Hundreds of new license plate surveillance cameras will soon be watching over the streets of San Francisco.

Mayor London Breed announced Friday that the city’s Police Department can begin installation of the 400 license plate surveillance cameras after she signed an ordinance authorizing distribution of $15.3 million in grants to the SFPD and $2 million to the District Attorney’s Office from the state’s Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.