On Monday, District 7 Councilmember Cecilia Lunaparra announced that she would not be seeking reelection. With Berkeley City Council seats up for reelection in districts 1, 4, 7 and 8 in the November 2026 election, District 7 candidates Aidan Hill, John Espinoza and Syrak Micael are gearing up their campaigns. Berkeley’s seventh district includes the UC Berkeley campus as well as much of the Southside neighborhood, with 95% of the district being made up of students. Lunaparra, elected in April 2024, was the first undergraduate student elected to the Berkeley City Council. In May 2024, she graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Urban Studies. Read more through the link in bio. ✍️: Nora Lounibos & Syontoni Hattori-Chatterjee 📸: Courtesy of Marissa Oaks English . . . #ucberkeley #dailycal #berkeley #election #district7