ZIP Code 94014

Daly City is the second most populous city in San Mateo County, California, United States, with population of 104,901 according to the 2020 census. It is named for businessman and landowner John Donald Daly. Daly City served as a location where San Franciscans would cross over county lines to gamble and fight during the American Civil War. In 1906, a major earthquake struck just off the coast of Daly City near Mussel Rock and destroyed many homes. People of the Ohlone language group probably occupied Northern California from at least the year A.D. 500. During Spanish rule, the area between San Bruno Mountain and the Pacific remained uninhabited. After the Mexican Cession of California, prominent Mexican citizens were granted land parcels to establish large ranches, three of which covered areas now in Daly City and Colma. There was a brief land rush as settlers, mainly Irish established ranches and farms in parts of what is now the neighborhoods of Westlake, Serramonte, and the cities of Colma and Pacifica. In the late 19th century as San Francisco grew, Daly City also gradually grew including homes and schools along the lines for the Southern Pacific railroad. The site of a duel between pro-slavery, and Free Soil advocates, in the Lake Merced area is marked with two granite shafts, and is designated Historical Landmark number 19th Century. The duel was between US Senator David Broderick and David S. Terry, who was in favor of extension of slavery into California.

History

Daly City is the primary city name, but also Broadmoor Vlg are acceptable city names or spellings. Archaeological evidence suggests the San Francisco Bay Area has been inhabited as early as 2700 BC. People of the Ohlone language group probably occupied Northern California from at least the year A.D. 500. Though their territory had been claimed by Spain since the early 16th century, they would have relatively little contact with Europeans until 1769. In 1776, an expedition led by Juan Bautista de Anza selected the site for the Presidio of San Francisco, which José Joaquín Moraga would soon establish. Later the same year, the Franciscan missionary Francisco Palóu founded the Mission San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores) In 1778, the priests and soldiers marked out a trail to connect San Francisco to the rest of California. In the late 19th century as San Francisco grew and San Mateo County was established, Daly City also gradually grew including homes and schools along the lines for the Southern Pacific railroad. On the morning of April 18, 1906, a major earthquake struck just off the coast of Daly City near Mussel Rock. After quake destroyed many San Franciscans homes, they left to temporary housing on the ranches of the area to the south, including the large one owned by John Daly. As some of the refugees established homes in the area, the need for homes and food services for the city grew. This combined with the fear of annexation by San Francisco led to the annexation of the city by the city in the early 20th century.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.7 square miles (20 km²), all land. Seismic faults in and near Daly City include the San Andreas Fault, Hillside Fault and Serra Fault. Several Daly City neighborhoods, such as Crocker, Southern Hills, and Bayshore, share a street grid and similar characteristics with adjacent San Francisco neighborhoods. Westlake is notable for its distinct architecture and for being among the earliest examples of a planned, large-tract suburb. It was the inspiration for Malvina Reynolds' 1962 song "Little Boxes", and later a coffee-table book and documentary Little Boxes: The Architecture of a Classic Midcentury Suburb. Several neighborhoods associated with Daly City lie outside of its city limits. Broadmoor is an unincorporated area completely surrounded by Daly City. Colma is an incorporated town sandwiched between Daly City, South San Francisco, and San Bruno Mountain. These enclaves are in charge of their own police and fire services, but also share some services with Daly city. Daly City's climate is similar to San Francisco's climate, with fog occurring in the spring and early-late summer. Summers are cool and dry, whereas winters are mild and wet. The city is bordered by the cities of San Francisco, Brisbane, Pacifica, South. San Francisco and the town of Colma. It borders several uninc incorporated areas of San Mateo County.

Demographics

The 2010 United States Census reported that Daly City had a population of 101,123. It is the largest city with a majority Asian population in the contiguous United States. 40.7% of Daly City residents are of Filipino descent, the highest concentration of Filipino Americans of any mid-sized city in North America. Daly City is home to the only Karaite synagogue in the United States, Congregation B'nai Israel. This partly explains the place in Daly City's place as the "Pinoy Capital". Benito M. Vergara Jr. is the founder of the Pinoy Nation, the largest Filipino-American organization in the U.S. and one of the world's largest Filipino communities. The city is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is located near San Francisco and the Bay Area Expressway. The population density is 13,195.0 inhabitants per square mile (5,094.6/km²), placing it 291st in population, among the top 50 in density when smaller populations are included, and 9th in density amongst cities with over 100,000 people. There were 32,588 housing units at an average density of 4,252.2 per squaremile (1,641.8/km 2), of which 17,565 were owner-occupied, and 13,525 (43.5%) were occupied by renters. The average household size was 3.23, with 22,788 families (73.3% of all households) The median age was 38.3 years.

Culture

The San Francisco Bay Area is home to the Golden Gate International Airport and the San Francisco International Airport. It is also the site of the U.S. Open golf tournament and the World Series of Poker. The city is also home to a number of cultural institutions, including the San Fransisco Opera and San Francisco Museum of Natural History. The San Francisco area is known for its love of the arts and culture. It also has a reputation for being a great place to live and work, especially in the city's tourist areas. The Bay Area has a long history of hosting major sporting events, such as the US Open and the Olympics, which are held in the Bay Area. It has also hosted the Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympic Games, which were held in San Francisco in 1998 and 2000. It's also the home of the San Jose Earthquakes, who play in the NHL's San Jose Bay Area, which was founded in 1872. The U.N. World Series is held in Santa Cruz, California, every four years. It was the first of its kind to be held on the West Coast, and the first in the United States. The US Open is held every two years, and it is the only major golf tournament in the world that has been held in this area since it began in 1876. The City of San Francisco also has its own version of the World Cup, which is held annually in San Jose, California. It will be the first World Cup to be played in the San Diego area in 2028.

Government

According to the California Secretary of State, as of February 10, 2019, Daly City has 46,684 registered voters. Of those, 24,175 are registered Democrats, 4,479 are registered Republicans, and 16,487 have declined to state a political party. Daly City is in California's 14th congressional district, represented by Democrat Jackie Speier. The city council is a five-member body composed of Mayor Dr. Rod Daus-Magbual, Vice Mayor Raymond A. Buenaventura, and Council members Pamela DiGiovanni, Juslyn C. Manalo, and Glenn R. Sylvester. In the California State Legislature, the city is in the 11th Senate District, and in the 19th Assembly District. It is also in the California's 11th House of Representatives district, which is represented by Democrats Scott Wiener and Phil Ting. The mayor of Daly City was elected to a four-year term in 2010. He was re-elected to a second term in 2012, and a third term in 2014. He is currently in his fourth term, and has served as mayor since 2011. He has been re- elected to the city council three times, the most recent time being in 2012. He also served as vice mayor in 2010, when he was elected as vice-mayor for a second time. In 2012, he was also elected as the city's mayor for a third time, and served a fourth term in 2013.

Education

There are several public school districts in Daly City. The largest are the Jefferson Elementary School District and Jefferson Union High School District. Daly City has two high schools: Westmoor High School and Jefferson High School, plus a continuation school, Thornton High School. The city is also home to two Catholic parochial schools: Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Top-of-the-Hill and Our Lady. of Mercy in Westlake. There are four Peninsula Library System branches in the city. There is also an adult school, Jefferson Adult Education, which is based in Daly. City is home to the San Francisco Bay Area Museum of Art and Science, which was founded in 1875. The museum is located in the former San Francisco City Hall building, which dates back to the early 19th century. It is located on the former site of San Francisco's original city hall. It was later moved to its current location in the mid-20th century, and the museum is now located in a former warehouse. It has been converted into a museum of art and science, which opened in the early 1960s. It also has a private museum, the Museum of Modern Art, which has been open since the early 1970s. The Museum is also the home of the Daly City Public Library, which opens in the late 1970s and the early 1980s. In the late 1990s, the city opened a new library, the Peninsula Public Library. The Peninsula Library system has four branches, including a branch in the center of Daly City, and two in the Westlake area.

Transportation

Daly City's highway infrastructure includes State Routes 1, 35, and 82. Interstate 280, which bisects Daly City, is a primary transportation corridor linking San Francisco with San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) serves Daly City at a namesake station as well as at Colma Station (which abuts the Daly City limits) Muni Metro has expressed interest in extending the M Ocean View line to Daly City by extending the Balboa Park line, presently terminating atBalboa Park station. In addition to BART, Daly City station serves as the northern terminus of samTrans' ECR route and southern termini of Muni's 14 Mission Rapid. It is the furthermost point in the BART network where every destination in the system can be reached without a transfer during normal hours. In the 1980s planning was conducted for the BART extension south from San Francisco, the first step being the Daly city Tailtrack Project, upon which turnaround project the San Francisco Airport Extension would later build. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has expressed interested in extend the MuniMetro to Daly city by extend the MOcean View line. In 2016, the SFMTA announced plans to build a tunnel under the Golden Gate Bridge to connect the city to San Francisco. The tunnel would be the first of its kind and would cost $1.5 billion. It would also be the longest tunnel in the United States, covering an area the size of the state of California.

Sister city

Sister city of Quezon City, Philippines, since October 1994. Sister city also sister city of Tacloban City in Bataan, Philippines. Sister city is sister city to Taclotan City, Bataans, and Tacsotan, Tacsod City in Bohol, Bohay, and Lanao del Norte. Sister cities are also sister cities in Cagayan de Isabel, Isabela, Laguna, Leyte, Mindanao, Samar, and Romblon, in the Philippines. The two cities are sister cities to each other in the country's capital city of Cagnes de Sibulan, and in the province of Leyte in the south of the Philippines, and to Tacsogon in the north of the island of Leyde in the east of the country. The sister city also has a sister city in Tacsogo, Ley Leyde, and a twin city in La Liga, the island's capital province of La Liga in the west, the city of Muntinlupa, in Leyde province. The city has been sister city with Quezon since 1994, and is sister to Tacsin, Quezon in Lanao de Sinalo, Philippines since 2002, and La Liga since 2003, and so on. The twin cities have a total population of 1.2 million. The capital city has a population of 2.3 million, making it one of the most populous cities in the world.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Daly City, San Mateo County, California = 81.4. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 45. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 79. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Daly City = 4.9 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 104,901 individuals with a median age of 39.2 age the population dropped by -1.10% in Daly City, San Mateo County, California population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 13,734.09 residents per square mile of area (5,302.44/km²). There are average 3.42 people per household in the 29,765 households with an average household income of $74,776 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 11.20% of the available work force and has dropped -5.75% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 17.30%. The number of physicians in Daly City per 100,000 population = 312.3.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Daly City = 20.1 inches and the annual snowfall = 0 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 64. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 261. 71 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 42.4 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 63, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Daly City, San Mateo County, California which are owned by the occupant = 57.59%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 44 years with median home cost = $455,000 and home appreciation of -9.75%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $5.34 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $4,936 per student. There are 24.3 students for each teacher in the school, 4073 students for each Librarian and 978 students for each Counselor. 8.04% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 22.53% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 6.43% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).