The cameras will be installed in every San Jose City Council district, with locations selected based on crash history and areas where pedestrians need greater protection.
"We are concerned about the vulnerability it creates for our businesses. If Richmond does not have these cameras and all the nearby cities do," says Oscar Garcia, President of the 23rd Street Merchant Association.
The vote comes after news broke that the camera network was being used by the federal government against the wishes of many cities and counties.
Supervisors opted to push the decision to April 21, citing unresolved questions about data privacy and government access to surveillance information.
Crime-fighting cameras are all over the Bay Area, but now one city is shutting them off, for now. How one wrong click opened up drivers' data in Mountain View to federal agents.
The City of Mountain View wants the public to know that data collected by its Flock cameras was accessed by federal agencies -- and, allegedly, without the city's consent. An internal audit also found that the data was accessed by California law enforcement agencies, which was not approved by the Mountain View Police Department.