| City of San Mateo | |
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| — City — | |
| San Mateo from above | |
| Location in San Mateo County and the state of California | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Mateo |
| Incorporated | September 4, 1894 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Brandt Grotte |
| • City Manager | Susan Loftus |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 15.884 sq mi (41.137 km2) |
| • Land | 12.130 sq mi (31.416 km2) |
| • Water | 3.754 sq mi (9.722 km2) 23.63% |
| Elevation | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 97,207 |
| • Density | 8,013.7/sq mi (3,094.1/km2) |
| United States Census Bureau | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 94401-94404 |
| Area code(s) | 650 |
| FIPS code | 06-68252 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1659584 |
| Website | http://www.cityofsanmateo.org/ |
San Mateo ( /ˌsæn məˈteɪ.oʊ/ san mə-tay-oh; Spanish for "Saint Matthew") is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of approximately 100,000 (97,207 at the 2010 census), it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the east, Belmont to the south, and Highlands-Baywood Park and Hillsborough to the west. San Mateo was incorporated in 1864.
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Originally part of the Rancho de las Pulgas (literally "Ranch of the Fleas") and the Rancho San Mateo, the earliest recorded history is in the archives of Mission Dolores. It indicates in 1789 the Missionaries had named a Native American village along Laurel Creek Los Laureles or the Laurels (Mission Delores, 1789). An 1835 sketch map of the Rancho refers to the creek as arroyo de los Laureles, but by now most of the Laurels have vanished.
Coyote Point was an early recorded feature of San Mateo in 1810. Beginning in the 1850s some wealthy San Franciscans began looking for summer or permanent homes in the milder mid-peninsula. While most of this early settlement occurred in adjacent Hillsborough and Burlingame, a number of historically important mansions and buildings trickled over into San Mateo.
A.P. Giannini, founder of the Bank of Italy (that became Bank of America), lived here most of his life. His mansion, Seven Oaks, currently in disrepair and listed in the National Register of Historic Places (No.99001181), is located at 20 El Cerrito Drive.
In 1858 Sun Water Station, a stage station of the Butterfield Overland Mail route was established in San Mateo. It was located 9 miles south of Clarks Station in what is now San Bruno and 9 miles north of the next station at Redwood City.[2]
The Howard Estate was built in 1859 on the hill accessed by Crystal Springs Road. The Parrott Estate was erected in 1860 in the same area, giving rise to two conflicting names for the hill, Howard Hill and Parrott Hill. After substantial use of the automobile by about 1935, neither name was commonly applied to that hill (Brown, 1975). The Borel estate was developed near Borel Creek in 1874, with present uses being modern offices and shops; the property is still managed and owned by Borel Place Associates and the Borel Estate Company.
Scholars Cottage, at 37 E. Santa Inez Avenue, was built by Ernest Coxhead in 1875 in the Tudor Revival style. The Eugene J. De Sabla Teahouse and Tea Garden was established in 1900 at 70 De Sabla Avenue, designed by Makoto Hagiwara. It exists today as a garden of a later home, and it features rock art and other sculpture.
"Hayward Park," the extraordinary 1880 American Queen Anne style residence of silver and banking millionaire Alvinza Hayward (often said to be "California's first millionaire"), was built on an 800-acre (3.2 km2) estate in San Mateo. The property, which included a deer park and racetrack, was converted into a hotel after Hayward's death in 1904. It burned in a spectacular 1920 fire.
Perhaps the best-known natural area is Coyote Point Park, a rock outcropped peninsula that juts out into the San Francisco Bay. The early Spanish navigators named it la punta de San Mateo,[3] but cargo ships carrying grain in the bay renamed it Big Coyote (BLM, 1853). In any case sailors had a penchant for naming promontories at the edge of San Francisco Bay after the coyote, since across the bay in Fremont are the Coyote Hills, part of Coyote Hills Regional Park. By the 1890s the shore area was a popular beach called San Mateo Beach, originally named by the Spanish in 1842 as playa de San Mateo. Today Coyote Point is home to CuriOdyssey, formerly known as the Coyote Point Museum, one of the best natural history museums and wildlife centers in California.[says who?] The Peninsula Humane Society is also situated at Coyote Point.
There are a variety of natural habitats present, including mixed oak woodland, riparian zones and bayland marshes. One endangered species, the California clapper rail, was sighted feeding on mudflats by the Third Avenue bridge in San Mateo.[4] The marsh areas are also likely habitat for the endangered Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse, who enjoy the middle and high zones of salt and brackish marshes, as well as for the endangered marsh plant, Point Reyes bird's beak.
Sugarloaf Mountain, whose name traces back to at least 1870, is a prominent landform between the forks of Laurel Creek (Brown, 1975). In late 20th century, this mixed oak woodland and chaparral habitat was a site of controversy involving proposals to develop a portion of the mountain for residential use. Today it is park and open space area and home to the endangered Mission Blue Butterfly. Its population as of 2010 is 3,967,932.
San Mateo is located at (37.554286, −122.313044)[5]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15.9 square miles (41 km2), of which, 12.1 square miles (31 km2) is land and 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2) (23.63%) is water.
San Mateo enjoys a mild Mediterranean climate, shielded from the Pacific Ocean by the Montara Mountain block of the Santa Cruz Mountains. There is a gap in the mountains, west of the College of San Mateo, where State Route 92 meets State Route 35, resulting in gusty afternoon winds and allowing fog to flow toward San Mateo in the late afternoon through early morning in the summer months.
The National Weather Service maintained a cooperative weather station in San Mateo until 1978; records for the period show that January, the coolest month, had an average maximum of 57.8 °F (14.3 °C) and an average minimum of 41.7 °F (5.4 °C), and September, the warmest month, had an average maximum of 78.0 °F (25.6 °C) and an average minimum of 54.2 °F (12.3 °C). The record maximum temperature was 109 °F (43 °C) on June 14, 1961, and the record minimum temperature was 25 °F (−4 °C) on January 5, 1949, and December 9, 1972. Annual precipitation averaged 18.77 inches (477 mm) of rainfall, falling on an average of 60 days each year. The wettest year was 29.77 inches (756 mm) in 1973 and the dryest year was 11.16 inches (283 mm) of rainfall in 1953. The most precipitation in one month was 12.59 inches (320 mm) of rainfall in December 1955 and the most precipitation in 24 hours was 3.72 inches (94 mm) of rainfall on December 23, 1955. Based on comparison with the existing NWS office at San Francisco International Airport, San Mateo is generally a few degrees warmer in summer than the airport and a few degrees cooler in winter, while annual precipitation is almost the same at the airport and in San Mateo.[6] In recent years, daily temperature reports for San Mateo from local weather observers have been published in the San Mateo Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
The 2010 United States Census[7] reported that San Mateo had a population of 97,207. The population density was 6,120.1 people per square mile (2,363.0/km²). The racial makeup of San Mateo was 56,214 (46.8%) White, 2,296 (2.4%) African American, 505 (0.5%) Native American, 18,384 (18.9%) Asian (7.9% Chinese, 4.6% Filipino, 2.2% Japanese, 1.8% Indian, 0.8% Korean, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.2% Thai), 1,998 (2.1%) Pacific Islander, 12,264 (12.6%) from other races, and 5,546 (5.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 25,815 persons (26.6%); 14.4% of San Mateo is Mexican, 2.8% Guatemalan, 2.6% Salvadoran, 1.2% Peruvian, 0.9% Nicaraguan, 0.5% Puerto Rican, 0.3% Colombian, 0.3% Chilean, 0.2% Honduran, and 0.2% Cuban.
The Census reported that 95,891 people (98.6% of the population) lived in households, 975 (1.0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 341 (0.4%) were institutionalized.
There were 38,233 households, out of which 11,464 (30.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 17,964 (47.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 3,824 (10.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,656 (4.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,098 (5.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 343 (0.9%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 11,751 households (30.7%) were made up of individuals and 4,391 (11.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51. There were 23,444 families (61.3% of all households); the average family size was 3.14.
The population was spread out with 20,254 people (20.8%) under the age of 18, 6,915 people (7.1%) aged 18 to 24, 30,772 people (31.7%) aged 25 to 44, 25,286 people (26.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 13,980 people (14.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.9 years. For every 100 females there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.8 males.
There were 40,014 housing units at an average density of 2,519.3 per square mile (972.7/km²), of which 19,969 (52.2%) were owner-occupied, and 18,264 (47.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.7%. 50,951 people (52.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 44,940 people (46.2%) lived in rental housing units.
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As of the census[9] of 2000, there were 92,482 people, 37,338 households, and 22,310 families residing in the city. The population density was 7,569.5 people per square mile (2,922.1/km²).
There are 36,501 households of which 26.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.2% were non-families. 33.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.44 and the average family size was 4.09. The age distribution is: 22.4% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 34.1% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who are 65 or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males.
According to a 2008 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $79,820, and the median income for a family was $95,750.[10] Males had a median income of $47,280 versus $41,231 for females. The per capita income for the city was $33,176. About 5.6% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.8% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.
In the state legislature San Mateo is located in the 8th Senate District, represented by Democrat Leland Yee, and in the 19th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Jerry Hill. Federally, San Mateo is located in California's 12th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of D +22[11] and is currently represented by Democrat Jackie Speier, who succeeded Democrat Tom Lantos after his death in 2008.
According to the City's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[12] the top employers in the city are:
| # | Employer | # of Employees |
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| 1 | San Mateo County Community College District | 1,993 |
| 2 | San Mateo Medical Center | 1,451 |
| 3 | San Mateo-Foster City School District | 1,055 |
| 4 | Franklin Templeton Investments | 1,024 |
| 5 | San Mateo Union High School District | 900 |
| 6 | City of San Mateo | 743 |
| 7 | Mills-Peninsula Health Services | 432 |
| 8 | Safeway | 315 |
| 9 | Nordstrom | 305 |
| 10 | Macy's | 275 |
Capcom's United States headquarters are in San Mateo.[13]
Residents are zoned for schools in the San Mateo Foster City School District and San Mateo Union High School District. Elementary schools comprise Preschool, K-5, Middle and Magnet schools. There are three public high schools: San Mateo, Aragon, and Hillsdale. There is also one private, all-male Catholic high school, Junípero Serra.
The city is home to the College of San Mateo, a community college.
The San Mateo Union High School District also hosts an adult school behind the campus of San Mateo High School.[19]
The City of San Mateo operates the Main Library, the Hillsdale Library, and the Marina Library, part of the Peninsula Library System.[20]
SamTrans,[21] AC Transit[22] (Transbay service) and Caltrain are public transit providers in San Mateo. See public transportation in San Mateo County for more details.
Hospitals in San Mateo include San Mateo Medical Center, an acute care facility.[23] Cemeteries located in San Mateo include Skylawn Memorial Park and St. John's Cemetery.
The San Mateo Performing Arts Center, located on San Mateo High School, is one of the largest theatres on the peninsula outside of San Francisco. The College of San Mateo is also located here and is home to radio station KCSM. The city is also home to the Bridgepointe and Hillsdale shopping centers. Bay Meadows horse-racing track was torn down in 2008. The Japanese Tea Garden and San Mateo Arboretum in Central Park are of interest. U.S. Route 101, Interstate 280, and State Route 92 pass through San Mateo. One of its sister cities is Toyonaka, Japan, for which the Japanese Tea Garden at Central Park was created to commemorate.[24]
San Mateo has three sister cities, as designated by the Sister Cities International, Inc.:[25]
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