{
  "version": "3.33",
  "compiled": "2026-10-09",
  "site": "https://stateofwatch.com",
  "claim": {
    "id": "ca-auditor-2020",
    "section": 5,
    "title": "Historical: 99.9% of LAPD's stored plate images were not on any hotlist (2020)",
    "date": "Feb 2020",
    "sort": "2020-02-01",
    "status": "verified",
    "checked": null,
    "note": "Background context from outside this timeline's window.",
    "category": "data",
    "body": "California State Auditor (Elaine Howle), report 2019-118: 99.9% of LAPD's then-320 million stored ALPR images were of vehicles not on any hotlist.",
    "quotes": [],
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "California State Auditor report 2019-118",
        "primary": true
      },
      {
        "label": "TechCrunch, Feb 2020"
      },
      {
        "label": "KTLA"
      },
      {
        "label": "CBS LA"
      }
    ],
    "places": [
      "los-angeles-ca"
    ],
    "url": "https://stateofwatch.com/claims/ca-auditor-2020"
  }
}