Get The Flock Out

Read our Action Toolkit!  Learn more about the issue, then copy/paste and customize our sample letter as desired to email your elected offiicals. Email addresses and phone numbers are in the Toolkit!

For Capitola, we link to a new, shorter letter for you to copy/paste (plus phone numbers to call!).

campaigns

There are 5 local government jurisdictions in our County, plus State and privately owned ALPRs:

• City of Watsonville - There are currently a total of 37 (!) Flock surveillance cameras in Watsonville.

• City of Capitola - has 10 Flock cameras. 

• City of Santa Cruz - all Flock cameras were removed as of March 13, 2026.  

• City of Scotts Valley - no Flock cameras. 

• County of Santa Cruz - no Flock cameras. We will continue to work with the Board of Supervisors and the Sheriff to ensure that none are installed. 

• Highways 1 and 17: CHP leases ALPR (Automated License Plate Readers) surveilance cameras from various vendors. 

• ALPRs installed at private businesses (both Home Depots) and some Homeowners Associations (HOAs)

• UCSC: Genentech ALPR cameras

• Details on the Camera Locations tab.

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EDUCATE YOURSELF

Read news articles, letters to editor, online blogs and more info about Flock in Santa Cruz County. 

We also have a list of News Articles, Research Papers and Resources for Elected Officials, Residents and Reporters on Surveillance and Flock “Safety” Cameras (and other ALPRs)

See our list of known Flock camera locations in Santa Cruz County