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Portland, Maine Joins Other Cities To Ban The Use of Facial Recognition By Police and City Agencies

Taking on more than lawsuits for things that police departments shouldn't use like 'Digital Stop-and-Frisk'

Portland, Maine has voted to ban facial recognition

Private citizens are entitled to a minimum of $1,000 in fines if they are subjected to a facial recognition scan by police

By Russell Brandom Nov 4, 2020, 2:01am EST

"Portland, Maine has passed a ballot initiative banning the use of facial recognition by police and city agencies. The Bangor Daily News is reporting that voters have passed a ballot initiative bolstering a ban on facial recognition by city agencies.

The initiative follows a city council vote in August, which put a preliminary ban in place as an ordinance. Today’s vote replaces that ordinance with a stronger measure, which cannot be revoked for at least five years.

The ordinance was placed on the ballot earlier this year by the Southern Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, as part of a raft of other progressive initiatives including a $15 minimum wage and new limits on rent increases.

The new measure also adds concrete penalties, entitling private citizens to a minimum of $1,000 in civil fees if they are surveilled in violation of the ordinance. Violations of the ordinance are also established as grounds for terminating or suspending a city employee. Private sector use of the technology is not affected.

Portland is just the latest city to swear off the technology, following previous bans by Boston, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon. In June, congressional Democrats introduced a bill that would institute a similar ban at the federal level, barring all federal law enforcement agencies from employing facial recognition."

 

Conceptual Art & Politics:

Here's an Op-Ed column that appeared yesterday with a disclaimer

The White House runs red with the blood of American citizens, no matter who wins the election the US will suffer    

RT International | 11:41 GMT, Nov 05, 2020

By Andrei Molodkin, a Russian-born conceptual artist who lives in France. He served in the Soviet Army before graduating from the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry.

"As a conceptual artist, I use blood donated by ordinary people to depict the costs of imperialism and war.

For my most recent piece, I am using blood donated by US citizens, inside the so-called symbol of democracy – the White House. My sculpture of the building, around which the blood flows, will be installed in collaboration with CulturalDC in Washington, DC later this year.

It doesn't matter who eventually wins this week’s election, both candidates embody the same blood-soaked system. A regime built on slavery, murder, war and the toppling of democratically elected governments across the world. As businesses board up their storefronts in the US, gun sales increase and people take to the streets, the future of America will, once again, be built on the blood of its citizens. . ."

NOT ON THE AGENDA > Central Issue @ Mesa City Center: Equitable, Innovative and Affordable Housing

Don't hold your breath. Doesn't look like it anytime soon - name one member of the Mesa City Council who's got a sound policy to advance as we sink deeper into a housing crisis during a pandemic wherever affordability and tenant protections have taken on renewed urgency. Who really believes in being a strong and fearless advocate for affordable housing?

Who will bring an ambitious plan to-the-table?

Who will push for a deep reinvestment to build new lower-and-middle income apartments in a policy agenda - "The New Housing Deal"?

Who has the political will that makes a priority to push for "a comprehensive social safety net that establishes both health and housing as a human right.”

 

 

Chuck Berry With Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Johnny B. Goode

AGENDA: From The Lower Chambers Remote Zoom Multi-Screen Mesa City Council Study Session Thu 11.05.2020 @ 07:30

Take your pick -  after Hizzoner's Welcome and the Roll Call

HIGHLIGHTS > Re-Openings with Reduced Capacity

Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum Opening December 18

Mesa Amphitheater [outdoor venue for performing arts]

Arts Classes + Art Studios

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 • MCAreopeningDecember 18

 • Safety Protocols:

 • Online timed ticketing • Reduced capacity -25maximum • Established one-way directional flow • Installed plexiglass shields at front desk

• Mask requirement for staff and public • Increased cleaning schedule • Hand sanitizer stations

• Hours: Tues-Fri 10AM-5PM Sat   10AM-4PM

Reopening Art Studios
• Safety Protocols • Reduced Capacity –4 to 10 seats • Plexiglass shields and physical distancing

• Mask requirement for students • Sanitization stations in each studio

• Safety equipment no longer shared

• Limited Reopening –December 1

• 10 Workshops

• Expanded Reopening –January 11

• 12 Arts in Service classes • 136 in-person Studio classes • Continued Online Classes • 8 online classes

Reopening Performing Arts in Mesa Amphitheater

 • MAC Theaters closed until further notice

 • Performances at MesaAmp

 • January 19 through May 18

• 15 events at Mesa Amp

• Mesa Amp capacity = 4,950

• Limiting to 30% capacity = 1,500 • Start at 750 • Gradually increase to 1500

• Six-ticket "pods" • Socialdistancing,masks

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File #:

20-1081

Type:

Presentation

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

City Council Study Session

On agenda:

10/29/2020

Title:

Hear a presentation and discuss the state of the Court update.

Attachments:

1. Presentation

 

Item 1-a STATE OF THE-COURT UPDATE

File #:

20-1081

Type:

Presentation

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

City Council Study Session

On agenda:

10/29/2020

Title:

Hear a presentation and discuss the state of the Court update.

Attachments:

1. Presentation

Item 1-b MESA ART CENTER UPDATES AND PROGRAMS AND PROPOSED RE-OPENINGS

File #:

20-1098

Type:

Presentation

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

City Council Study Session

On agenda:

11/5/2020

Title:

Hear a presentation and discuss an update on Mesa Arts Center programs and the proposed reopening of certain MAC programs, and provide direction on the proposed program reopenings.

Attachments:

1. Presentation

 

Item 2-a HUMAN RELATIONS ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES 09.23.2020

File #:

20-1148

Type:

Minutes

Status:

Agenda Ready

In control:

City Council Study Session

On agenda:

11/5/2020

Title:

Human Relations Advisory Board meeting held on September 23, 2020.

Attachments:

1. Human Relations Advisory Board Minutes Sep 23, 2020