

• Regulate the use of smart light data
  • Data collected includes raw data and images related to pedestrian and vehicle movements, parking availability, temperature, and humidity
• Create a “privacy advisory commission” of technical experts and community members to review surveillance proposals + provide advice and assistance

What are the policy goals of the regulations?

• protect the safety of our communities
• protect the civil liberties of our communities

The San Diego Union-Tribune via Governing | New San Diego Ordinances Would Regulate Smart Streetlights