President Joe Biden In Bay Area Wednesday, Thursday

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — President Joe Biden arrives in San Francisco Wednesday for a two day trip to the Bay Area, according to the White House.

Air Force One will depart from Los Angeles for San Francisco International Airport, then will take a Marine One helicopter to Marina Green in San Francisco where he plans to take part in two campaign events in the city.

The president, who last visited the Bay Area in November for the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit, also will make an appearance in Los Altos Hills before departing the region Thursday, White House officials said.

This week's trip to Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area will mark Biden's third visit to California in just over two months for political events. He's trying to make up for lost time after largely avoiding the Democratic donor stronghold during last year's strikes by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA.

While Biden will be pursuing deep-pocketed donors this week, the campaign points to the number of smaller donations it has raised as an encouraging sign for the president.

The campaign says 97 percent of the 3 million donations it has received thus far were under $200 each. Biden has also received pledges from 158,000 “sustaining donors” who have committed to donating on a monthly basis. That's more than double the amount Biden had at this point in the 2020 cycle, when his cash-strapped campaign limped out of Iowa following a fourth place finish in the state's February caucuses.

The new totals include donations to Biden’s political operation and to a network of joint fundraising arrangements with the national and state Democratic parties. Biden’s 2020 campaign raised over $1 billion, and could need even more in a likely Trump rematch.

"This haul will go directly to reaching the voters who will decide this election," said Biden campaign senior communications adviser TJ Ducklo.

AAMER MADHANI, The Associated Press and Bay City News contributed to this report.