BERKELEY — New Mayor Jesse Arreguin will deliver an inaugural address touching on critical issues affecting the city at a special council meeting Thursday.

Convening at 5:30 p.m. at the Old City Hall, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, the council is expected to schedule for March 7 a special election for the District 4 council seat that Arreguin occupied until he was sworn in as mayor on Dec. 1. Arreguín won the Nov. 8 mayoral election over seven other candidates.

Three candidates have said they will run: Ben Gould, Kate Harrison and Brianna Rogers. Gould finished fourth in the Nov. 8 mayoral race.

In his inaugural address, Arreguin is expected to talk about homelessness and affordable housing while providing a message of hope and resiliency in response to the outcome of the national election, his spokesman Stefan Elgstrand announced in a news release.

Arreguin will be inaugurated along with a new council featuring three new members:

Cheryl Davila in District 2, who narrowly defeated incumbent Darryl Moore and a third candidate, Nanci Armstrong-Temple.

Ben Bartlett in District 3, replacing the retiring Max Anderson. Bartlett, who was endorsed by Anderson, won more than half the vote over three other candidates, Deborah Matthews, Mark Coplan and Al G. Murray.

Sophie Hahn in District 5. Hahn beat Stephen Murphy for the seat vacated by Laurie Capitelli, who ran for mayor and finished second to Arreguin.

Also winning on Nov. 8 was District 6 incumbent Susan Wengraf, reelected with more than half the vote over Fred Dodsworth and Isabelle Gaston.