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Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill this weekend that would have required law enforcement agencies in California to get a warrant to use drones for surveillance assignments.
The governor’s office announced that the bill was one of more than a dozen pieces of legislation he vetoed Sunday.
AB1327 by Republican Assemblyman Jeff Gorrell of Camarillo would have required government agencies to get warrants before conducting surveillance with drones and would have required that they publicly announce their intent to buy and use them.
It was passed by the Legislature in the last days of its session last month.
Brown said in a statement that the bill appears to be too narrow and could go beyond what the state and federal constitutions would prohibit.
“There are undoubtedly circumstances where a warrant is appropriate,” he wrote. “The bill’s exceptions, however, appear to be too narrow and could impose requirements beyond what is required by either the 4th Amendment or the privacy provisions in the California Constitution.”
Agencies/Canadajournal
