El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells issued a statement Sunday calling California Attorney General Rob Bonta's lawsuit against the city for sharing automated license plate reader data "political retaliation against a conservative city."

The AG's Office sued El Cajon on Friday for allegedly violating state law by sharing the data with federal authorities and law enforcement officials in more than two dozen other states. The suit filed in San Diego Superior Court alleges that El Cajon has flouted Senate Bill 34, a 2015 law prohibiting ALPR- data sharing with out-of-state law enforcement agencies despite the California Department of Justice contacting El Cajon's police chief over the issue.

"Let's be clear -- this is nothing more than a political stunt and an attempt to bully a conservative city for s

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