City of Brisbane Location in San Mateo County and the state of California Location in San Mateo County and the state of California City of Brisbane is positioned in the US City of Brisbane - City of Brisbane Brisbane City Hall Brisbane (/ br zbe n/ briz-bayn, unlike Brisbane, Australia) is a small town/city located in California in the northern part of San Mateo County on the lower slopes of San Bruno Mountain.

It is positioned on the southern border of San Francisco, on the northeastern edge of South San Francisco, next to the San Francisco Bay and near the San Francisco International Airport.

Brisbane is called "The City of Stars" because of a holiday tradition established over 65 years ago.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 20.1 square miles (52 km2), of which 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2) is territory and 17.0 square miles (44 km2) (84.58%) is water, the latter the Brisbane Lagoon.

Guadalupe Valley Creek is a small creek which flows east through Brisbane along the north flank of San Bruno Mountain and enters the Brisbane Lagoon after passing under the Tunnel Avenue bridge.

Brisbane was originally part of Rancho Canada de Guadalupe la Visitacion y Rodeo Viejo, a large tract of territory that encompassed the Canada de Guadalupe (now Guadalupe Valley), and also the Bayshore precinct of Daly City, the Visitacion Valley precinct of San Francisco, and San Bruno Mountain.

The town/city is served by San Mateo County Libraries.

In the 1920s Arthur Annis proposed the name change from Visitacion City to Brisbane.

Annis regarded the name Visitacion City as a handicap "being so close to a San Francisco town/city precinct with a similar name", which he felt would confuse citizens and prevent "Brisbane" from establishing its own unique identity.

According to his daughter, the town/city was titled for Brisbane, Queensland, perhaps due to the area's resemblance to that port town/city at the time. Another story holds that it was titled for journal columnist Arthur Brisbane. The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Brisbane had a populace of 4,282.

The Enumeration reported that 4,266 citizens (99.6% of the population) lived in homeholds, 16 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 1,821 homeholds, out of which 514 (28.2%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 808 (44.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 159 (8.7%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 96 (5.3%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.

The populace was spread out with 825 citizens (19.3%) under the age of 18, 213 citizens (5.0%) aged 18 to 24, 1,356 citizens (31.7%) aged 25 to 44, 1,459 citizens (34.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 429 citizens (10.0%) who were 65 years of age or older.

2,936 citizens (68.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,330 citizens (31.1%) lived in rental housing units.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 17.7% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 37.5% from 25 to 44, 31.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older.

In the California State Legislature, Brisbane is in the 13th Senate District, represented by Democrat Jerry Hill, and in the 22nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Kevin Mullin. In the United States House of Representatives, Brisbane is in California's 14th congressional district, represented by Democrat Jackie Speier. The boulevard continues north to San Francisco and south to South San Francisco and SFO.

Route 101 also goes past the town/city on the easterly side adjoining to San Francisco Bay.

Brisbane's economy is dominated by office parks at Sierra Point and an industrialized park around the Valley Drive corridor.

Universal Paragon's proposed 659-acre (2.67 km2) Brisbane Baylands project, if allowed by Brisbane voters, proposes to more than double the existing employment base of the City by providing new office, research & development, retail, hotel and other territory uses that are accessible by a proposed multi-modal transit station (Caltrain, Muni T-Third light rail and proposed Bus Rapid Transit). Houses are quite expensive, as the average home cost is around $639,000.

Brisbane California is home to the San Bruno Mountain as well as many town/city parks.

San Bruno Mountain is known for the spectacular views of the city, and the native Mission Blue butterfly.

City parks in Brisbane include the Community Park in the center of town (1 Visitacion Ave.) the Fire Hydrant Plug Preserve (300 Mariposa St.) and Firth Park (100 Lake St.) and The Brisbane Dog Park ( 50 Park Pl.) According to the City's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: The town/city is served by the Brisbane Public Library of the San Mateo County Libraries, a member of the Peninsula Library System.

"California Cities by Incorporation Date".

City of Brisbane.

City of Brisbane - City History Chapter 1; "Archived copy".

San Francisco Morning Call; January 14, 1907 a b "Vast Railroad Shops Building at Visitacion," San Francisco Chronicle; July 7, 1917 Which was titled after Sir Thomas Brisbane a Governor of New South Wales and astronomer.

The Brisbane crater on the Moon was also titled after Sir Thomas Brisbane.

City of Brisbane - City History Chapter 2; "Archived copy".

A several sources state that Annis live for a short time in Brisbane Australia.

Chandler, Daly City, CA: The City of Daly City, 1973.

"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Brisbane city".

Universal Paragon unveils ambitious plan for Brisbane Baylands - San Jose Mercury News.

Universal Paragon, Inc.'s Brisbane Baylands Project Site; https://brisbanebaylands.com About Parks and Recreation | City of Brisbane Archived May 30, 2013, at the Wayback Machine..

City of Brisbane CAFR City of Brisbane Municipalities and communities of San Mateo County, California, United States

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