Naomi Pete

As Alameda County finishes counting ballots, results from the 2020 general elections largely remain consistent with initial tallies.

Arreguín has served as mayor with respect and awareness, and he will only improve to better support the city of Berkeley.

A year ago, eight people campaigned for the mayorship of Berkeley, held for 14 years by Tom Bates.

The victory for Arreguin, who earned the major endorsement of Sen. Bernie Sanders and was a frontrunner in the mayoral race, marks a triumph for his youth-driven grassroots campaign which advocated for strong progressive policies.

Naomi D. Pete, age 75 and a retired senior citizen, is hoping to restore the city to how she remembered it when she moved to the Bay Area at the age of 3 if she is elected as Berkeley’s next mayor.

Berkeley mayoral candidate Laurie Capitelli’s cumulative campaign fundraising has now reached about $104,000 in total monetary contributions compared to contributions to fellow candidate Jesse Arreguín of about $70,000, according to campaign finance disclosures.

A few dozen Berkeley citizens and property owners attended a candidates’ forum Saturday at St. John’s Presbyterian Church in South Berkeley to hear a group of largely pro-landlord candidates for mayor, City Council and rent board address development, rent control and housing affordability.

Two members of the Berkeley community, Bernt Wahl and Stephen Fligo, have thrown their hats into the ring to fill the city’s vacant mayoral seat.

According to recently released campaign financial statements, Berkeley mayoral candidate and current City Councilmember Laurie Capitelli raised $67,135 during the first six months of 2016 — significantly more than the amount raised during that span by fellow candidate and City Councilmember Jesse Arreguin.

Two community members have filed for the city mayoral seat and district 6 council seat, respectively.