Nav Gurm is a Fresno attorney who founded the small business Five River Strategies in 2021. He previously worked at Fresno City Hall and works for a statewide nonprofit. He is a candidate for Fresno City Council District 7 in 2026.
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 Fresno City Council, District 7
Statement summary
Nav Gurm, a candidate for Fresno City Council District 7, said the city should not renew its Flock camera contract and cited Fourth Amendment concerns about a citywide license-plate network.
“The city should not renew the Flock cameras contract I have serious Fourth Amendment concerns with a privately operated, citywide license-plate network that tracks everyday movement. Public safety tools must include warrants, independent audits, short retention periods, and no mission creep.”
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Gurm says Fresno should not renew its Flock contract and objects to a privately operated citywide plate network. Refusing to keep the city's cameras is Condemned on this tracker; his list of requirements for public safety tools does not make his opposition to renewal conditional.
Statement dates: September 18, 2026
Statement dates: September 18, 2026
Statement dates: September 18, 2026
Statement dates: September 18, 2026
