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This action challenges the constitutionality of Sonoma County’s use of unmanned aerial vehicles — drones — to target and record details about residents, their homes, and the areas surrounding them, all without a warrant. Since 2019, the Code Enforcement Section (“CES”) of Sonoma County’s Permit Sonoma agency (“Permit Sonoma”) has deployed drones more than 700 times to conduct civil code enforcement, during which inspectors have captured at least 5,600 images.
Complaint is located here. https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/2025.06.04%20Schmitz%20v%20Sonoma%20Complaint_.pdf
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