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Susana Barrios
From:Ivon Peña <ipena@occord.org>
Sent:Tuesday, April 21, 2026 2:30 PM
To:Public Comment
Cc:Angeles Ochoa Carmona; Gustavo Castillo
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Opposition Letter for Item 7 – Motorola Automated License Plate Reader
Attachments:4.21.26 OCCORD Item 7 - Letter of Opposition.pdf
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Dear Anaheim City Council,
Please see attached OCCORD’s letter of opposition regarding Item 7, the Motorola Automated License
Plate Reader item.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
In Solidarity,
Ivon
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Ivon Peña
ipena@occord.org
https://www.occord.org/
1505 E 17th St. Suite 122, Santa Ana, CA 92705
Executive Director
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April 21, 2026
Mayor Ashleigh Aitken and Members of City Council
City of Anaheim
200 S. Anaheim Blvd.
Anaheim, CA 92805
Re: Item 7 - Opposition to Motorola Automated License Plate Reader
Dear Mayor Aitkens and Members of the Anaheim City Council,
On behalf of Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development (OCCORD), we write to
express our strong opposition to Item #07, which proposes expanding the City of Anaheim’s (City) Automated
License Plate Reader (ALPR) program through the purchase of 72 additional cameras from Motorola Solutions.
This proposal represents a significant expansion of surveillance across the City and County of Orange. ALPR
systems raise serious concerns over the violation of privacy, civil liberties, and the safety of immigrant communities.
ALPR technology has historically enabled data sharing across jurisdictions, creating pathways for access by federal
agencies such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Even when cities do not intend to share
information directly with ICE, the use of third-party vendors and regional data-sharing platforms introduces real and
well-documented risks of indirect access and has led to unintended access by outside agencies in municipalities
across the State of California and Country.1
Anaheim has experienced large-scale immigration enforcement actions over the past year, where we have seen ICE
abduct members of our community. We appreciate the City’s efforts to support residents through initiatives such as
the Anaheim Legal Defense Fund and Anaheim Contigo. However, expanding surveillance infrastructure like this
undermines and contradicts the spirit of those efforts as ALPR technology puts the City’s immigrant families at
greater risk.
Investing in surveillance technology not only sends the wrong message to residents, particularly immigrant
communities, who are already vulnerable but it is at odds with the City’s values. At a time when immigrant
communities are facing heightened fear due to increased enforcement activity, this item risks deepening
harm,eroding trust between residents and local government, and being used as a tool by outside agencies like ICE.
We urge the City Council to reject Item #07 and instead prioritize community-based approaches to public safety
that respect the rights, dignity, and safety of all residents.
Best,
Ivon Pena,
Executive Director
1 Khari Johnson and Mohamed Al Elew, “California Police Are Illegally Sharing License Plate Reader Data with ICE and
Border Patrol,” CalMatters, June 13, 2025,
https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/06/california-police-sharing-license-plate-reader-data/ (accessed April 21,
2026).