With longtime roots in the San Mateo County community and a lifelong commitment to service, Eddie Flores represents the historic and diverse District 5 on the South San Francisco City Council. He became mayor in December 2024.

With his election to the South San Francisco City Council, he is the first Salvadoran to serve on a City Council in San Mateo County, and in December 2024, Mayor Flores became the first Salvadoran-born immigrant to assume the role of mayor ever in the history of the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to joining the council, Mayor Eddie was elected to the South San Francisco Unified School District Board where he served as President during the start of the COVID pandemic.

A strong advocate in helping to create a community that values, includes, and encourages bicycling for all purposes for all people, Mayor Flores’ first vote when he first arrived in City Council in February 2021 was supporting and establishing Vision Zero in South San Francisco.

In early 2022, Mayor Eddie launched Every Kid Deserves a Bike. The grassroot award-winning initiative, connects students from low-income families with safe, independent, and joyful outdoor experiences. Since its inception, the initiative has provided more than 1,500 students with a free bicycle, helmet, safety gear, and training—removing a key barrier to mobility and physical activity. Over 30% of these students had never ridden a bike and thanks to the multiple partners and volunteers he helped organize, these youth became new bikers. The initiative received overwhelming support from San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, former Supervisor Pine awarding it $20K and in 2022, and a $200,000 earmark from the State of California, led by CA Assemblymember Diane Papan in 2023.

The initiative was awarded Program of the Year in 2022 by Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition and it has been replicated in Southern California and in the Central Valley cities amongst others. But his work continues, most recently Mayor Flores advocated and was instrumental in bringing reduced 15MPH speed limit in all schools in South San Francisco as well as voting for and advocating for numerous projects supporting bike and pedestrian infrastructure and biped mobility around the city.

Mayor Flores was the first in his family to graduate from a four-year university. He has earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in public policy and public health from UC Berkeley and an MBA from San Francisco State University where he is also an adjunct member of the faculty.

Mayor Eddie currently serves as President of the League of California Cities – Peninsula Division representing all 20 cities in San Mateo County and 16 cities in Santa Clara.