Eddie Flores

Candidate for City Council Member, South San Francisco, District 5 · South San Francisco Councilmember, District 5

Eddie Flores was born in El Salvador and immigrated to South San Francisco at age 7, raised by a single mother; he became the first in his family to earn a four-year degree, at UC Berkeley (public health, and master's degrees from the Goldman School of Public Policy and the School of Public Health), and later earned an MBA from San Francisco State University. Over more than 20 years he has worked as a science aide teaching elementary students, an advocate for childcare programs, and a teacher at San Francisco State University and Skyline College, and he has worked with the Peninsula Health Care District to develop youth mental health services. He previously served as a South San Francisco Parks and Recreation Commissioner and on the South San Francisco Unified School District Board of Trustees, including as board vice president and president. He is the first Salvadoran immigrant to serve on a San Mateo County city council, and has helped secure more than $100 million in affordable housing funds, pass environmental regulations, support Vision Zero traffic-safety efforts, launch the Shop Local SSF program, start a children's bike program, and create a city commission on equity and public safety.

Flores wants to continue addressing displacement and gentrification while making housing more affordable, bring new parks and green space to Old Town, expand childcare and preschool access, strengthen mental health services, address climate change and sustainability, support community-based economic development, and improve lighting and safety along the Linden Avenue corridor.

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