SF mayor wants to waive waiting period for installation of 400 license plate readers

A plan to install 400 automated license plate readers at 100 intersections in San Francisco is getting fast-tracked after a request by Mayor London Breed to expedite necessary legislative changes. 

Breed is proposing the city use part of a $17.3 million state grant that is meant to reduce retail theft to fund the new cameras, but that will require approval from the Board of Supervisors under a city law that usually requires an initial 30-day waiting period and then two committee hearings to approve changes to an existing policy.