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California has 21,701 mapped plate readers. 17,265 carry the Flock Safety tag. Most don't say who runs them.
San Jose has the most (602), then Oakland (530) and San Francisco (471). The first Flock-tagged one was mapped Nov 3, 2024. A plate reader keeps a record of each car that passes.
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Flock cameras in California by city
San Jose 602 Oakland 530 San Francisco 471 Los Angeles 380 Moreno Valley 222 Santa Rosa 213 Irvine 172 Bakersfield 170 Fresno 167 Santa Maria 152 Stockton 148 Rancho Cucamonga 140 Riverside 140 Palm Desert 135 Chula Vista 131 Ontario 125 Sacramento 124 Rancho Mirage 119 Vallejo 109 San Diego 108 Tracy 108 Elk Grove 105 Salinas 103 Fontana 99 Vacaville 98 Garden Grove 98 San Leandro 97 Temecula 95 Hayward 92 Richmond 89 Glendale 88 El Centro 86 Concord 86 Palmdale 85 Corona 85 Roseville 85 Daly City 84 Perris 84 Newport Beach 83 Berkeley 81 Hemet 81 San Mateo 80 Arden-Arcade 80 National City 79 Costa Mesa 78 Murrieta 77 Eastvale 75 San Ramon 75 Palm Springs 75 Beverly Hills 74 El Cajon 74 Jurupa Valley 73 Fremont 72 Redlands 71 Indio 69 Lake Forest 68 Citrus Heights 68 Pasadena 67 Santa Clara 67 Barstow 66 Fairfield 65 Milpitas 65 Burbank 64 Pleasanton 62 Castro Valley 61 Menifee 61 Altadena 60 Lake Elsinore 60 Rancho Cordova 60 San Clemente 60 Pomona 58 Beaumont 58 La Puente 58 Lancaster 57 Santa Monica 57 Anaheim 57 Saratoga 55 Gilroy 55 Alhambra 55 Glendora 55 Chino 53 Manteca 53 Morgan Hill 53 Orange 53 Turlock 52 Thousand Oaks 52 Livermore 52 Highland 51 Alameda 51 Atherton 51 Benicia 51 Rialto 50 Dublin 50 Diamond Bar 50 San Bernardino 49 West Hollywood 49 Mission Viejo 49 Santa Fe Springs 49 Compton 48 Laguna Hills 48 Lompoc 48 San Jacinto 48 South San Francisco 47 Watsonville 47 West Covina 47 San Bruno 46 Arcadia 46 Montclair 46 Culver City 44 Woodland 44 La Cañada Flintridge 43 Camarillo 42 Oxnard 42 Brentwood 41 Cathedral City 41 La Quinta 40 Encinitas 40 El Monte 40 West Sacramento 39 San Marino 39 Palo Alto 39 Piedmont 39 Yorba Linda 38 Baldwin Park 38 Whittier 38 Torrance 37 Brawley 37 Redwood City 37 Simi Valley 37 Poway 37 San Fernando 37 Santa Clarita 36 Los Gatos 36 Huntington Beach 36 Emeryville 36 Visalia 36 Rocklin 35 Danville 35 Marina 35 Folsom 34 Yucca Valley 34 Menlo Park 34 Colton 34 Dana Point 34 Monterey 34 Oroville 33 Ventura 33 San Rafael 33 Twentynine Palms 33 Modesto 32 Woodside 32 Antioch 32 Albany 32 Seaside 32 Shafter 32 Brea 31 Santa Ana 31 Upland 31 Alamo 31 East Hemet 31 Sunnyvale 30 Ridgecrest 30 Delano 30 Long Beach 28 Norco 28 Escondido 28 Newark 28 San Dimas 28 Chino Hills 27 San Marcos 27 Highgrove 27 Monterey Park 27 Rohnert Park 27 Temescal Valley 27 Rancho Palos Verdes 26 Walnut Creek 26 Rosemead 26 East Palo Alto 26 Galt 26 Walnut 26 Azusa 25 Orinda 25 San Juan Capistrano 25 Napa 25 Westminster 24 Grand Terrace 24 Grover Beach 24 Agoura Hills 24 Covina 24 Desert Hot Springs 24 Dixon 24 Hercules 24 Lakewood 23 Union City 23 Hanford 23 Oceanside 23 Campbell 23 Lodi 23 Truckee 23 Burlingame 22 Apple Valley 22 San Luis Obispo 22 Loma Linda 22 Laguna Niguel 22 Commerce 22 Hillsborough 22 Florin 22 French Valley 22 Los Altos 22 Pico Rivera 22 Hollister 22 Madera 22 Mammoth Lakes 22 Paramount 22 San Gabriel 22 Yuba City 22 Carson 21 Fullerton 21 Bay Point 21 Lincoln 21 Windsor 21 Monrovia 20 Granite Bay 20 Sand City 20 South Pasadena 20 Victorville 19 Rancho Santa Margarita 19 Ashland 19 La Mesa 19 El Sobrante 19 La Habra 19 McFarland 19 Stanford 19 Downey 18 Reedley 18 Foster City 18 March ARB 18 Wildomar 17 Bell Gardens 17 Indian Wells 17 Greenfield 17 La Verne 17 Suisun City 17 Tustin 16 Inglewood 16 Clearlake 16 Bloomington 16 San Lorenzo 16 El Segundo 15 Kingsburg 15 Linda 15 Mead Valley 15 Porterville 15 Ukiah 15 Pleasant Hill 14 North Highlands 14 Calabasas 14 Los Alamitos 14 Carmichael 14 American Canyon 14 Calimesa 14 Lemoore 14 Mountain House 14 Temple City 14 Westlake Village 14 Carlsbad 13 Cerritos 13 San Carlos 13 Hawthorne 13 Millbrae 13 Fountain Valley 13 Tulare 13 Irwindale 13 Muscoy 13 South Gate 13 Vista 13 Brisbane 13 Hawaiian Gardens 13 Lake Mathews 13 Montebello 13 Oildale 13 Santa Paula 13 Sausalito 13 Sonora 13 Stanton 13 La Mirada 12 Auburn 12 Bell 12 Santa Barbara 12 Parkway 12 Buena Park 12 Lakeport 12 Petaluma 12 Santee 12 Industry 11 Coronado 11 Half Moon Bay 11 Nuevo 11 Pacifica 11 Pacific Grove 11 Rosedale 11 Solana Beach 11 Cypress 10 North Fair Oaks 10 Sonoma 10 Hermosa Beach 10 Monte Sereno 10 Vernon 10 Antelope 10 California Polytechnic State University 10 Healdsburg 10 Kerman 10 Laguna Beach 10 Laguna Woods 10 Loomis 10 Pittsburg 10 Wasco 10 Woodcrest 10 Cupertino 9 Adelanto 9 Belmont 9 Carmel-by-the-Sea 9 Eastern Goleta Valley 9 Good Hope 9 Lincoln Village 9 Lindsay 9 Livingston 9 North Auburn 9 Valle Vista 9 Yucaipa 8 Davis 8 Lathrop 8 Clovis 8 Redondo Beach 8 Capitola 8 Los Banos 8 McClellan Park 8 Cloverdale 8 Strawberry 8 Calexico 8 Thousand Palms 8 Anderson 8 Avenal 8 Fort Bragg 8 Garnet 8 Moorpark 8 Port Hueneme 8 Selma 8 South El Monte 8 Vineyard 8 Vista Santa Rosa 8 Hacienda Heights 7 Ceres 7 Norwalk 7 Duarte 7 Orangevale 7 Corcoran 7 Los Altos Hills 7 Bermuda Dunes 7 Bodega Bay 7 Cherry Valley 7 Colma 7 Cotati 7 Coto de Caza 7 Dinuba 7 Lakeland Village 7 Montecito 7 Plumas Lake 7 Ramona 7 Sanger 7 Tehachapi 7 Redding 6 Mather 6 Calistoga 6 Colusa 6 East Niles 6 Fair Oaks 6 Fillmore 6 Home Gardens 6 Kensington 6 Marysville 6 Mendota 6 Potomac Park 6 Soquel 6 Templeton 6 West Puente Valley 6 Winchester 6 El Dorado Hills 5 Chico 5 Seal Beach 5 Malibu 5 Mountain View 5 Rowland Heights 5 Blythe 5 Larkspur 5 Anza 5 Belvedere 5 Camino Tassajara 5 Cherryland 5 Clearlake Oaks 5 Farmersville 5 Fowler 5 La Palma 5 La Presa 5 Lucas Valley-Marinwood 5 Martell 5 Morada 5 Moraga 5 Novato 5 Oakhurst 5 Placentia 5 Rancho Murieta 5 Rio Vista 5 Signal Hill 5 Winters 5 Hesperia 4 Claremont 4 Nipomo 4 Oakley 4 French Camp 4 Mill Valley 4 Aguanga 4 Alpine 4 Angels 4 Baywood Park 4 Canyon Lake 4 Del Mar 4 El Cerrito 4 Foothill Farms 4 Garden Acres 4 Green Acres 4 Hillcrest 4 Imperial 4 Lake Nacimiento 4 Lucerne 4 Middletown 4 Mojave 4 Needles 4 Newman 4 Oak Park 4 Olivehurst 4 Orange Cove 4 Orcutt 4 Pajaro 4 Palermo 4 Prunedale 4 San Miguel 4 San Pablo 4 Soledad 4 Stevenson Ranch 4 Taft 4 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley 4 Valley Center 4 Weaverville 4 Del Monte Forest 3 Huntington Park 3 Martinez 3 Riverbank 3 Discovery Bay 3 Franklin 3 Cabazon 3 Red Bluff 3 Avila Beach 3 Rosemont 3 Carpinteria 3 Citrus 3 Clayton 3 Colfax 3 Coronita 3 Corte Madera 3 Covelo 3 East Bakersfield 3 East Pasadena 3 El Rio 3 El Sobrante 3 Fairview 3 Fallbrook 3 Happy Valley 3 Holtville 3 Kennedy 3 Lemon Hill 3 McKinleyville 3 Mecca 3 North Lakeport 3 Oasis 3 Pala 3 Penryn 3 Plymouth 3 Rio Linda 3 Sage 3 St. Helena 3 Salton City 3 San Juan Bautista 3 Tiburon 3 Willits 3 Woodlake 3 Yosemite Lakes 3 Merced 2 Lawndale 2 Gardena 2 East Los Angeles 2 Lynwood 2 Aliso Viejo 2 Atwater 2 Coachella 2 Homeland 2 La Riviera 2 Topanga 2 Yosemite Valley 2 Country Club 2 Ladera 2 Lakeside 2 Oceano 2 Williams 2 Alum Rock 2 Armona 2 Atascadero 2 August 2 Bear Valley Springs 2 Bella Vista 2 Bethel Island 2 Bishop 2 Bonita 2 Boron 2 Bostonia 2 Burbank 2 Casa de Oro-Mount Helix 2 Castroville 2 Cottonwood 2 Delhi 2 Desert Palms 2 Dunnigan 2 Durham 2 El Macero 2 Farmington 2 Fruitridge Pocket 2 Golden Hills 2 Goleta 2 Gustine 2 Highlands 2 Joshua Tree 2 Keene 2 La Cresta 2 Lakeview 2 Larkfield-Wikiup 2 Lemon Grove 2 McKittrick 2 Magalia 2 Maricopa 2 Marin City 2 Mira Monte 2 Monument Hills 2 Moss Beach 2 Mountain Center 2 Nevada City 2 Nice 2 North Fork 2 North Tustin 2 Old Stine 2 Oroville East 2 Placerville 2 Planada 2 Rancho Tehama Reserve 2 Rodeo 2 Rosamond 2 San Anselmo 2 San Lucas 2 Santa Nella 2 Saticoy 2 Seeley 2 Shasta 2 Sleepy Hollow 2 Spring Valley 2 Sunol 2 Sutter 2 Sutter Creek 2 Valinda 2 Warm Springs 2 Westhaven-Moonstone 2 Rolling Hills Estates 1 Bellflower 1 Pismo Beach 1 Palos Verdes Estates 1 Cameron Park 1 Artesia 1 Manhattan Beach 1 Arroyo Grande 1 Denair 1 Eureka 1 Coalinga 1 La Selva Beach 1 Live Oak 1 Casa Conejo 1 Cherokee 1 Crescent City 1 Emerald Lake Hills 1 Heber 1 King City 1 Ladera Heights 1 Salida 1 South Whittier 1 Adin 1 Allensworth 1 Benbow 1 Bertsch-Oceanview 1 Big Bear City 1 Blackhawk 1 Black Point-Green Point 1 Boonville 1 Boronda 1 Bradbury 1 Burney 1 California Pines 1 Camanche North Shore 1 Camp Pendleton South 1 Carnelian Bay 1 Casa Loma 1 Channel Islands Beach 1 Coarsegold 1 Columbia 1 Cudahy 1 Del Rey Oaks 1 Desert Center 1 Desert Edge 1 Diablo Grande 1 Dos Palos Y 1 East San Gabriel 1 East Sonora 1 Elkhorn 1 Esparto 1 Freedom 1 Freeport 1 Gold River 1 Grass Valley 1 Home Garden 1 Idyllwild-Pine Cove 1 Igo 1 Indio Hills 1 Johnstonville 1 Kentfield 1 Kettleman City 1 Kings Beach 1 Knights Landing 1 La Honda 1 Lakehead 1 Las Lomas 1 Leggett 1 Likely 1 Lockwood 1 Madison 1 Meadowbrook 1 Mentone 1 Meridian 1 Monte Rio 1 Muir Beach 1 Newcastle 1 North Gate 1 North San Juan 1 Ojai 1 Old Fig Garden 1 Palo Cedro 1 Parkwood 1 Phelan 1 Pine Canyon 1 Pine Grove 1 Pleasure Point 1 Point Arena 1 Rancho San Diego 1 Rancho Santa Fe 1 Red Corral 1 Richvale 1 Rio Dell 1 Rossmoor 1 Rough and Ready 1 San Diego Country Estates 1 Shasta Lake 1 Shingletown 1 Sonoma State University 1 Stallion Springs 1 Sunnyside-Tahoe City 1 Susanville 1 Tahoma 1 Talmage 1 Tehama 1 Thermalito 1 Thornton 1 Tuttle 1 University of California-Santa Barbara 1 Upper Lake 1 Valley Acres 1 Walnut Grove 1 Weed 1 West Menlo Park 1 West Rancho Dominguez 1 Whitewater 1 Willow Creek 1 Winton 1 Woodbridge 1
A city links to its own page once enough readers are mapped there.
Areas with their own Flock camera page: Northridge , Pacific Palisades , Westwood and Altadena .
Plate readers mapped in California each month
Plate readers of any maker added to the map each month, not only Flock-tagged ones. Lighter bars are estimates from the first-mapped dates of current points.
CamsAhead started its daily change log on October 22, 2026. How the map changed.
Flock-tagged readers first mapped each month
Each row counts the Flock-tagged readers first mapped that month, newest first. Months with none are left out. 17,264 of the 17,265 carry the date they were first mapped.
| Month | First mapped that month | Top cities |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 485 | 25 in Los Angeles and 23 in San Francisco |
| Sep 2026 | 669 | 60 in Rancho Cucamonga and 29 in Los Angeles |
| Aug 2026 | 1,644 | 74 in Santa Maria and 47 in Tracy |
| Jul 2026 | 1,692 | 49 in Bakersfield and 47 in Compton |
| Jun 2026 | 945 | 35 in Los Angeles and 21 in Bakersfield |
| May 2026 | 929 | 51 in San Jose and 18 in Barstow |
| Apr 2026 | 845 | 27 in Los Angeles and 26 in Yucca Valley |
| Mar 2026 | 685 | 29 in Los Angeles and 17 in Corona |
| Feb 2026 | 863 | 66 in Santa Rosa and 35 in Perris |
| Jan 2026 | 915 | 42 in Fresno and 37 in Santa Rosa |
| Dec 2025 | 1,147 | 46 in Rancho Mirage and 32 in Palm Desert |
| Nov 2025 | 1,214 | 37 in San Jose and 37 in San Ramon |
Who runs the Flock cameras in California
Most don't say who runs them. The EFF's Atlas of Surveillance lists 318 agencies in California that use plate readers.
- Private operators, not named 477
- San Francisco Police Department 427
- California Highway Patrol (CHP) 400
- Irvine Police Department 122
- Salinas Police Department 87
- Santa Maria Police Department 76
- Kaiser Permanente 71
- El Centro Police Department 68
- Stockton Police Department 67
- Pasadena Police Department 61
Plate reader law in California
| Topic | California |
|---|---|
| Status | Law |
| Law | Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.90.5-1798.90.55 (SB 34, 2015); Cal. Veh. Code § 2413 (Highway Patrol) |
| What it does | Requires plate-reader operators and users to keep security safeguards, a public usage and privacy policy and access logs; a public agency must hold public comment first and shall not sell, share or transfer the data 'except to another public agency, and only as otherwise permitted by law', and data hosting or towing services do not count as sharing. |
| How long it is kept | No statewide period in the Civil Code: each policy must state 'The length of time ALPR information will be retained' (§ 1798.90.51(b)(2)(G)). Highway Patrol: 60 days under Veh. Code § 2413 |
| Who it can be shared with | A public agency shall not sell, share, or transfer ALPR information, except to another public agency, and only as otherwise permitted by law (§ 1798.90.55(b)) |
| Public records law | California Public Records Act, Cal. Gov't Code § 7920.000 et seq. |
| Checked |
See California plate reader law next to the other states.
Flock cameras in California: questions
How many Flock cameras are in California?
17,265 plate readers tagged Flock Safety are on the map in California, as of November 7, 2026. The real number may be higher or lower: the map shows only the cameras mapped so far.
Which cities in California have the most Flock cameras?
By mapped count: San Jose (602), Oakland (530) and San Francisco (471). The city list on this page shows each city with a Flock-tagged reader.
Is each mapped camera still there?
Not always. A point shows where someone mapped a camera. 36 of the 17,265 carry a date when a volunteer last checked them on the ground.
California's plate reader data
From OpenStreetMap, under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. A free copy goes to anyone who asks: how it is made and how to ask.
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25,611 cameras listed or mapped in California so far.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: plate readers, data as of Nov 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0
- EFF Atlas of Surveillance: agencies that use plate readers, data as of Aug 2026; CC BY 4.0
- Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.90.5-1798.90.55 (SB 34, 2015); Cal. Veh. Code § 2413 (Highway Patrol): plate reader law, checked Oct 25, 2026
- National Conference of State Legislatures, Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes: part of the plate reader law row, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Open Government Guide: public records law, checked Oct 25, 2026
Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).
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