Liberal California city makes dramatic U-turn on police surveillance, poll shows
San Francisco police have expand their use of cameras, drones and other surveillance tech to nab criminals — and most residents of the famously liberal city are good with it, a new poll shows. Seventy-two percent of those surveyed in a poll by GrowSF, a San Francisco political ad.
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- Published: Aug 3, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC
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