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City of San Mateo
Meeting Schedule

Meetings are held at City Hall unless
otherwise indicated.

City Council
1st and 3rd Mondays, 7:00 p.m.


Community Improvement Commission
3rd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

Library Board
4th Monday, 4:30 p.m., Main Library

Community Relations Commission
3rd Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

City Hall or Recreation Center
1st Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

City Hall or Recreation Room
Personnel Board

3rd Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.

Planning Commission
2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.

Public Works Commission
2nd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

Senior Citizens Commission
3rd Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.
Every other month beginning in January

Youth Activities Council
2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 6:00 p.m.

Susan M. Loftus
City Manager


 



WEATHER  
Annual precipitation (inches) 23.35
Clear days 160.00
High temp in July 70.5 °F
Low temp in Jan 42.9 °F

HEALTH207  
Has health plan (% of residents) 93.3%
Body mass index (avg. for residents) Cancer mortality 26.0
(per 100,000, age-adjusted) 154.7
Cardiac mortality (per 100,000) 179.9

HOUSING  
Median home price $720,000.00
Home price gain (2004-2005) 14.30%

EDUCATION  
Colleges, universities and professional schools 8
Junior colleges and
technical institutes
1
Test scores reading
(% +/- state average)
16.0%
Test scores math
(% +/- state average)
4.3%
Students attending
public schools
80.4%
Students attending
private schools
19.6%

MEET THE NEIGHBORS  
Population 90,854
Median age 38.9
Completed at least some college (% of residents) 57.1%
Married 48.3%
Divorced 10.1%
Amount spent on vacations
(domestic and foreign,
household avg. per year)
$8,013.00
FINANCIAL  
Median family income
(per year)
$85,492.00
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
$40,269.00
Sales tax 9.25%
State income tax rate
(highest bracket)
9.30%
State income tax rate
(lowest bracket)
1.00%
Auto insurance premiums
(average for the state)
$2,186.00
Job growth % (2000-2005) -2.48%

LEISURE AND CULTURE  
Movie theaters (within 15 miles) 14
Restaurants (within 15 miles) 3,123
Bars (within 15 miles) 169
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles)
76
Libraries (within 15 miles) 76
Museums (within 30 miles) 16

QUALITY OF LIFE  
Air quality index
(% of days ranked as good)
95.3%
Personal crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
64
Property crime risk
(100 is nat'l average; lower is better)
55
Personal crime incidents
(per 100,000)
451
Property crime incidents
(per 100,000)
3,626
Median commute time (in minutes) % population with commute 45 min. 21.20%
or longer 15.6%

STATS  
Median Household Income: $64,998**
% Persons Below Poverty: 6.8**
County Houses: 260,576
Land area: 449.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 291.9 sq. mi.
   
TYPE OF WORKERS  
Private wage or salary: 80%
Government: 11%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 8%
Unpaid family work: 0%
   
RACES IN SAN MATEO COUNTY
White Non-Hispanic (49.8%)
Hispanic (21.9%)
Other race (10.2%)
Filipino (8.3%)
Chinese (6.9%)
Two or more races (5.0%)
Black (3.5%)
Asian Indian (1.5%)
Japanese (1.4%)
Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander
(1.3%)
American Indian (1.1%)
Other Asian (0.9%)
Korean (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because
Hispanics could be counted in other races)

SAN MATEO COUNTY
FACTS & FIGURES
Population 1990: 649, 623
Population 2004: 712, 800
   
Political Breakdown  
Total voters: 351,506
Democrat: 172,941
Republican: 88,928
American Independent: 6,421
Green: 3,800
Natural Law: 357
Libertarian: 1,636
Miscellaneous: 874
Declined to state: 76,549
   
HOUSING UNITS IN STRUCTURES
One, detached: 150,302
One, attached: 22,700
Two: 6,122
3 or 4: 12,128
5 to 9: 16,515
10 to 19: 14,671
20 or more: 34,648
Mobile homes: 2,969
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 521
   
FAIR MARKET RENT FOR AN APARTMENT IN 2006
1-bedroom apartment: $1227/month
2-bedroom apartment: $1536/month
3-bedroom apartment: $2051/month

AGRICULTURE IN SAN MATEO COUNTY  
Average size of farms: 136 acres
% farms operated by a family or individual: 73.53%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle per 100 acres of all land in farms: 5.83
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.25%
Vegetables: 2,877 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 174 acres
   
TOTAL WITHDRAWAL OF FRESH WATER FOR PUBLIC SUPPLY
93.87 millions of gallons per day (8% from ground, 92% from surface)
   
This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources.