Overview

• Attorney General Rob Bonta filed suit in San Diego Superior Court on Friday, naming the city, its police department and Police Chief Jeremiah Larson.
• The complaint says El Cajon provided ALPR access to agencies in more than two dozen states, including Texas, Florida, Georgia, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
• Bonta argues the cross-border sharing violates California’s 2015 law governing ALPR systems and threatens privacy.
• He warned the data could be used to track immigrants, people traveling for reproductive care, or protesters.
• Mayor Bill Wells dismissed the case as political retaliation, said about 100 cameras aid policing, and said the council will decide whether to fight the suit.