Daly City () is the second most populous city in
San Mateo County,
California
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, United States, with population of 104,901 according to the
2020 census.
Located in the
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...
, and immediately south of
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
(sharing its northern border with almost all of San Francisco's southern border), it is named for businessman and landowner
John Donald Daly.
History
Archaeological evidence suggests the
San Francisco Bay Area
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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
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since the early 16th century, they would have relatively little contact with Europeans until 1769, when, as part of an effort to colonize
Alta California, an
exploration party led by Don
Gaspar de Portolá learned of the existence of
San Francisco Bay.
Seven years later, 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
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missionary
Francisco Palóu
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founded the
Mission San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores).
As part of the founding, the priests claimed the land south of the mission for sixteen miles for raising crops and for
fodder for cattle and sheep.
In 1778, the priests and soldiers marked out a trail to connect
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
to the rest of
California
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.
At the top of Mission Hill, the priests named the gap between
San Bruno Mountain and the hills on the coast ''La Portezuela'' ("The Little Door").
La Portezuela was later referred to as Daly's Hill, the Center of Daly City, and is now called
Top of the Hill
''Top of the Hill'' is an American political drama television series aired by CBS from September 21 to November 30, 1989 as part of its 1989 fall lineup.
Synopsis
''Top of the Hill'' starred William Katt as U.S. Representative Thomas Bell, Jr. ...
.
During Spanish rule, the area between
San Bruno Mountain and the Pacific remained uninhabited.
Upon independence from Spain, prominent Mexican citizens were granted land parcels to establish
large ranches, three of which covered areas now in Daly City and
Colma.
Rancho Buri Buri was granted to Jose Sanchez in 1835 and covered including parts of modern-day
Colma,
Burlingame,
San Bruno,
South San Francisco, and
Millbrae.
Rancho Laguna de la Merced Rancho Laguna de la Merced (also known as the Galindo ranch) was a Mexican land grant, in present-day southwestern San Francisco and northwestern San Mateo County, California.
It was given in 1835 by Governor José Castro to José Antonio Galindo ...
was acres and covered the area around a lake of the
same name.
The third ranch covering parts of the Daly City–Colma area was named
Rancho Cañada de Guadalupe la Visitación y Rodeo Viejo and stretched from the
Visitacion Valley area in San Francisco, to the city of South San Francisco covering .
Following the
Mexican Cession of
California
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at the end of the
Mexican–American War
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the owners of Rancho Laguna de La Merced tried to claim land between San Bruno Mountain and Lake Merced. An 1853 US government survey declared that the contested area was in fact government property and could be acquired by private citizens. There was a brief
land rush
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as settlers, mainly Irish established ranches and farms in parts of what is now the neighborhoods of
Westlake,
Serramonte
Serramonte is a large 1960s residential neighborhood developed by Fred and Carl Gellert and was one of the largest construction jobs in Northern California at the time. This region of Daly City, California, Daly City located near Colma, Californ ...
, and the cities of Colma and
Pacifica.
A decade later, several families left as increase in the
fog density killed grain and potato crops. The few remaining families switched to dairy and cattle farming as a more profitable enterprise.
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.
Daly City served as a location where San Franciscans would cross over county lines to gamble and fight.
As tensions built in approach to the
American Civil War
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, California was divided between pro-
slavery
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, and
Free Soil advocates. Two of the main figures in the debate were
US Senator David C. Broderick
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, a Free Soil advocate, and
David S. Terry, who was in favor of extension of slavery into
California
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. Quarreling and political fighting between the two eventually led to a
duel in the Lake Merced area at which Terry mortally wounded Broderick, who would die three days later.
The site of the duel is marked with two granite shafts where the men stood, and is designated as
California Historical Landmark number 19.
20th century
On the morning of April 18, 1906, a
major earthquake struck just off the coast of Daly City near
Mussel Rock
Mussel Rock is a Rock formations in the United States, rock formation on the coast of San Mateo County, California, offshore from Daly City, California, Daly City. It consists of one large and numerous smaller rocks of a type known as a Stack (ge ...
.
After quake and subsequent fire 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.
Daly had come to the Bay Area in 1853 where he had worked on a dairy farm, and after several years married his bosses' daughter and acquired at the Top of the Hill area. Over the years Daly's business grew, as did his political clout.
When a flood of refugees from the quake came, Daly and other local farmers donated milk and other food items.
Daly later subdivided his property, from which several housing tracts emerged.
As some of the refugees established homes in the area, the need for city services grew. This, combined with the fear of annexation by San Francisco and being ignored by San Mateo County, whose seat far to the south left residents feeling ignored, created a demand for incorporation. The first such attempt was proposed in 1908 for incorporation as the city of Vista Grande. Vista Grande would have spanned from the Pacific to the Bay, with San Francisco as its northern border and South San Francisco and the old Rancho Buri Buri as its southern border. The proposal was rejected over the scope of the planned city, which was too broad for many residents.
The initial proposal also revealed rifts in the community among the various regions, including the area around the cemeteries, who were excluded from further plans of incorporation.
On January 16, 1911, an incorporation committee filed a petition with San Mateo County supervisors to incorporate the City of Daly City. The city would run from San Francisco along the San Bruno Hills until Price and School streets with San Francisco and west to the summit of the San Bruno Hills. The city would have an estimated population of 2,900.
On March 18, 1911, a special election was held, with incorporation narrowly succeeding by a vote of 132 to 130.
It remained a relatively small community until the late 1940s, when developer
Henry Doelger established
Westlake, a major district of homes and businesses, including the Westlake Shopping Center. Beginning in the 1950's Filipino Americans began to purchase homes east of Junipero Serra Boulevard, as they were barred from the Westlake development due to
racial covenants. On March 22, 1957, Daly City was again the epicenter of
an earthquake, this one a 5.3
magnitude
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quake on the San Andreas Fault, which caused some structural damage in Westlake and closed
State Route 1 along the Westlake Palisades.
In 1963, Daly City annexed the city of Bayshore.
The
Cow Palace
The Cow Palace (originally the California State Livestock Pavilion) is an indoor arena located in Daly City, California, situated on the city's northern border with neighboring San Francisco. Because the border passes through the property, a por ...
, located in Bayshore and now within the city limits of Daly City, was the site of
the following year's Republican National Convention. The
Daly City BART station opened on September 11, 1972, providing northern San Mateo County with rail service to downtown San Francisco and other parts of the Bay Area. The line was extended south to Colma in 1996 and then to Millbrae and the
San Francisco International Airport in 2003.
In October 1984,
Taiwanese American
Taiwanese Americans () are Americans who carry full or partial ancestry from Taiwan. This includes American-born citizens who descend from migrants from Taiwan.
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, 49% of Taiwanese Americans lived in the state of Califo ...
writer
Henry Liu
Henry Liu (; 7 December 1932 – 15 October 1984), often known by his pen name Chiang Nan (), was a Taiwanese-American writer and journalist. He was a vocal critic of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party), then the single ruling party of th ...
was assassinated in his garage in Daly City, allegedly by
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...
agents.
21st century
On April 7, 2021, Roger Allen, a black man from San Francisco, was killed by police. Allen was sitting in the passenger seat of a truck with a blown tire. The police investigated, and while the driver was out of the truck arranging with the police to have a tow truck called, another officer spotted what appeared to be a handgun in Allen's lap. Police attempted to seize the weapon, actually a replica BB gun, and Allen resisted. He was shot after an officer was shot in the face.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of , all land.
Daly City is bordered by the cities of San Francisco,
Brisbane
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,
Pacifica, South San Francisco, and the town of
Colma. The city borders several unincorporated areas of San Mateo County. It surrounds
Broadmoor, and borders
San Bruno Mountain State Park, the
Olympic Club,
Lake Merced
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, and unincorporated areas near Colma. Seismic faults in and near Daly City include the
San Andreas Fault
The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike-slip (horizonta ...
,
Hillside Fault and
Serra Fault.
Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods of Daly City include
Westlake,
St. Francis Heights,
Serramonte
Serramonte is a large 1960s residential neighborhood developed by Fred and Carl Gellert and was one of the largest construction jobs in Northern California at the time. This region of Daly City, California, Daly City located near Colma, Californ ...
,
Top of the Hill
''Top of the Hill'' is an American political drama television series aired by CBS from September 21 to November 30, 1989 as part of its 1989 fall lineup.
Synopsis
''Top of the Hill'' starred William Katt as U.S. Representative Thomas Bell, Jr. ...
,
Hillside,
Crocker,
Southern Hills, and
Bayshore. 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''. Bayshore, the easternmost neighborhood of Daly City, was once an incorporated city, Bayshore City, until being annexed to Daly City in 1963.
Several Daly City neighborhoods, such as Crocker, Southern Hills, and Bayshore, share a
street grid and similar characteristics with adjacent San Francisco neighborhoods, such as
Crocker-Amazon and
Visitacion Valley.
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.
Climate
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.
Demographics
2010
The
2010 United States Census
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reported that Daly City had a population of 101,123.
The population density was , 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.
The
racial makeup
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of Daly City was 56,267 (55.6%)
Asian, 23,842 (23.6%)
White
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, 3,600 (3.6%)
African American
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, 805 (0.8%)
Pacific Islander
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, 404 (0.4%)
Native American, 11,236 (11.1%) from other races, and 4,969 (4.9%) from two or more races.
It is the largest city with a majority Asian population in the
contiguous United States.
Among the total population of Daly City, 33.2% were
Filipino
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, 15.4%
Chinese, 1.8%
Burmese, 1.0%
Vietnamese
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** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam.
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overse ...
, 0.6%
Indian, 0.6%
Korean
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People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
, 0.6%
Japanese
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* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
, 0.2%
Indonesian, and 0.2% were
Thai.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties forme ...
or
Latino of any race were 23,929 persons (23.7%); 9.4% of Daly City's population is of
Mexican origin; 4.9% is of
Salvadoran, 2.7%
Nicaraguan, 1.3%
Guatemalan, 0.7%
Peruvian
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, 0.7%
Puerto Rican, and 0.5%
Honduran heritage.
The Census reported that 100,442 people (99.3% of the population) lived in households, 273 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 408 (0.4%) were institutionalized.
There were 31,090 households, out of which 11,050 (35.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 15,883 (51.1%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 4,667 (15.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 2,238 (7.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,632 (5.2%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 293 (0.9%)
same-sex married couples or
partnerships. 5,855 households (18.8%) were made up of individuals, and 2,136 (6.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.23. There were 22,788
families (73.3% of all households); the average family size was 3.63.
The population was spread out, with 19,614 people (19.4%) under the age of 18, 10,506 people (10.4%) aged 18 to 24, 29,663 people (29.3%) aged 25 to 44, 27,717 people (27.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 13,623 people (13.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males.
There were 32,588 housing units at an average density of , of which 17,565 (56.5%) were owner-occupied, and 13,525 (43.5%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.2%. 58,239 people (57.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 42,203 people (41.7%) lived in rental housing units.
Daly City is home to the only
Karaite synagogue in the United States,
Congregation B'nai Israel.
As of 2010 census figures, 40.7% of Daly City residents are of Filipino descent, the highest concentration of
Filipino/Filipino Americans of any mid-sized city in North America. This partly explains Daly City's place in the vernacular as the "
Pinoy Capital".
Benito M. Vergara Jr. goes into the details of this history in his ethnography ''Pinoy Capital: The Filipino Nation in Daly City''.
2000
As of the census of 2000, there were 101,514 people, 29,843 households, and 21,847 families residing in the city.
The population density was , making it among the
most densely populated cities in the country. There were 31,876 housing units at an average density of .
There were 29,843 households, out of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. Of all households 22.1% were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.34 and the average family size was 4.78.
In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 25.5% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 32.2% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $60,310, and the median income for a family was $66,365. Males had a median income of $36,227 versus $34,147 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,900. About 5.2% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 8.4% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.
Culture
The
Cow Palace
The Cow Palace (originally the California State Livestock Pavilion) is an indoor arena located in Daly City, California, situated on the city's northern border with neighboring San Francisco. Because the border passes through the property, a por ...
arena grounds straddle the border with San Francisco and is the home for the annual Grand National Rodeo, Horse & Stock Show. It has hosted diverse events such as concerts by
the Beatles
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, the now-
Golden State Warriors and their early appearances in the
NBA Finals, the
NHL San Jose Sharks hockey team, two short-lived minor league hockey teams (the
IHL San Francisco Spiders
The San Francisco Spiders were a professional ice hockey team based in Daly City, California. They were members of the South Division of the former International Hockey League (IHL). Playing at the Cow Palace, the Spiders competed for one season, ...
and
ECHL
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The ...
San Francisco Bulls
The San Francisco Bulls were a professional minor ice hockey team of the ECHL located in Daly City, California, serving the San Francisco Bay Area market. They were an affiliate to the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League and the Worcest ...
), and two
Republican National Conventions (in 1956 and 1964).
Century 20 Daly City is a modern
megaplex
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movie theatre opened in 2002 as part of the Pacific Plaza business and retail development.
Several golf courses are located within or straddle the border with San Francisco. The
Olympic Club has hosted the
USGA
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U.S. Open five times, most recently in 2012, and will host both the 2028
PGA Championship
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and the 2032
Ryder Cup. The private
San Francisco Golf Club and
Lake Merced Golf Club have part or all of their course in Daly City. The
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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includes the city's Thornton Beach. The topography of this area (due to the
San Andreas fault
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) is conducive to
paragliding
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and
hang gliding
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.
Daly City and neighboring
Colma have emerged as shopping meccas for San Francisco residents. A combination of plentiful free parking space (compared to the constrained and expensive parking options in San Francisco) and San Mateo County's historically slightly lower state sales tax rate have contributed to this trend. Many
big box retailers that are unable to operate in San Francisco due to real estate prices, space restrictions, or political / community opposition have opened stores in the Serramonte and Westlake neighborhoods. Daly City's shopping centers are
Serramonte Center
Serramonte Mall is a . super-regional shopping mall located in Daly City, California. The mall is anchored by Macy's, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Target Corporation, Target.
The mall is owned by Capital & Counties and is managed by Jones Lang LaSal ...
and
Westlake Shopping Center.
Government
In the
California State Legislature, Daly City is in , and in .
In the
United States House of Representatives
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, Daly City is in .
The city council of Daly City 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.
According to the
California Secretary of State, as of February 10, 2019, Daly City has 46,684 registered voters. Of those, 24,175 (51.8%) are registered
Democrats, 4,479 (9.6%) are registered
Republicans, and 16,487 (35.3%) have
declined to state
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a political party.
Education
There are several public school districts in Daly City. The largest are the
Jefferson Elementary School District
Jefferson Elementary School District is a K-8 school district headquartered in Daly City, San Mateo County, California, USA, serving the communities of Daly City, Colma, California, Colma, Broadmoor, California, Broadmoor and part of Pacifica, Cal ...
and
Jefferson Union High School District
The Jefferson Union High School District (JUHSD) is a high school district in northern San Mateo County, California which serves the cities of Daly City, Brisbane, Pacifica, and the town of Colma. Its district office is located at the former ...
, both of which are headquartered in the city. In addition, there is the
Bayshore Elementary School District (two schools),
Brisbane School District (Panorama School in Daly City), and
South San Francisco Unified School District
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Governance
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(two schools in Daly City). Daly City has two high schools:
Westmoor High School
Westmoor High School is a public high school in Daly City, California, United States. It serves grades 9 through 12 as part of the Jefferson Union High School District (JUHSD). It generally serves the residents of Daly City, Pacifica, and Co ...
and
Jefferson High School, plus a continuation school, Thornton High School and an adult school, Jefferson Adult Education. Daly City is also home to two Catholic parochial schools:
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a 15th-century Byzantine icon with an alleged Marian apparition. The icon is believed to have o ...
on Top-of-the-Hill and
Our Lady of Mercy in Westlake. The city has four
Peninsula Library System branches.
Transportation
Daly City's highway infrastructure includes State Routes
1,
35, and
82, and
Interstate 280. Interstate 280, which bisects Daly City, is a primary transportation corridor linking San Francisco with San Mateo and
Santa Clara counties.
Daly City is a major hub for public transit.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) serves Daly City at
a namesake station as well as at
Colma Station, which abuts the Daly City limits). In the 1980s planning was conducted for the BART extension south from
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
, the first step being the Daly City Tailtrack Project, upon which turnaround project the
San Francisco Airport Extension would later build. Daly City station is the terminus of BART's
Blue
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and
Green
Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combi ...
lines, and the furthermost point in the BART network where every destination in the system can be reached without a transfer during normal hours.
In addition to BART, Daly City station serves as the northern terminus of
samTrans' ECR route and southern terminus of
Muni's 14 Mission Rapid.
Since 2016, the
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has expressed interest in extending the
Muni Metro
Muni Metro is a light rail system serving San Francisco, California, United States. Operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), a part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), Muni Metro served an average of 15 ...
to Daly City by extending the
M Ocean View line, presently terminating at
Balboa Park station.
Sister city
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Quezon City
Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was fou ...
, Philippines, since October 1994
Notable people
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John Madden,
NFL player,
Hall of Fame coach and sportscaster, graduated from
Jefferson High School in 1954
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Dave Pelzer, author of several books, including the memoir ''A Child Called "It"''
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John Robinson, national championship-winning coach at
USC and for the
Los Angeles Rams
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Sam Rockwell, Academy Award-winning actor, born at
Seton Medical Center
Seton Medical Center (originally Mary's Help Hospital) is a 357-bed hospital owned by AHMC Healthcare. Founded in San Francisco, the current facility is located in Daly City, California, United States. on November 5, 1968
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List of U.S. communities with Asian-American majority populations
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