Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin announced Wednesday he will be giving up his seat as mayor to run for a seat in the California state Senate.
The announcement comes more than a year before the March 2024 primary. If he wins, Arreguin will succeed state Sen. Nancy Skinner, who is terming out.
His family lived in San Francisco and was evicted multiple times. Despite the hardship, Arreguin graduated from University of California at Berkeley and was the first in his family to graduate from college. As a state senator, Arreguin says he would plan to increase housing construction, make the state more affordable for working families, take more steps to alleviate homelessness and, among other things, make California a bolder leader in addressing climate change.
Currently, he is opposing the closure of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley. He wants to make sure areas don't become hospital deserts.
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