Buenaflor (Flor) NicolasIncumbent

Candidate for City Council Member, South San Francisco, District 3 · Incumbent

Buenaflor 'Flor' Nicolas immigrated to the United States from the Philippines in 1988 and is now a grandmother of three. She holds a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the Mapua Institute of Technology in Manila and a Master of Public Health from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has spent nearly 25 years in leadership roles at biotechnology companies, including Gilead Sciences and InterMune, and currently leads drug safety and pharmacovigilance work at a biotechnology company. She was first elected to the South San Francisco City Council at-large in 2018 and as the District 3 representative in 2022, becoming the third Asian-American woman elected to the council and its first Filipino-American woman. She served as mayor beginning in December 2022 and has volunteered for more than 30 years with religious, housing-authority, parks and recreation, and cultural organizations.

As mayor, Nicolas highlighted a $28.8 million state Infill Infrastructure Grant awarded to South San Francisco to help build 158 affordable homes as part of a roughly 800-unit master-planned community that also includes a childcare center, retail space, and public open space, crediting city staff for the successful application. Her committee assignments have also focused on community development and housing, homelessness outreach, education liaison work with the school district, and an age-friendly task force for older residents.

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