UC Berkeley undergraduate wins city council seat in historic victory

BERKELEY — Berkeley residents living in District 7 have a new city council representative in Cecilia Lunaparra, whose victory in an election of fewer than 500 votes was certified Friday.

Lunaparra, a UC Berkeley undergraduate studying history and urban studies and just weeks away from graduation, will be sworn into office next week after defeating James Chang, chief of staff for Councilmember Ben Bartlett and a graduate student at the Haas School of Business.

Lunaparra, 23, will...