Freddy Valdez is Mayor of Firebaugh, serving a term running through November 2028. He previously served as a council member. No verified information on his occupation or education was found in public records.
In May 2023, while a council member, Valdez was one of three officials — along with Brady Jenkins and then-Mayor Felipe Perez — accused by longtime Fire Chief John Borboa of micromanaging city departments, after the council rejected a fire-station security-system purchase in closed session, a decision reporting suggested may have violated the state’s open-meetings law. Borboa resigned after more than 40 years with the department; Valdez did not respond publicly to the allegations at the time.
