Mike Kozlowski is a member of the Folsom, California, City Council who was first elected in 2018 and served as the city's mayor in 2021 and 2024. He is an architect and an executive at Johnson Controls, and he represents Folsom on the Sacramento Area Council of Governments. He is running for reelection in District 1 in 2026.
We have documented 1 statement by Mike Kozlowski, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Folsom City Council member running for reelection in District 1
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Folsom Councilmember Mike Kozlowski said the attention Flock had drawn put everyone off and that the city had no reason to take unnecessary risks. He supported continued use of other license plate readers.
“The attention that Flock has gotten itself has put everybody off,
There's just no reason for us to take unnecessary risks.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Fact Check: Where Folsom 1st District Council candidates stand on ALPRs, FlockCandidate positions on license plate readers, throughout the article
Why we used this label
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Kozlowski backed dropping Flock because of data-sharing risk while supporting continued use of other plate readers, including Motorola's, which he said give the city control over sharing. Keeping the systems under a different vendor with controls fits Mixed or conditional.
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.
