{"id":262782,"date":"2026-04-11T15:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/262782\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T15:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:53:10","slug":"fresno-city-council-district-7-candidates-forum-set-for-april-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/262782\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno City Council District 7 Candidates Forum Set for April 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GV Wire, in partnership with the Community Media Access Collaborative, will host a candidate forum for the open Fresno City Council District 3 seat.<\/p>\n<p>The forum is set for Monday, April 20, at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Candidates confirmed to attend include Fresno businessman AJ Rassamni, attorney Nav Gurm, and community activist Ariana Martinez Lott.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other candidate vying for the position is Jason Keomanee.<\/p>\n<p>Councilmember Nelson Esparza, who is currently serving in the position, is termed out.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-211811 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Fresno-District-7-Map-1024x790.jpg\" alt=\"Fresno District 7 Map\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\"  \/>Fresno District 7 Map (fresno.gov)<\/p>\n<p>Under election rules, a candidate who receives a majority of the vote in the June 2 primary will win the seat outright. If no candidate secures a majority, the top two vote-getters will advance to a November runoff.<\/p>\n<p>David Taub of GV Wire will moderate the forum, which will focus on each candidate\u2019s vision for District 3 and plans to address key community issues.<\/p>\n<p>The debate will be live-streamed on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GVWire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GVWire\" aria-label=\"GV Wire\u2019s Facebook page - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->GV Wire\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>, allowing the public to tune in and hear directly from the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The production is made possible through a collaboration with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cmac.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/cmac.tv\/\" aria-label=\"CMAC, Fresno\u2019s Community Media Access Collaborative - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->CMAC, Fresno\u2019s Community Media Access Collaborative<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GV Wire, in partnership with the Community Media Access Collaborative, will host a candidate forum for the open&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-262782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}