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From Florida to Washington state,
local governments across the country are canceling their contracts with Flock,
the company behind the controversial AI-enabled license plate readers,
in response to public outcry.
But ending the contracts doesn’t necessarily mean the cameras will come down immediately
— or that the information they’ve gathered will be deleted anytime soon

What happens after a town de-Flocks
Cities across the US are ditching the controversial license plate-reading cameras, but some are now turning to new surveillance tools.

A long-promised makeover of the VA’s West L.A.’s historic Building 13 will create just 24 units of homeless veteran housing
-- at an estimated $1.25 million per apartment,
-- likely a record-setting cost.
The renovation, financed through VA funds and tax credits,
highlights tension over the campus’s future,
pitting housing plans against earlier visions of a bustling veterans town center.
The project unfolds amid court orders to add thousands of units on t…

VA homeless housing estimated to cost a record $1.25 million-a-unit
Twenty-four housing units costing $1.25 million each are included in the rehab of a historic building on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles disappointing veteran advocates who hoped the space would be used as a gathering place for veterans on and off the campus.