De-Flock San Diego

"Sometimes we have to create our own destiny. Sometimes we have to create an event where there is no event. Sometimes we have to get loud. Sometimes we have to bring our own music. Sometimes we have to bring rage. Sometimes we have to bring joy." - @francesyasmeen Running as a ✍🏾-in Candidate for the House of Representatives, 52nd District of Congress. ^ She has our full endorsement, because she will continue our fight against Flock, ALPR's, and the Surveillance state, in Congress! For years she's been leading with intelligence, kindness, reliability, and consistency. She's proven herself to be - one of the most effective Organizers in San Diego. And we're calling on our friends to Register-to-vote, and to remember to write-in #francesmotiwalla for the House of Representatives! #congress #deflocksandiego #deflocksd #citycouncil

@deflocksd is proud to endorse @francesyasmeen for The House of Representatives, 52nd Congressional District, as an Anti-Surveillance State candidate, ready to divest from Big Brother technology, and put that money back into the community, for art, parks, libraries, shelters, and essential services! We want to thank her enormously for joining our first musicians-led demonstration against Flock ALPR surveillance technology, the police state, the endless-war economy, and the unaccountable pol!ce bureaucracy stealing all funding from essential public service community programs. We are #DeFlockSD and we are united in demanding our Privacy Rights.

@deflocksd ' First musician-led demonstration 🪧 against the surveillance state imposed by Flock's ALPR spy technology. Con "Las Chinampas" leading the way, with CHIEFTAIN on the Mic. Thanks to everyone that came out to support. We'll see you next week when we meet to protest @mayortoddgloria revised budget proposal, which STILL doesn't restore ANY money for arts funding. & STILL allocates $2 Million for funding Flock, despite exit clauses in the contract which allow the City to cancel it - if the City's in a budget deficit. #ArtistsAgainstALPR #DeFlockSD #DeFlockSanDiego #flockout #flockoff

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"Never wanted to be famous, never wanted to explain this, up grew the rose through cracks in the pavement, never wanted to be famous, nightmares on pavement - Nipsy Hussle : ALWAYS STAY DANG3R0US!" - CHIEFTAIN (The Bard) con Las Chinampas (Jazz Band) @sandiegostreetops on 🎤 + @leraj2023 on Bass 🎸 + @scalding_coffee on Guitar 🎸 + Kellen on Drums 🥁 & @deflocksd Endorsed Congressional Candidate running for the 52nd District in the House of Representatives : @francesyasmeen con Las Chinampas ! ^ Enormous thanks to our performers, our future Congresswoman, and to everyone that came out to our *first* @deflocksd Music-led, Ant!-ALPR demonstration 🪧 before the Public Safety Committee at City Council. If you missed it, don't stress, it was a completely last minute dress rehearsal to test the parameters of what happens when we reclaim public space with ART. 🚫 surveillance. & We'll be back! Special thanks to our Comrades who stuck around until the end of the committee meeting. ❤️ #DeFlockSD #DeFlock #noAlpr #francesmotiwalla for #Congress

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@deflocksd Presents: LAS CHINAMPAS CON CHIEFTAIN Las Chinampas (Jazz Band) & CHIEFTAIN (The Bard) ^ Will be performing individually, and together, in a special collaborative set, combining the politically animated poetry from the local bard of the Barrio - Chieftain, with the Jazzy Trio of Las Chinampas! We'll take a quick music break - around 1:30 P.M. to hear from DeFlockSD Congressional Candidate for District-52 : @francesyasmeen ! 🪧❤️ We'll wrap things up, shortly before 2:00 P.M. - In time to join the Public Safety Committee meeting, (upstairs) in City Council Chambers (12 Floor) ^ We'll speak about Flock, SDPD's over-bloated budget, and the $41.75 Million SDPD has cost taxpayers due to negligence, brutality, and wrongful d3atth lawsuits - ^ At (approx.) 3:00 P.M. during the "Non-Agenda Public Comment" portion of the meeting. ...Sooo, even if you can't make it for the free show beforehand, or for the discussed Agenda Topics during the meeting, you still might be able to make it for the "Non-Agenda Public Comment," portion at the end of the meeting....This is the *most* important part! See you soon. Solidarity > Surveillance.

A T T E N T I O N ⚠️ A R T ! V I S T S : If Art has ever saved your life, and you think it's an integral part of public safety, we need YOU to stand up, and speak your peace, at the next Public Safety Committee meeting, at City Hall, Wednesday, May 13th, at 2:00 P.M. (Meet inside Civic Center at 1:00 P.M. for updates) Calling all musicians, artists, actors, filmmakers, dancers, and anyone effected by these budget cuts, to come stand up for your craft! We couldn't believe how many of you showed up throughout the week - last week - to demand an end to Flock ALPR Surveillance, and to oppose @mayortoddgloria 's proposed budget cuts for the Arts, Public Parks, Libraries, and Homeless Shelters! ❤️💐🪧🎵🎭🎨📽️ We were even more shocked to see how many people showed up to the Privacy Advisory Board, several days earlier, to oppose Flock, and persuade the P.A.B. that Flock should NOT be recommended, UNTIL it is in compliance with established rules and safety protocols. (We wish they had gone further, but this was still a small victory) Did you know civil lawsuits against SDPD for negligence, murrd3r and police brutality have resulted in settlements costing us taxpayers approximately $41.7 Million !? (Thank you @sdfamilies4justice for the infographics) - That's 1/3 of our Budget Deficit! + Why should an unaccountable, undisciplined pol!ce force, that has increasing pol!ce brutality rates every year in the Gaslamp District (since 2021) deserve our trust with a privacy destroying technology? Please join us in letting your voice be heard, once more, this Wednesday!

SDPD has NEVER saved my life, but ART continues to save my life, EVERY. DAY. "SCARED MONEY DON'T MAKE MONEY" - FNTL @toovelli_official & @itsnemy 🆕 🎶 📽️ DROPS TODAY! 5/4/26 - City Council Budget Department Meeting : Discussion centered around @mayortoddgloria 's budget cuts to the Arts, with simultaneous increased funding for SDPD. Our Privacy is an afterthought for these City Council members, who see their own safety as paramount, over the public's privacy. City Council needs to be reminded that "Scared Money don't make Money," cause they're acting like a bunch of scared little B*tches, who can't protect themselves without SDPD's help, and they're TOO SCARED to cut SDPD's over-bloated budget. & @marni_von_wilpert + @cmraulcampillo don't believe in cutting it, AT ALL. In fact, today, (5/8/26) during SDPD's budget hearing, they're actively CHEERLEADING for SDPD...Marni was crying crocodile-tears over the "sacrifice" of fallen officers, reading their stories behind a screen... She's running for Congress. 🤮 Campillo doesn't care about all of your Privacy concerns with Flock, he thinks a less than 1% efficacy rate is an acceptable rate of crime prevention, worthy of your total loss of location privacy... He's running for Mayor. 🖕🏼 We still need members of the public to call-in RIGHT NOW, or show up, in-person, to remind City Council: IF YOU'RE SCARED, GO TO CHURCH, DON'T OVER-FUND SDPD. NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE ART THAT MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING.

4/30/26 - Privacy Advisory Board Meeting on: Flock ALPR, Smart Streetlights, and surveillance technology Extremely disappointed by the cowardice of (most) of the Privacy Advisory Board members on display at City Council last night. I don't know where to begin with what bothered me the most, perhaps it was their: 1.) Callous disregard for our Privacy. 2.) Lack of concern for the propensity of misuse of this technology. 3.) Inability to serve the public by reading the room. 4.) Their arrogance in thinking they're more informed about this technology, than the 100+ organizations and concerned constituents who opposed it, and are actively - loosing sleep over it's incessant abuses and scandals. 5.) Their willingness to put their own perception of Safety, over the public's preference to NOT live under national surveillance, in a Big-Brother Police State. I want to thank our Comrades in @sandiegotrust for their diligent vigilance, and all the work they're doing to keep an eye on the unregulated spy apparatus that is Flock! I want to thank my Comrades @holly_wizzle & @gwensoledad from @deflocksd for showing up last night! S/O to Holly for seeding me an extra minute to speak! Big Ups to: @sclu.sd for showing up en masse yesterday to oppose Flock, and the surveillance state! My apologies for interrupting - to my Comrades who suffered in silence throughout the 3+ hours of deliberation that ensued. I didn't mean to disrespect the process, or make our organizations look bad. I lost my cool, and that's not cool...Old, tone-deaf, white men playing God, with irresponsible, uncontrollable technology, making decisions that deeply effect the lives of others, more than their own, simping over Flock was more rage bait than I could handle yesterday.