Surveillance Oversight Ordinance Amendment

At a glance

• What: Docket No. 1796, an ordinance amending Chapter XVI, Section 63 of the City Code, the Ordinance on Surveillance Oversight and Information Sharing, offered by Weber with eleven other councilors.
• Where it stands: referred to the Committee on Government Operations on September 23, 2026. The minutes do not describe what the amendment changes.
• Next: a committee hearing; no date appears in the minutes.

Detail

• On Weber's motion, Rule 12 was invoked to add Coletta Zapata and Santana as original co-sponsors.
• Only the title is in the minutes; read the docket text for the substance of the amendment.

Sources

• September 23, 2026 City Council minutes: https://boston.legistar1.com/boston/meetings/2026/9/14248_M_City_Council_26-09-23_Meeting_Minutes.pdf
• 2026-09-23 - City Council

Log

2026-09-23 - City Council

Ordinance filed and referred to Government Operations; Coletta Zapata and Santana added as original co-sponsors. Video: Weber cited about 11,000 Flock searches, half without incident numbers, and social media monitoring tools used without council approval; Louijeune promised a robust committee process.