Nav Gurm, Candidate for Fresno City Council District 7

District 7 City Council candidate Nav Gurm joins Jordan to make his case ahead of the June 2nd election. A UCLA and UC Davis Law grad who returned home to Fresno against the brain drain trend, Nav lays out his vision for housing, homelessness, public safety, economic development, and city hall culture.

The conversation covers his all-of-the-above approach to the housing crisis and what revitalizing the Blackstone Corridor and Manchester Mall would actually take, his plan to launch a District 7 project review committee in his first 100 days, why he supports the anti-camping ordinance but wants major reforms and stronger county collaboration, how to bring down 911 response times and invest in preventative public safety tools, and why small businesses deserve the same red-carpet treatment from City Hall that big employers get. Nav also explains why he opposes taxpayer-funded soccer stadiums, points to Los Angeles and San Jose as models for budget transparency and policy outcome tracking, and addresses head-on the critique that at 26, he's too young for the job.

Plus, his favorite vegetarian spots around town, why he recommends Ezra Klein's Abundance, and a final get-out-the-vote push with voting center locations across Fresno.

Election Day: Tuesday, June 2nd. Learn more at @NavForFresno.

Book Recommendation: 

Abundance Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson