South San Francisco, California South San Francisco City of South San Francisco South San Francisco as viewed from a close-by ridge South San Francisco as viewed from a close-by ridge Nickname(s): South City; The Industrial City South San Francisco is positioned in the US South San Francisco - South San Francisco CSA San Jose San Francisco Oakland Metro San Francisco Oakland Hayward Demonym(s) South San Franciscan South San Francisco is a town/city in San Mateo County, California, United States, positioned on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.
South San Francisco lies north of San Bruno and San Francisco International Airport in a small valley south of Daly City, Colma, Brisbane, and San Bruno Mountain, east of Pacifica and the hills of the Coast Range, and west of the waters of San Francisco Bay.
Locals often refer to the town as South City, in much the same way that San Francisco is called "The City." Even with its name, South San Francisco does not border San Francisco, with Brisbane being between them.
Most of the valley faces San Francisco Bay, affording bay views from higher levels.
South San Francisco has mild winters and dry cool summers.
The town/city is noted for the South San Francisco Hillside Sign on Sign Hill, which rises to the north of the city, with large white letters that proclaim "South San Francisco, The Industrial City".
The region which is now South San Francisco was originally part of Rancho Buri Buri, a large Mexican territory grant dating to 1827.
Lux bought out Edmonson's interest in 1856 and established the town of Baden, now a neighborhood of South San Francisco.
In 1855 Lux bought another 1,464 acres (6 km2) of Rancho Buri Buri territory and became a partner of fellow San Francisco butcher and entrepreneur Henry Miller, forming the firm of Miller & Lux. The town/city of South San Francisco was originally conceived as an industrialized suburb and was promoted by delegates of the Beef Trust, a group including some of the country's biggest meat packing firms.
Swift proposed the name South San Francisco based on South Chicago and South Omaha, where the Swift business already had plants.
Iler of Omaha, Nebraska, an agent of the Beef Trust, purchased Lux's property, and in 1891 ownership was transferred to the South San Francisco Land and Improvement Company.
Fuller & Company, the South San Francisco Lumber Company, and the Pacific Jupiter Steel Company. The town/city of South San Francisco was incorporated in 1908 following a dispute with San Mateo County, which had blocked the assembly of a smelter on San Bruno Point which was supported by the locals. Following incorporation additional industries moved into the town, including two steel mills.
By the 1920s the town/city was "the smokestack capital of the Peninsula." South San Francisco proudly called itself "The Industrial City", a motto immortalized in 1923 by a huge sign on a hillside overlooking the city.
The biotechnology enormous Genentech opened in 1976, dominant to South San Francisco's new identity as "the place of birth of biotechnology". The populace interval to 63,632 as of the 2010 census.
South San Francisco is positioned at 37 39 22 N 122 25 32 W (37.655983, -122.425525). South San Francisco, along with most of the Bay Area, appreciates a mild Mediterranean climate (Koppen climate classification Csb), with warm, dry summers and cool, mostly wet winters.
The micro climate of South San Francisco is dominated by wind from the close-by Pacific Ocean, which typically keeps the daytime temperatures quite cool year round, even amid the summer months.
Climate data for South San Francisco, California South San Francisco is incessantly windy.
South San Francisco is a middle class and working class city.
However, that image is quickly changing as many luxury homes have been built, especially at the foot of the mountain that divides Brisbane and South San Francisco, in the region in recent years to take favor of the city's close adjacency to downtown San Francisco, the bio-tech industry, and the peninsula.
There are also developments of luxury condominiums in the Westborough precinct and on El Camino Real near the South San Francisco BART station.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that South San Francisco had a populace of 63,632.
The ethnic makeup of South San Francisco was 23,760 (37.3%) White, 1,625 (2.6%) African American, 395 (0.6%) Native American, 23,293 (36.6%) Asian, 1,111 (1.7%) Pacific Islander, 9,598 (15.1%) from other competitions, and 3,850 (6.1%) from two or more competitions.
South San Francisco is adjoining to the San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
A BART station, positioned directly adjoining to El Camino High School and Solaire Transit Village, provides rapid transit service to SFO, the town/city of San Francisco, and the East Bay.
BART supplements the older Caltrain service to San Francisco and San Jose.
A South City Shuttle provides service between South San Francisco BART and the city's downtown.
A shuttle linking the South San Francisco Ferry Terminal to the Utah/Grand Ave office region operates amid commute hours, Monday through Friday. A shuttle linking the South San Francisco Ferry Terminal to the Oyster Point office region operates amid commute hours, Monday through Friday. Route 101 (the Bayshore Freeway), along the San Francisco Bay, and Interstate 280, along the hills of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
South San Francisco High School, also known as South City High South San Francisco is part of the South San Francisco Unified School District, which also serves portions of the neighboring metros/cities of Daly City and San Bruno.
The town/city is home to two enhance high schools: El Camino High School and South San Francisco High School, which share a cross-town rivalry. Baden High School and South San Francisco Adult Education are the City's two continuation schools.
These enhance high and middle schools, as well as a number of enhance elementary schools, and an adult school, South San Francisco Adult Education, are part of the South San Francisco Unified School District.
The town/city is served by the South San Francisco Public Library which is part of the Peninsula Library System.
South San Francisco Fire Department presently has five fire stations.
The city's small downtown and a several residentiary subdivisions, such as Mayfair Village, Sunshine Gardens, Avalon Park, Winston Manor, West Winston Manor, and Rancho Buri Buri, are positioned west of Highway 101, while the region east of Highway 101 is dominated by industrialized complexes interspersed with undivided office parks, especially near the Oyster Point Marina on San Francisco Bay.
The extreme portions of the town/city near Interstate 280 sit along a hillside and offer views of San Francisco Bay.
Grand Avenue, from Chestnut to Airport, is considered downtown South San Francisco, with various small shops and restaurants.
City Hall is positioned on Grand Avenue, which, to the inhabitants of South City, is known simply as "Grand." South San Francisco consists of the following neighborhoods: The majority of Brentwood and Paradise Valley inhabitants attend South San Francisco High School, as well as the East Side inhabitants.
The "South San Francisco The Industrial City" sign South San Francisco is not known as a tourist destination, but it is a key landmark visible to anyone who travels along the San Francisco Peninsula or through the close-by San Francisco International Airport.
Sign Hill, near San Bruno Mountain State Park, displays huge letters on its mountain peakside which reads "SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO THE INDUSTRIAL CITY." In 2008, the pole was modified to hold a vertical number 100, celebrating South San Francisco's 100th year as an incorporated city.
The City purchased the Civic Center site in 1913 for $10,000 from the South San Francisco Land and Improvement Company.
The City's Mayoral Office, City Manager's Office, City Clerk, Economic and Community Development, Finance and Human Resources services are positioned in City Hall.
South San Francisco has a number of other parks: Orange Memorial Park offers baseball/softball fields, soccer fields, indoor swimming, picnic grounds, a sculpture garden, children's play equipment, tennis courts, basketball courts, bocce ball, and a newly created skate park.
It hosts a Saturday farmer's market (May October), as well as the annual "South San Francisco Day in the Park" in September.
The town/city also has a park and marina along the shore of San Francisco Bay, titled Oyster Point, which is also home to the private Oyster Point Yacht Club.
South San Francisco has walkways and bike trails adjoining to the San Francisco Bay, from which runners are able to view San Francisco International Airport operations, while wind-surfers and kayakers may launch their watercraft.
South San Francisco is home to many hotels as well, since it is close to San Francisco and actually directly next to SFO.
Running from Colma to Millbrae, South San Francisco's portion is three miles long, running through the center of town from the South San Francisco BART Station to the San Bruno BART Station.
Bertolucci's is an Italian restaurant that has also been around almost since the birth of the city, positioned in close adjacency to downtown South San Francisco and is easily seen from highway 101.
The South San Francisco Public Library (part of the Peninsula Library System) has served the town/city since 1917 with chapters in the Grand Avenue civic center and on West Orange Avenue just off of Westborough.
The South San Francisco Farmers Market is at Orange Memorial Park from May through October, 9am to 1pm.
South San Francisco has one bowling alley titled Brentwood Bowl due to its adjacency to the Brentwood Neighborhood on El Camino Real.
Headquarters of See's Candies on El Camino Real, South San Francisco Much of what is now South San Francisco was initially agricultural land, and was originally known as Baden.
A sign placed at the entrance to the Biotech Area declares South San Francisco to be the "Birthplace of Biotechnology." The flat territory east of Bayshore Freeway (US 101) is the R&D Campus of South San Francisco and carries on the tradition of the moniker on Sign Hill, "The Industrial City." South San Francisco's office parks and industrialized zoning are favorable to meet needs of industry, and the property taxes levied from the extensive industrialized park furnish revenues for the city. South San Francisco is home to one Fortune 500 company, food wholesaler Core-Mark.
South San Francisco is home to Genentech, one of the world's biggest biotech companies, as well as a satellite office of Amgen, the world's biggest biotech firm.
Many other biotech companies, such as Exelixis, have also started or moved to South San Francisco to be in adjacency to UCSF, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley; all are inside an hour's drive.
A sign positioned on East Grand Avenue declares South San Francisco as the "Birthplace of Biotechnology." The command posts and factory of See's Candies is positioned in South San Francisco. Air China operates an office in South San Francisco. Galoob had its command posts in South San Francisco before Hasbro bought the business in 1998. Hudson Soft USA, a subsidiary of Hudson Soft, and Sanrio, Inc., had its command posts in South San Francisco. Success - Factors, a multinational, cloud-based human capital management solution business is headquartered in South San Francisco.
In the California State Legislature, South San Francisco 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, South San Francisco is in California's 14th congressional district, represented by Democrat Jackie Speier. South San Francisco has five sister cities: San Francisco Bay Area portal South San Francisco Official Website: www.ssf.net South San Francisco.
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