Francisco Garcia, the City of Philadelphia Department of Commerce’s director of business development for innovation and technology, announced this week he was leaving his job to work on former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign.

Garcia’s last day was Wednesday. He told Technical.ly he’ll be heading back to his home state of New York to oversee the Northeast region’s “Mayors for Mike” campaign, getting mayors across the U.S. involved with the 2020 election.

“I think it’s really important to get Donald Trump out of office, and there’s a few candidates I see value in,” Garcia said. “[Bloomberg’s] campaign resonates with me, I’m from New York, and his campaign and strategy so far is really interesting.” (Also interesting: Philly’s own mayor, Jim Kenney, endorsed Bloomberg competitor Elizabeth Warren for president back in October.)

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