Elections 2020

Victoria Fierce, co-founder of East Bay for Everyone and director of operations for the California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund, is running for the AC Transit Board of Directors at-large seat.

Former engineer Bahman Ahmadi is running for the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board to bring “fair and balanced representation” to the board.

After orange, ash-filled skies left Berkeley residents wondering what climate change will mean for the future, various community organizations hosted a Q&A session Thursday with Berkeley Districts 2 and 6 City Council candidates.

Wendy Saenz Hood Neufeld is running for the Berkeley rent board to represent homeowners.

Berkeley City Councilmember Susan Wengraf is running for a fourth term this November and hopes to continue her work on wildfire safety and develop a COVID-19 recovery strategy.

Lawyer and UC Berkeley graduate Bianca Zahrai is running for the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board this November.

After witnessing the "Ghost Ship" warehouse fire in 2016, Berkeley City Council candidate and social justice attorney Richard Illgen knows the tragedies a fire can induce and hopes to mitigate fire risk as the District 6 representative.

After 30 years of following Berkeley elections and waiting for successful rent policies to be implemented, Pawel Moldenhawer is running for Berkeley’s rent board and taking his sister-in-law’s advice: “Stop complaining and do something.”

Technology executive and local philanthropist Jose Luis Bedolla is running for a spot on the Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, board in the November general election.

Carole Marasovic, a lifelong advocate for disabled and disadvantaged people, is running to be a commissioner on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board.