BERKELEY'S NEWS • NOVEMBER 22, 2023
World Peace Council
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Obituary
JUNE 21, 2023
‘Unabashed radical and visionary leader’: Former Berkeley mayor, activist Gus Newport dies at 88
Newport was originally from Rochester, New York, where he gained interest in political activism in the 1950s and 1960s, according to a newsletter from Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín. After working for the labor department, he moved to Berkeley in 1974 and acted as the city’s mayor from 1979 to 1986.
Obituary
JUNE 21, 2023
‘Unabashed radical and visionary leader’: Former Berkeley mayor, activist Gus Newport dies at 88
Newport was originally from Rochester, New York, where he gained interest in political activism in the 1950s and 1960s, according to a newsletter from Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín. After working for the labor department, he moved to Berkeley in 1974 and acted as the city’s mayor from 1979 to 1986.
