FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: July 15, 2025
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San Francisco Latinx Democrats call for Trevor Chandler’s Resignation as a SF Democrat
Chandler holds executive leadership with AI Surveillance company Flock Safety, which has shared data with ICE and federal agencies illegally
San Francisco, CA - The San Francisco Latinx Democratic Club vehemently condemns Trevor Chandler’s active leadership and employment with Flock Safety, which has been reported by municipalities and publications nationwide for illegally sharing data, including license plate information of drivers with federal agencies, including ICE. As Public Affairs Director at Flock Safety, he is directly in concert with the Trump administration’s efforts to target our community. Chandler must immediately resign as an elected member of the SF Democratic Party, as he is complicit in the very targeting Democrats claim to resist. His continued leadership roles signal that the current San Francisco Democratic Party does not care about immigrants, as long as corporations continue to profit while they illegally leak surveilled data to federal agencies.
Immigrants, residents, and our neighbors are living in a time of massive fear amid the unconstitutional detainments and disappearances of everyday working people. Yet Chandler is pushing technology that is endangering immigrants, despite the company knowingly being exposed for weeks for unlawfully funneling data to federal agencies. Chandler cannot claim to care for Latinos and immigrants yet be ok with his company violating privacy protections of immigrants in direct violation of local and state law. This is a rare intersection of injustice - concerning immigrant, legal, and privacy advocates alike. No different than Republicans holding stock in ICE detention centers, this is an intentional employment decision by Chandler, and calls for immediate accountability that must include his resignations.
The SF Corporate Democratic Party must also answer for Chandler’s role in this. SFDCCC members tout themselves as part of the “resistance” to the MAGA federal administration, yet that defiance turns to silence when the self‑proclaimed resisters are the very ones profiting from targeting our communities. SFDCCC members cannot claim that they prioritize immigrants, yet host a member who is executive leadership at a corporation that has jeopardized the safety of countless immigrants systematically nationwide. The San Francisco Democrats who stay silent on Chandler’s employment with Flock are complicit and condone it, and do not care about immigrants.
Throughout history, there are long instances of corporations and companies directly profiting off domestic and international crimes through the sales of technologies, aiding human rights violations for corporate greed. In 1939 World War II, IBM directly sold and trained Nazi personnel with IBM punch card technology to help categorize and classify information on millions of Jewish people. In 2018, Salesforce boasted a $40M government contract with Customs and Border Patrol during the first Trump administration. In 2025, Trevor Chandler is leading Flock Safety to give ICE the data they need to deport and disappear immigrants.
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