Terrifying that only a narrow majority of #SCOTUS upheld birthright citizenship. 3 justices declared that POTUS can unilaterally rewrite the Constitution. This pains me as a naturalized citizen who votes & holds public office. You best believe I’ll keep exercising my rights for as long as I’m able!

I'm running for reelection because I believe in what we're building together in #Berkeley, and I need your help by end of today. After 6/30 my campaign will file its first campaign finance report of 2026. The max contribution is just $60. CAN YOU CHIP IN TODAY? secure.actblue.com/donate/igor-... 🙏

Last night I attended two incredible performances in #district4: Mads Tolling and John Burr at The Back Room and a Pride-themed performance at The Freight featuring legends like Vicki Randle, Skip the Needle, and Linda Tillery. Thank you for enriching us in #downtown #berkeley! #discoveredinberkeley

At a time when all that we love and many whom we love are under attack nationally, it is particularly special for me to stand with the LGBTQ+ community today. Happy Pride! 🌈

Had the best time attending Pride Night and RootStock Arts Live as part of the Berkeley Rep’s “The Lunchbox” production. Both made me proud to, as an immigrant, have the privilege to serve our #downtown #berkeley community - a sanctuary and destination for all. #district4 #discoveredinberkeley 🌈

Thank you to the Ecology Center Farmers' Market for bringing summer solstice joy, fresh strawberries 🍓, and beloved community to #downtown #berkeley! #discoveredinberkeley #district4

To the #berkeley community volunteers maintaining our traffic circles and physical infrastructure: we see you, we thank you, and we salute you! 🪴❤️

I was thrilled to celebrate the 10th annual The UC Theatre Concert Career Pathways Program graduation. Oh the places you’ll go! #downtown #berkeley

Have you been wondering what the backstory is behind the jarring hot pink installation currently on display at Cube Space in #downtown #berkeley? Me too, which took me to a talk with its creators, BSisters, at the Berkeley Art Center. Check it out before it’s gone next month. #discoveredinberkeley

Our inaugural #berkeley #MakeMusicDay was full of song, mirth, and wonderful company. Olga Bolotina and I got a chance to attend several acts in #district4 and the spirit of the day continues to lift us up well into this week. Kudos to all who made this event possible! #discoveredinberkeley 🎶

It was at once a joyful and profound occasion to attend #Berkeley #Juneteenth. It was a renewed reminder of my responsibility to bend the arc toward justice and be in allyship to all who continue the struggle toward a more equitable society and more perfect union. No is free till we are all free. 👊

I was deeply moved to see so many friends, neighbors, and colleagues as we kicked off my re-election campaign in #berkeley #district4. Whether you’ve been with me from the beginning or have come aboard more recently, thank you for being part of our journey toward a Berkeley we can all call home!

Years in the making, South Berkeley has a new native plants garden, dog park, and Miyawaki forest! Thanks to the wonderful #berkeley staff and community partners who made it happen!

TOMORROW! I’m so excited to celebrate our progress toward a #berkeley we can all call home, our collective vision of a #downtown for all, and the deep care that permeates and defines our beloved community. Will I see you there? secure.actblue.com/donate/igor2... #district4

Had a fabulous time supporting Dorothy Day House at its community thrift sale! Thanks for all you do towards a #berkeley we can all call home!

Art is resistance. Art is resiliency. Art is community. Thank you to the Acci Gallery Arts And Crafts Cooperative, North Shattuck - Berkeley, and all who made the North Shattuck Banner reveal and Arts and Activism opening a success! 💪 🖼️

Like a phoenix, the #Berkeley Flea Market has risen again. The phoenix is the sweat equity of Dr. Allen and all the community members who were relentless in ensuring this local treasure returned to the Ashby @bart.gov station. Happy grand reopening! 👊 @barnalighosh.bsky.social

Our #district4 office lives to serve the #berkeley community. Amy and I had a wonderful time supporting the Berkeley Food Network as part of @mayoradenaishii.bsky.social’s Volunteer Say. Yes, I love carrots, whether as veggies, policy incentives, or a silly costume! 🥕

Visit Berkeley knows how to throw a party in my #downtown #berkeley district! What a wonderful kickoff! ⚽️ #discoveredinberkeley

It has been the deepest honor of my life to serve the #downtown #berkeley community on the City Council. We have more work to do, and I’d be deeply grateful to earn your support for a full term. Please join me next Thursday 6/18 for my re-election kickoff! secure.actblue.com/donate/igor2...

Meet your heroes, part 2 @climatedefiance.bsky.social #berkeley

What a powerful panel on energy justice that I got to moderate the other day. Thank you so much Young Professionals in Energy SF Bay Area and United Nations Association-USA East Bay for the opportunity. All clean power to the people! ✊🌞🔋⚡️💚

I pawed my way to the first-ever #berkeley Vets in Vans fair and had zero bones to pick with it. On the contrary, Jessica Li did a fantastic job bringing incredible pet-oriented nonprofits and small businesses together. Can’t wait for next year! 🐾

#gotvlife @alamedacodem.bsky.social #YesonE #oakland

The 2026 @baybookfest.bsky.social is here, and we think you need to book it to #downtown #berkeley this weekend! www.baybookfest.org 📕 PS. Always exciting to meet other Igors in Berkeley! 🐻

In this country people died for their right to vote. As a naturalized American citizen, I vote for them. People in my homeland continue to die on the front lines of our democracy. As one of the first and only elected officials of Ukrainian descent in #california, I also vote for them. VOTE TODAY! 🗳️

Today @mayoradenaishii.bsky.social and I got to recognize a literal and figurative giant of #downtown #berkeley. John Caner, thanks for all you’ve done and continue to do in your 17 years of transforming @downtownberkeley.bsky.social, building community, & giving your successor big shoes to fill. 👟

Thank you @tomsteyerhq.bsky.social for making #berkeley a stop on your “A #california We Can Afford” tour. As I dream of our Golden State freed of the pernicious grasp of corporate monopolies, I’m voting my conscience, our shared values, and our collective dream of a place we can all call home.

Happy 10-year anniversary to @calcca.bsky.social. That’s 10 years of providing a cleaner, greener, and more affordable energy alternative to the investor-owned utility monopoly. Honored to ring in the occasion with @avaenergy.org. And congrats/thanks to CCA champion @chrisrogersca.bsky.social 🌞🔋⚡️

It was such an honor to join the Berkeley High School R.I.S.E. graduation. Congratulations to the class of 2026! Oh the places you’ll go!

Had an inspiring start to the weekend kicking off the 21st Annual Tommie Smith and 100 Black Men Track Meet at Cal Berkeley. Edwards Stadium at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social has held so much meaning for me over the years, and now it’s even more meaningful. Let the games begin!

All are welcome in #downtown #berkeley - whether in human or humanoid form! The Robotics Showcase at #berkeleygatewayaccelerator was incredible! Photo credits: Olga Bolotina

In January my office participated in the biennial point in time homelessness count. Preliminary results show a countywide 13% decrease in total homelessness from the 2024 count and an 18% drop in unsheltered homelessness. The work towards a #berkeley and #bayarea we can all call home continues. 🏠

On this Public Works Week and every week, I’m grateful for the immense contributions of all of our #berkeley staff. Photo credit: Olga Bolotina

I am shocked, saddened, and in mourning following a mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. The right to be safe in one’s place of worship is sacrosanct. These spaces are symbols of community, hope, and belonging.

Over 400 artists from all over the world participated in this year’s 15th Annual Postal Collage Project, and their artwork will be on display through 5/31 at the Berkeley Art Center. Thank you Berkeley Commonplace for bringing people together at a time when connection is needed now more than ever.

Another @novaukraine.org Centipede at #baytobreakers is in the books. But your contributions toward humanitarian aid in #ukraine are still needed, welcome, and appreciated. Will you make a c3 contribution of whatever amount is comfortable? Thank you and #SlavaUkrayini! 🇺🇦 donorbox.org/nova-ukraine...

Today I’m running my third Centipede for 🇺🇦 with @novaukraine.org. I’d be so grateful if you might consider making a tax-deductible contribution for humanitarian aid at a time when brave Ukrainians continue to fight on the front lines of our democracy. #SlavaUkrayini donorbox.org/nova-ukraine...

Turned in my last signatures, helpfully collected by volunteers in my #downtown #berkeley. Here’s to saving Bay Area transit! 🚌 🚊 🚆

Proud to welcome the Center for Elders' Independence to #berkeley. Thank you for all you do to so that the folks who raised us can live out their golden years in dignity. Congrats Assemblymember Mia Bonta on your well-deserved Legislator of the Year award!

Had a meaningful and impactful time learning about affordable housing models and approaches in #SanMateo County at the Housing Innovation Tour. Thank you to the San Francisco Foundation for hosting and to everyone who is working on a Bay Area we can all call home! 🏡

Thank you to the Night Council for visiting #downtown #berkeley and to the small businesses who were such gracious hosts of our fact-finding mission! @taplinterry.bsky.social

Excited to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Bancroft-Fulton Student Housing Project, just to the south of #downtown #berkeley! Thank you to all who are making a Berkeley we can all call home possible! 🏠 Photo credits: Amy Rodas

Proud to be in allyship with our siblings. At all times, but particularly at a time when national attacks on the LGBTQ+ community are on a scale not seen in nearly 50 years, we must continue to stand up and fight back - and we are. Thank you @eqca.bsky.social for leading the way! 👊

If you parked a vehicle (or two) smack dab in the middle of a bike lane in my district, know that I have eyes on you and now so does BPD. Keeping bike lanes clear is non-negotiable.

Not too late to stop by the Acci Gallery Arts And Crafts Cooperative 6th Annual Arts and Plant Sale! But by 515 pm it will be! See you there!

Not too late to stop by the Acci Gallery Arts And Crafts Cooperative 6th Annual Arts and Plant Sale! But by 515 pm it will be! See you there!

Had an amazing time honoring the incredible educators, students, and volunteers that make a quality and equitable #berkeley public school education possible at the Berkeley Public Schools Fund. Photo credit: Amy Rodas

Housing is a human right. Thank you East Bay Housing Organizations for all you do to fight for an East Bay we can all call home. 🏡

Honored to host a delegation of 41 entrepreneurs from #ukraine in #downtown #berkeley. Thanks to the City’s Office of Economic Development and Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive for the insightful presentations. Look fwd to growing our partnership! #slavaukraini 🇺🇦