Out city council candidatesIn San Ramon, 21-year-old Sameera Rajwade is seeking the newly created District 3 seat on the City Council.
If elected, they would be the first nonbinary council member in the Bay Area and the third known to be serving in the country, as according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund there are two nonbinary council members in New York state.Rajwade, who is Indian American, attended American University for a year but dropped out to focus on their career as a graphic designer and political journalist.
They returned to the Bay Area in January and were active in the local protests against police killings of Black people.The filing deadline for the race closes at 5 p.m.