The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/06/05/aclu-sues-sonoma-county-over-drone-use-could-sf-be-next/A pair of Sonoma County farm owners say that county’s drone surveillance program is unconstitutional, and they’ve enlisted the ACLU to bring a lawsuit, which could set a legal precedent affecting SFPD’s new drone-happy policies.   Thursday morning, Mayor Daniel Lurie and crypto mogul Chris Larsen had themselves a press conference touting Larsen’s $9.4 million gift to the SFPD to buy several multiple-hundred-thousand-dollar, high-end drones. And the police department says these drones are very effective at catching car thieves and break-in artists. So it sure seems we’re moving full-speed ahead on cities using surveillance drones, and the general public coming to acce

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