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Figure 1: Population Pyramid for the Project Area and the )(20-24)(10-14)(0-4)6420246Population (%)Male - Project AreaFemale - Project AreaMale - San Mateo CountyFemale - San Mateo County1.3 RaceThe project area is ethnically diverse, as are the Cities and the County. However, the ethniccomposition of the project area does not reflect that of the Cities or the County. In the projectarea, Hispanics/Latinos comprise the majority of the population by race at 54% (14,309individuals), which is much higher than the proportion of Hispanics/Latinos in the Cities at29% and the County at 22% (Figure 2). Caucasians account for the second highest ethnicgroup in the project area at 24% (6,494), as compared to a considerably higher 36% in theCities and 51% in the County. Asian Americans comprise 11% (3,087) of the population,followed by multi-racial individuals at 4% (1,187), Native Hawaiians and other PacificIslanders at 4% (1,071), and African Americans at 2% (542).12

Figure 2: Racial Breakdown of the Project Area and CitiesProject AreaOther Race1%So. San Francisco & San BrunoOther Race1%2 n &Hawaiian &2 RacesCaucasianCaucasian24%Hispanic orAsianHispanic %AsianAmericanAfrican25%American2%1.4 Linguistic IsolationSince many people from other countries have settled in San Mateo County, there are largenumbers of people who have a limited ability to speak English or do not speak it at all. Forthese people, it can be difficult to obtain information about services such as transportation,and difficult to use these services as well. The U.S. Census Bureau defines a linguisticallyisolated household as a household in which no one 14 years or older speaks English “verywell.”Approximately one in seven (15%) of the households in the project area are linguisticallyisolated based on the 2000 U.S. Census. This proportion of linguistic isolation is significantlyhigher than that of South San Francisco at 11% and of San Bruno at 8%. Of the 1,194linguistically isolated households in the project area, 75% (898) speak Spanish, while 16%(190) speak an Asian or Pacific Island language and the remaining 9% (106) speak alanguage belonging to neither of these categories (Figure 3).Breaking down the project area by city, 79% (560) of the 707 linguistically isolatedhouseholds in the South San Francisco portion of the project area speak Spanish, while 13%(92) speak an Asian or Pacific Island language. In the San Bruno portion of the project area,70% (338) of the 487 linguistically isolated households speak Spanish, while 20% (98) speakan Asian or Pacific Island language.Of the households in the project area that speak primarily Spanish, over one in four do notinclude anyone over the age of 14 who can communicate “very well” in English. Specifically,898 (28%) of the 2,287 Spanish-speaking households are considered linguistically isolated.Of the 930 households that speak an Asian or Pacific Island language, 190 (20%) arelinguistically isolated.13

Figure 3: Linguistic Isolation and Languages Spoken inLinguistically Isolated Households in the Project AreaLinguistic IsolationLanguages Spokenin Linguistically Isolated HouseholdsOtherLinguisticallyIsolated15%9%Asian &Pacific Island16%NotLinguisticallySpanishIsolated75%85%1.5 Incidence of Below Poverty HouseholdsThe U.S. Census Bureau defines living in poverty in the year 2000 as earning less than 8,959 annually for a household of one person under 65 years of age, and less than 8,259for one person 65 years of age or older. For a two-person household including one childunder 18 years, poverty is defined by an annual income of less than 11,869. For a fourperson household including two children under 18 years, poverty is defined by an annualincome of less than 17,463.The percentage of individuals living in poverty within the project area is higher than that ofboth the Cities and the County. Eight percent (8.0%), or 2,140, of project area residents areliving below the poverty level, as compared to 4.9% of individuals in the Cities and 5.8% ofindividuals in the County.1.6 Income LevelsOver half (51%) of project area households have an annual income of less than 50,000,which is significantly higher than the proportion of households in the Cities (39%) and theCounty (34%) within this bracket. Specifically, 1,518 (19%) of the 8,059 households in theproject area have annual incomes under 25,000, as compared to 15% of households in theCities and 14% of households in the County, and 2,570 (32%) of the households in theproject area have annual incomes between 25,000 and 50,000, as compared to 24% ofhouseholds in the Cities and 20% of households in the County (Figure 4).14

Figure 4: Income Levels in the Project Area, Cities, and County35Project Area30So. San FranciscoHouseholds (%)25San BrunoSan Mateo County20151050Less than 25,000 to 50,000 to 75,000 to 100,000 to 125,000 to 150,000 or 25,000 49,999 74,999 99,999 124,999 149,999moreIncome Group1.7 Housing Unit TenureSixty-five percent (65%) of the housing units in the project area are rented by theirhouseholder, which is significantly greater than the proportion of rented housing units in theCities (37%) and the County (39%), as shown in Figure 5. Most of the renters in the projectarea are between the ages of 25 and 45. Specifically, 1,414 (27%) of the 5,331householders renting a home in the project area are between the ages of 25 and 34, and1,518 (28%) are between the ages of 35 and 44.Of the householders owning their home in the project area, the majority are between the agesof 35 and 55, making them generally older than the renters in the project area. Specifically,592 (21%) of the 2,773 householders who own their home are between the ages of 35 and44, while 640 (23%) are between the ages of 45 and 54.Figure 5: Housing Unit Tenure in the Project Area and CitiesProject AreaRenterSo. San Francisco & San dOccupied65%63%15

1.8 Average Household SizeOn average, the number of people living in each household in the project area is greater thanthat of the Cities and the County. In the project area, there is an average of 3.29 people perhousehold, compared to an average of 3.06 people per household in South San Francisco,2.73 people per household in San Bruno, and 2.74 people per household San Mateo County(Figure 6). Taking tenure into account, the average household size of owned housing units isslightly higher at 3.35 than that of rented housing units at 3.27.Figure 6: Average Household Size in the Project Area, Cities, and CountyProject AreaSo. San FranciscoSan BrunoSan Mateo County00.511.522.533.5Average Household Size1.9 Public AssistanceThe San Mateo County Human Services Agency (HSA) offers several programs to aid adults,children, and families in financial need. Although data was not available specifically for theproject area, the HSA was able to provide data for the Cities of South San Francisco and SanBruno, which include the project area. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the project area’spopulation of 26,961 comprises 27% of the total population of the Cities (100,717), and theCities’ combined population accounts for 14% of San Mateo County’s population. Within theCities, there are 5,307 households utilizing at least one HSA program, accounting for 15% ofSan Mateo County’s such households (Map 4 below). This data is current as of June 2010,as is all other HSA data in this section of the report.16

Map 4: HSA Cases within South San Francisco and San BrunoOne HSA-offered program is the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kidsprogram, or CalWORKs. This program aims to help families achieve self-sufficiency throughemployment and temporary cash assistance, as well as child support. According to theHuman Services Agency, CalWORKs has a total of 353 cases in the Cities of South SanFrancisco and San Bruno, accounting for 12% of the 2,909 CalWORKs cases in the County.The Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) provides monthly cash assistance for legalnon-citizens who are in financial need and are over the age of 65 or disabled. The HSAcurrently has 53 CAPI cases within the Cities, which accounts for 18% of the County’s 290such cases.17

There are 1,130 families in the Cities using Food Stamps, which provide assistance with foodcosts at most grocery stores. These cases make up 13% of the 8,818 Food Stamp cases inthe County.General Assistance for Adults (GA) is a program provided by the Human Services Agency toassist low-income individuals in San Mateo County who are unemployed or unable to work.By providing short-term financial assistance, GA helps these individuals find employment orfind help from another source. There are currently 55 residents of the Cities receivingassistance from GA, accounting for 8% of the County’s 695 GA-assisted individuals.Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, provides health care coverage for low-incomefamilies and elderly or disabled individuals who cannot afford health insurance. There arecurrently 4,904 cases of Medi-Cal coverage within the Cities, which comprise 16% of theCounty’s 31,609 such cases.18

Chapter 2 - Transportation2.1 Regional and Local Road AccessThe project area, consisting of 5.40 square miles, is bordered by El Camino Real andChestnut Avenue to the west, Miller and Sister Cities Boulevard to the north, San Juan Avenueto the south, and the San Francisco Bay to the east, excluding the San Francisco InternationalAirport. US Highway 101 bisects the South San Francisco portion of the project area, andruns along the eastern side of the San Bruno portion of the project area. Major and minorarterial roads, collector roads, and local roads also serve the project area.South San Francisco Road AccessThe South San Francisco portion of the project area is bounded to the west by El Camino Realand Chestnut Avenue, to the north by Miller Avenue, Maple Avenue, and Sister CitiesBoulevard, to the south by Tanforan Avenue and North Access Road, and to the east by theSan Francisco Bay.According to the South San Francisco General Plan, the City of South San Francisco definesarterials as major streets that primarily serve through traffic and provide access to abuttingproperties as a secondary function. The City also differentiates between major and minorarterials: major arterials are classified as having raised medians and more travel lanes andtraffic than minor arterials. Table 1 lists all of the City’s major and minor arterial roads thatrun through the project area, as well as the collector roads, which are defined as connectionsbetween arterials and local roads. Map 5 illustrates these roads.Table 1: Arterial and Collector Roads in the South San Francisco Portion of the Project AreaMajor ArterialMinor ArterialCollectorEl Camino RealChestnut AvenueSister Cities BoulevardAirport BoulevardGateway BoulevardOyster Point BoulevardForbes BoulevardEast Grand AvenueGrandview DriveGrand AvenueOrange AvenueSpruce AvenueSouth Linden AvenueS. Airport BoulevardHuntington AvenueSan Mateo AvenueUtah AvenueHarbor WayNorth Access RoadMiller AvenueBaden AvenueCommercial AvenueEucalyptus AvenueSchool StreetHillside BoulevardMaple AvenueSouth Maple AvenueVictory AvenueMyrtle AvenueMayfair AvenueNorth Canal StreetSouth Canal StreetFrancisco DriveWilms AvenueRamona AvenueShaw RoadLittlefield AvenueKimball WaySwift AvenueAllerton AvenueEccles Avenue19

San Bruno Road AccessThe San Bruno portion of the project area is bounded to the west by El Camino Real, to thenorth by Tanforan Avenue and North Access Road, to the south by San Juan Avenue, and tothe east by US Highway 101.According to the San Bruno General Plan, the City of San Bruno defines arterials as mediumspeed, medium-capacity roadways that provide through passage to and from majorcommercial centers, community facilities, and regional highways. The City defines collectorsas relatively low-speed, low-capacity roadways that provide connections betweenneighborhood areas. Table 2 lists all of the City’s arterial and collector roads that runthrough the project area. Map 5 illustrates these roads.Table 2: Arterial and Collector Roads in the San Bruno Portion of the Project AreaArterialCollectorEl Camino Real*San Mateo AvenueSan Bruno AvenueHuntington AvenueEuclid AvenueMasson AvenueAngus AvenueMastick AvenueFelipe AvenueSanta Inez Avenue* Principal Arterial20

Map 5: Project Area Street Classifications2.2 Level of Service for TrafficThe level of traffic congestion is measured by Level of Service (LOS) using a ratio of thevolume of traffic to the capacity of the roadway. The range in LOS is from A to F, with LOS A21

characterized as free flowing traffic conditions and progressing to LOS F, or “bottleneck”situations.South San Francisco Level of ServiceAccording to the South San Francisco General Plan (1999), US Highway 101 in the South SanFrancisco vicinity was operating at LOS D during peak commute hours in 1995. The LOSratings for several arterial and collector roadways within the South San Francisco portion ofthe project area are listed below, as stated in the City’s General Plan.Major Arterials:El Camino RealChestnut AveSister Cities BlvdOyster Point BlvdForbes BlvdEast Grand AveGrandview DrLOS:CA–BAAAB–DAMinor Arterials:Grand AveOrange AveSpruce AveS. Airport BlvdLinden AveLOS:CAAAA–CCollector:Baden AveCommercial AveLOS:A–EASan Bruno Level of ServiceLOS ratings are listed in the San Bruno General Plan (2009) by intersection, and separatedinto AM Peak Hour LOS and PM Peak Hour LOS. Those intersections that are located withinthe San Bruno portion of the project area are listed below. According to the General Plan,this data is accurate as of 2006.Intersection:El Camino Real/EB I-380 RampEl Camino Real/San Bruno AveEl Camino Real/San Mateo Ave/Taylor StHuntington Ave/Angus AveHuntington Ave/San Bruno AveHuntington Ave/San Mateo AveThird Ave/Sa

San Francisco Bay to the east, excluding the San Francisco International Airport. The project area for this plan was defined in consultation with the Cities of South San Francisco and San Bruno. It has an area of 5.40 square miles, and consists of U.S. Census Tracts 6021, 6022, 6023, 6041.0