The permitting agency was sued by the ACLU last year on behalf of three residents who allege their privacy was violated by the drone flights. photo credit: Wikimedia/Josh Sorenson
Permit Sonoma this week agreed to reel in its drone code enforcement program as part of a settlement brokered by the ACLU of Northern California.
That’s after three local residents sued the agency and a number of county officials last year over the use of invasive drone surveillance.
Permit Sonoma’s drone program was started in 2019, to allegedly target illicit cannabis operations…