Chukwudubem "Chiedu" Egbuniwe is a West Hollywood, California, community leader who was the founding chair of the city's LGBTQ+ Commission and is board chair of ONE Institute, an LGBTQ+ nonprofit. He has worked in arts and culture, LGBTQ+ nonprofits and technology, and is a Johns Hopkins graduate.
Case
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
Role at the time: Candidate for West Hollywood City Council
Statement summary
West Hollywood council candidate Chiedu Egbuniwe said he is very much against the Flock cameras and would support pausing the city's camera policy while it looks into a sensible way of monitoring.
“I am very much against the Flock cameras I would support a pause on our camera policy for now, while we look into a sensible way of monitoring.”
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Egbuniwe said he is very much against the Flock cameras but would support a pause while the city looks for a sensible way of monitoring. The article adds that he sees benefits to surveillance, so his position is a pause and a search for another approach, not a call to end camera monitoring.
Statement dates: September 9, 2026
Statement dates: September 9, 2026
Statement dates: September 9, 2026
Statement dates: September 9, 2026
