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Susana Barrios
From:Angeles Ochoa Carmona <aochoa@occord.org>
Sent:Tuesday, April 21, 2026 4:05 PM
To:Public Comment
Cc:Ivon Peña; Gustavo Castillo
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Opposition Letter for Item 7 – Motorola Automated License Plate Reader
Attachments:Opposition Letter for Item 7 – Motorola Automated License Plate Reader.pdf
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Hello,
Please see my attached public comment on Item 7 for today's council meeting. Thank you.
Best,
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Angeles Ochoa Carmona
Digital Organizer
aochoa@occord.org
www.occord.org
1505 E 17th St, Suite 122, Santa Ana, CA 92705
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Re: Item 7 - Opposition to Motorola Automated License Plate Reader
Dear Mayor Aitken and Members of the Anaheim City Council,
My name is Angeles Ochoa and I am the Digital Organizer with Orange County Communities Organized
for Responsible Development (OCCORD). I am writing to express my opposition to Item #7, which
proposes expanding the City’s Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) program through the purchase of
72 additional cameras.
I want to acknowledge that public safety is important to all of us. However, expanding surveillance is not
the solution. This proposal would significantly increase the monitoring of residents across Anaheim
without adequately addressing the serious risks it brings to privacy, civil liberties, and community trust.
ALPR systems are not just cameras—they are data collection tools. They track where people go, store that
information and often share it across agencies and jurisdictions. Even when there are policies in place,
there are well-documented concerns about how this data can be accessed indirectly by federal agencies,
including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), through third-party vendors and
data-sharing systems.
This is especially concerning given the real experiences of immigrant families in Anaheim. Over the past
year, our community has witnessed increased immigration enforcement actions that have caused fear and
harm. Expanding surveillance infrastructure in this context does not make people feel safer, instead it
makes them feel watched and vulnerable.
The City has taken steps to support immigrant communities through efforts like the Anaheim Contigo
program and the Anaheim Legal Defense Fund. However, expanding ALPR technology undermines those
efforts by creating conditions that can put the same communities at greater risk and erode trust in local
government.
Public safety should be rooted in trust, transparency and community investment, not expanded
surveillance. There are alternative, community-based approaches that prioritize safety while respecting
the dignity and rights of all residents.
For these reasons, I urge the City Council to reject Item #7 and instead invest in solutions that truly
strengthen and protect our community.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Best,
Angeles Ochoa
Digital Organizer