Sorry, guys. Kaliforna law says you can't record any conversation w/o consent or w/o notifying those involved that they are being recorded. It's under the wire taping statue.
This all came about when a drunken City of San Jose Councilman demanded that the cops arrest a guy for various things that led to a loud argument, etc. in a public place. The people offended were not willing to pursue the matter which was blown out proportion by the drunken councilman.
When they refused, the councilman threatened to cut the police department's budget if they didn't do as he demanded. Knowing they'd need proof of his remarks, one of them recorded the conversation on a recorder carried on his belt.
When the councilman tried to carry out his threat, the recording was released by the police officer's association, not the administration.
This outraged the state's politican's who made the practice a felony.
The really strange thing is that now the same politicans are demanding the cops be recorded whenever they contact anybody, and must release the recordings, including any videos, if there is any "controversy" about the contact.......
Going to make for some "interesting" court cases, etc.
I suspect that this whole issue of who can record who and under what circumstances one may release such a recording is going to have some nasty fallout over time.
How about the recording of Donald Trump's comments about women ? Then there was Linda Trip who recorded Monica Lewenski's descriptions of Bill Clinton's antics.
I see this as still another attempt by the leftys to divert public attention and support for the Repubicans and the Trump Administration. Goes to show us how desparate and amoral these people really are. E
