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Igor Tregub's Life of Service

Igor Tregub is the experienced consensus builder running to represent Downtown Berkeley on the City Council. He is the progressive Democrat who gets things done.

As Chair of the Alameda County Democratic Party and California Democratic Party’s Environmental Caucus, Igor has worked to bridge divides in the Democratic Party as we elect Democrats up-and-down the ballot who will push back against MAGA extremists and polluting industries

Igor has served as Chair of the Berkeley Zoning Adjustments Board, Housing Advisory Commission, Commission on Labor, and three different budget oversight committees.

He previously served two terms on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, where he was known as someone focused on professionalizing the Board’s important work helping tenants and small landlords navigate complex bureaucracies. He was also a long term member of the Sierra Club’s California and Northern Alameda County Executive Committees, centering environmental justice and housing insecurity into the Sierra Club’s regional work.

Professionally, he serves as the Strategic Partnerships Director and Senior Policy Advisor at Reimagine Power, a women-owned boutique consultancy advocating for renewable energy solutions for multifamily housing and those who have been historically left out of the clean energy transition.

He holds an M.S. in Engineering Management from Duke, a Certificate in International Security from Stanford, a Certificate in Public Leadership from the University of San Francisco, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and B.A. in Political Science from UC Berkeley. He is nearing completion of an M.A. in Public Leadership from the University of San Francisco.

Igor knows that democracy is fragile and something to be cherished. He is an immigrant from Ukraine, and outside of his local and state advocacy, he is organizing to bring distributed solar and storage and energy democracy through the deployment of an Energy Security Marshall Plan to the country of his birth.

Accomplishments

Igor Tregub has a proven track record of fostering collaboration and spearheading initiatives that resonate with core democratic values and environmental stewardship. His accomplishments reflect a deep commitment to inclusivity, sustainability, and the betterment of the community.

Championed and secured funding for more than 1,000 affordable housing units throughout Berkeley.

Helped create and fund the Berkeley Way/Hope Center, Downtown Berkeley’s innovative affordable housing with wraparound services.

Secured safety lights for pedestrians and bicyclists at high-collision intersections.

Helped craft the nation’s first building electrification ordinance, now replicated by hundreds of jurisdictions across the nation

Worked with Mutual Aid to personally deliver groceries and meals to seniors during the pandemic.

Helped write, campaign for, and provide oversight to nearly all of Berkeley’s housing ballot measures, securing hundreds of millions of dollars for affordable housing of every type and ensuring that the funding is allocated by the City Council as specified.

Worked with the Berkeley community and City Council to improve public safety and pass the Reimagining Public Safety package that includes a new Police Accountability Board with strong oversight powers. This improves trust between law enforcement and our community.

Secured changes to Berkeley’s Seismic Safety Ordinance to ensure that thousands of Berkeley renters now reside in seismically safe housing.

Achieved improved lighting in Berkeley’s downtown and around campus, deterring crime.

Advocated for by-right approvals of longer business hours at downtown businesses, helping businesses succeed while ensuring more eyes on the street to prevent crime.

Helped preserve numerous Berkeley small businesses by approving the necessary permits they needed to remain in business and working with the City of Berkeley to ensure that they had the resources to thrive.

Helped secure stronger labor standards through increases to Berkeley's minimum wage, the Hard Hats Ordinance, the Sweatshop-Free Procurement Ordinance, Fair Workweek, and many others.

Working to save Alta Bates Hospital and ensure that the birthplace of Berkeley remains right here where it belongs.

As an immigrant, stood up to Trump’s hate and strengthened Berkeley’s Sanctuary City ordinance. Also traveled to Washington, D.C. and risked arrest to call on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform.

Worked to take corporate money out of Berkeley through passage of the public financing program and other ordinances.

Helped craft and pass one of the strongest local Just and Equitable Transition programs, a cornerstone of the Green New Deal that ensures workers in existing polluting industries are able to retain the promise of strong and stable middle-class careers while helping Berkeley reduce its carbon emissions.