A new Houston law leverages funds from The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to require businesses to provide police access to private surveillance footage. ARPA, signed into law by President Biden in March, 2021, provided more than stimulus payments to the public. This law paved the way for Houston to become the first city to mandate surveillance in some industries.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said the federally funded One Houston Plan, launched in February of this year, was recognized by the White House’s ARPA coordinator. It seems as though the feds are more than happy to provide taxpayer funds to empower cities to strip Americans of their privacy rights.
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