City of Brisbane, California
Nickname: City of Stars
Location in San Mateo County and the state of California
Coordinates: 37°40′51″N 122°25′09″W / 37.68083, -122.41917
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Mateo
Incorporated	November 27, 1961
Government
- Mayor	George Michael Barnes
- City Manager	Clayton Holstine
Area
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- Land	3. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 44 sq mi (8. 81 km²)
- Water	17. 00 sq mi (43. 52 km²)  83. 1%
Elevation	108 ft (33 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	3,597
- Density	1,045. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 64/sq mi (408. 29/km²)
	United States Census Bureau
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	94005
Area code(s)	415
FIPS code	06-08310
GNIS feature ID	1658137
Website: http://www.ci.brisbane.ca.us

Brisbane is a small city located in the northern part of San Mateo County, California on the lower slopes of San Bruno Mountain. The Pacific Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-8) UTC−8 is a band of Timezones separated from the Universal Coordinated Time by 8 hours Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−7 can be observed in Mountain Standard Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time Zone Canada The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 415 is the Telephone Area code for San Francisco, as well as portions of neighboring Brisbane and Daly City; and Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout San Mateo County ( "san muh-TAY-o") ( Spanish for: St San Bruno Mountain, situated in northern San Mateo County California, is the northernmost part of the Santa Cruz Mountains. It is on the northeastern edge of South San Francisco, next to the San Francisco Bay and near the San Francisco International Airport. South San Francisco is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, located on the San Francisco San Francisco Bay is a shallow productive Estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento San Francisco International Airport is a major international Airport located south of downtown San Francisco, California, United States adjacent to the

The population was 3,597 at the 2000 census.

Locals pronounce Brisbane as "BRIZ-bane"', as opposed to residents of the major Australian city Brisbane, who pronounce the name of their city as '"BRIZ-buhn". For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland

Brisbane is called "The City of Stars" because of a holiday tradition established over 65 years ago. At the start of the Christmas/Hanukkah season, many residents and business owners place large, illuminated stars, some as big as 10 feet (3. 0 m) or more in diameter, on the "downhill" sides of homes and offices throughout Brisbane. As Brisbane is built on the eastern slope of San Bruno Mountain, visitors and residents entering at night are treated to a star-studded mountain vista. Many of the stars (all pentagrams) are kept up all year.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Demographics 4 Politics 5 Economy 6 Sister cities 7 Whale Rescue 8 References 9 External links

Geography

Brisbane is located at 37°41′6″N, 122°23′56″W (37. 684932, -122. 398951)^[1].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 20. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 5 square miles (53. 2 km²), of which, 3. 3 square miles (8. 6 km²) of it is land and 17. 2 square miles (44. 6 km²) of it (83. 83%) is water.

History

The first inhabitants were the Costanoan Indians. They built dome-shaped dwellings of boughs and tules. By 1776, Spanish explorers had arrived and the Franciscan missionaries soon followed leaving numerous large land grants in their wake. With Mexican rule, the lands controlled by the Mission were released to private enterprise.

Brisbane was originally part of Rancho Guadalupe la Visitacion y Rodeo Viejo, a large tract of land that also included the Bayshore district of Daly City, the Visitacion Valley district of San Francisco, and San Bruno Mountain. Visitacion Valley is a Neighborhood located in the south eastern quadrant of San Francisco, in the U San Bruno Mountain, situated in northern San Mateo County California, is the northernmost part of the Santa Cruz Mountains. When the area was settled, it came to be known as Visitacion City.

In the 1920s Arthur Annis,^[2] who many describe at the "Daddy" of Brisbane, arrived. He 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 city district with a similar name", a situation he felt would confuse people and would prevent "Brisbane" from establishing its own unique identity. Accounts of how the city acquired its name vary. According to his daughter, the city was named for Brisbane, Australia,^[3] perhaps due to the areas resemblance to that port city at the time. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. ^[4] Another story holds that it was named for newspaper columnist Arthur Brisbane. Arthur Brisbane (1864-1936 was an American newspaper editor born in Buffalo N ^[5]

Demographics

As of the census^[6] of 2000, there were 3,597 people, 1,620 households, and 850 families residing in the city. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 1,083. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 6 people per square mile (418. 3/km²). There were 1,831 housing units at an average density of 551. 6/sq mi (212. 9/km²). There were 1,620 households out of which 23. 0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40. 2% were married couples living together, 8. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47. 5% were non-families. 34. 8% of all households were made up of individuals and 6. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 20 and the average family size was 2. 89.

In the city the population 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. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 100. 8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101. 3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $63,684, and the median income for a family was $81,484. Income, refers to consumption opportunity gained by an entity within a specified time frame which is generally expressed in monetary terms Males had a median income of $51,270 versus $48,684 for females. The per capita income for the city was $37,162. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 2. 4% of families and 5. 7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 7% of those under age 18 and 7. 6% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

In the state legislature Brisbane is located in the 8th Senate District, represented by Democrat Leland Yee, and in the 19th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Gene Mullin. The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Leland Yee ( born November 20 1948 in China) is a California State Senator in District 8 which includes the western half of San Francisco The California State Assembly is the Lower house of the California State Legislature. Gene Mullin is a Democratic California State Assemblymember and former South San Francisco Council member Federally, Brisbane is located in California's 12th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of D +22^[7] and is currently vacant with the recent death of Democrat Tom Lantos. California's 12th congressional district spans from the southwestern portions of San Francisco in the north down to San Mateo in the south and from Moss The Cook Partisan Voting Index ( CPVI) sometimes referred to as simply the Partisan Voting Index ( PVI) is a measurement of how strongly an American Thomas Peter Lantos ( February 1 1928 – February 11 2008) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives

Economy

Brisbane's economy is dominated by office parks at Sierra Point and an industrial park around the Valley Drive corridor. The population of Brisbane doubles during the work day as such facilities fill up with commuters. Some of the larger office tenants in Brisbane are IGN, Hitachi, Dolby, WalMart. IGN (abbreviated and formerly known as I magine G ames N etwork is a multimedia news and reviews Website that focuses heavily on Video com, Tercica, CoTherix, and Intermune. Monster Cable Products and bebe stores (traditionally spelled in lowercase) are headquartered in Brisbane on Valley Drive. Monster Cable Products Inc owns the Monster Cable brand of consumer audio and video Cable, which is primarily used to connect audio and video components Bebe stores (pronounced Bee-Bee is an American Clothing retailer founded in 1976 by the Iranian born Manny Mashouf, who emigrated to the

Sister cities

Brisbane has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI):

• Brisbane, Australia

Whale Rescue

In 1989, north of Sierra Point Humphrey the whale was beached on a mudflat after an anomalous journey into the San Francisco Bay. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Humphrey the Whale is arguably the most widely publicized Humpback whale in history having errantly entered San Francisco Bay twice departing from his Mexico San Francisco Bay is a shallow productive Estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento His exciting rescue was filmed for national TV and witnessed by hundreds of onlookers from the upper floors of the Dakin Building. The Dakin Building is an architectural award winning class A office building on the San Francisco Bay in Brisbane California. The rescue was carried out by staff of The Marine Mammal Center and United States Coast Guard. The Marine Mammal Center is a private non-profit US organization centered on rescue rehabilitation environmental research and education regarding Marine mammals

References

External links

• City of Brisbane
• Brisbane Public Library - a branch of the San Mateo County Library
• History of Brisbane

• Brisbane, California is at coordinates 37°41′06″N 122°23′56″W / 37.684932, -122.398951 (Brisbane, California)Coordinates: 37°41′06″N 122°23′56″W / 37.684932, -122.398951 (Brisbane, California)

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