What are the arguments against this policy? Is it that the police could use this as an excuse to just watch everyone all the time, saying "oops sorry we thought there was an ongoing crime"?
There also seems to be quite a bit of anti-police animosity among activists in general.
Personally, I think the surveillance ordinance is probably too restrictive in prohibiting the police from using technology and not protective enough in ensuring proper policies for the use of the technology that is available. To me, what matters is that the technology is used with professional care, not that the inventory is enumerated months in advance.
Full video of Board of Supervisors Rules Committee hearing https://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/40566?meta_id=...
The EFF’s lawsuit Williams v San Francisco (the police won on a technicality since their use of the cameras was grandfathered) https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/01/san-francisco-police-i...