Gus Newport was an American politician who was the mayor of Berkeley, California, from 1979 to 1986. He later worked to help Gulfport, Mississippi, community rebuild in the wake of damage from Hurricane Katrina.
Newport was elected mayor in 1979 with the backing of Berkeley Citizens Action, a coalition of progressives, radicals and reformers. The BCA ran on a campaign of economic reform, inspired by a 1976 document, The Cities Wealth: Programs for Community Economic Control in Berkeley, California.
He held the mayoralty from 1979 to 1986.
Newport endorsed US Senator, Bernie Sanders’ campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020. He died on June 17, 2023, at the age of 88.