Yorba Linda, CA Flock Contract

Who approved this?

Approved by Yorba Linda City Council on December 20, 2022.

The Yorba Linda City Council approved an agreement with Flock Group, Inc. on December 20, 2022 and authorized the City Manager to execute it. The city meeting recap puts the amount at 114,600 dollars for 36 automated license plate reader cameras placed across the city. Yorba Linda contracts its policing to the Orange County Sheriff's Department, which sought the system. The recap states on its face that it is not an official record of Council action and it carries no roll call, so no vote tally is recorded here. The Yorba Linda High School Wrangler reported on June 5, 2023 that the 36 cameras capture rear vehicle images only, run no facial recognition and record no video, and that encrypted data goes to cloud storage held for one year and reachable only by law enforcement. Assistant City Manager Dave Christian described the search software as carrying an unlimited user license. The December 20, 2022 staff report and the signed Flock agreement are posted only on the city eScribe portal, which refuses automated retrieval, so contract term length and end date stay unconfirmed.