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Igor A. Tregub

CA · Berkeley City Councilmember, District 4

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Igor Tregub is a Berkeley councilmember and Ava Community Energy board member who earlier served on the Rent Board and on city commissions. His priorities are making housing and utilities more affordable and closing the city's structural budget deficit.

Where Igor A. Tregub stands, based on their records

Supports

Environment and Public Health (1 record), Government Efficiency (2 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record),

Opposes

Government Spending Reduction (1 record)

Track record

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 1 support
  • Wrote a referral, approved by the council, to keep developing a stricter green building code for new and existing buildings and to speed permits for heat pumps and similar equipment.

    April 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 2 support
  • Wrote a referral, approved by the council, to keep developing a stricter green building code for new and existing buildings and to speed permits for heat pumps and similar equipment.

    April 14, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

  • Co-wrote "The Berkeley Rule," ten principles for how the city plans and oversees artificial intelligence. The council adopted it by resolution.

    March 10, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
  • Voted no on a two-year city budget version that kept $1.3 million in the Housing Trust Fund instead of the Small Sites housing program; it failed 3-5. He then seconded the adopted budget.

    June 23, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
  • Voted for a softer homeless encampment plan that failed 3-6. He then voted for the adopted policy allowing citations or arrests at encampments in six cases even without a shelter offer; it passed 8-1.

    September 10, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 1 support
  • Seconded and voted for a ban on software that sets rents or manages occupancy for Berkeley apartments. The first vote passed 8-1.

    March 11, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 1 support
  • Co-wrote a Rent Board resolution affirming that Black Lives Matter and calling for action on institutional racism. The board passed it unanimously.

    June 18, 2020Supports Civil Rights

    Source: dailycal.org

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 3 support
  • Voted for repaving Hopkins Street with protected bike lanes and other safety changes, after first backing a failed version that added more parking analysis. The final plan passed 7-2.

    July 28, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

  • Wrote the Oxford for All referral, approved by the council, directing staff to add protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety fixes on Oxford and Fulton streets near UC Berkeley, with a quick-build version first if feasible.

    June 3, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

  • Co-wrote a council resolution, adopted by the council, backing a state study of replacing PG&E with a nonprofit public utility called Golden State Energy.

    February 11, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

Track record — General

General · 12 records
  • Received endorsements for the 2026 District 4 race from Congressmember Lateefah Simon, State Senator Jesse Arreguin, Mayor Adena Ishii and six council members.

    August 13, 2026

    Source: dailycal.org

  • Voted for a referral to tighten rules on abandoned vehicles and study limits on long-term RV and large vehicle parking on streets. It passed 7-2.

    July 7, 2026

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

  • Abstained on approving police policies for live community camera feeds and investigative software. The council approved them 6-1-1.

    June 30, 2026

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

  • Co-wrote a referral, approved by the council, asking staff to ban the sale and use of glue traps for rodents in Berkeley.

    March 24, 2026

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

  • Wrote a referral, approved by the council, to close a loophole some landlords use to avoid the state rule requiring an on-site manager at larger apartment complexes.

    February 24, 2026

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

  • Wrote a referral, approved by the council, asking staff to write a policy with standards to reduce empty ground-floor storefronts in Berkeley's shopping districts.

    December 2, 2025

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

  • Wrote a council resolution, adopted by the council, supporting Proposition 50, which let California redraw congressional maps for a time in response to other states.

    September 30, 2025

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

  • Abstained when the Ava Community Energy board voted on a letter supporting SB 540, the regional electricity market bill. The letter failed 5-9-1.

    April 16, 2025

    Source: avaenergy.org

    Also on this bill

    • March 19, 2025 · Moved on the Ava Community Energy board to delay a vote on backing SB 540, a bill to join a regional electricity market. He voted no on a motion to support it now, which failed 6-7-1. (General)
  • Wrote a resolution, adopted by the council, supporting state Senate Bill 42, which asks voters to allow public financing of California election campaigns.

    April 15, 2025

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

  • Moved on the Ava Community Energy board to delay a vote on backing SB 540, a bill to join a regional electricity market. He voted no on a motion to support it now, which failed 6-7-1.

    March 19, 2025

    Source: avaenergy.org

    Also on this bill

    • April 16, 2025 · Abstained when the Ava Community Energy board voted on a letter supporting SB 540, the regional electricity market bill. The letter failed 5-9-1. (General)
  • Won the special election for Berkeley City Council District 4 through ranked-choice counting. He placed second in first-choice votes, 668 to 670.

    May 28, 2024

    Source: berkeleyca.gov

  • Abstained as a Rent Board member on a vote to ask voters to put backyard cottages (ADUs) under rent control, two years after voters exempted them. The board approved it 5-2-2.

    May 29, 2020

    Source: berkeleyside.org

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