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APPENDIX A CITY OF SAN LEANDRO GENERAL DEMOGRAPHIC AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION [SUBJECT TO ONGOING UPDATING AND REVIEW BY THE CITY] General The City. The City of San Leandro (the "City ") was incorporated in 1872 and is one of the oldest communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to its incorporation, the land that would become the City was inhabited by the ancestors of the Ohlone Nation, and further developed by Spanish and Portuguese settlers. From 1856 until 1868, San Leandro served as the county seat of Alameda County. The City presently occupies 15 square miles in central Alameda County, California, approximately 20 miles southeast of the City and County of San Francisco. Its neighboring cities include Oakland and Hayward and it is bordered on the west by the San Francisco Bay. The City offers its approximately 84,490 residents the quiet charm and character of a community that has been established for more than 130 years. The City was established as a charter city in 1978. Once an agricultural community, San Leandro has been successful in attracting significant industrial, manufacturing and retail development to the area. The City has long been home to many food processing operations, and is home to many corporate businesses such as Ghirardelli and Otis Spunkmeyer and a Coca -Cola plant. There are five shopping centers: tBayfair Center, Westgate Center, Greenhouse Shopping Center, Marina Square Center, and Pelton Plaza. The industrial makeup of the City has been changing, moving away from its traditional manufacturing base toward more of an emphasis on services and warehousing industries. The County. The City is located with in Alameda County in the State of California (the "State "). As of January 1, 2011, Alameda County (the "County ") had a population estimated at 1,521,157, making it the seventh most populous county in California. The County includes the cities of Oakland and Berkeley, and Oakland is its county seat. The County occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, spanning a total area of 821 square miles, of which 737 square miles (or 89.82 %) is land and 83.57 square miles (or 10.18 %) is water. The San Francisco Bay borders the County on the west, and the City and County of San Francisco, California has a small land border with the city of Alameda due to land filling. The crest of the Berkeley Hills form part of the northeastern boundary, and reaches into the center of the County. A coastal plain several miles wide lines the Bay; it is home to Oakland and the County's most populous regions. Livermore Valley lies in the eastern part of the County. The Hayward Fault, a major branch of the San Andreas Fault to the west, runs through the most populated parts of the County, while the Calaveras Fault runs through the southeastern part of the County. The northern part of the County has direct access to San Francisco Bay and the City of San Francisco. It is highly diversified with residential areas, as well as traditional heavy industry, the University of California at Berkeley, the Port of Oakland, and sophisticated manufacturing, computer services and biotechnology firms. The middle of the County is also highly developed including older established residential and industrial areas. The southeastern corner of the County has seen strong growth in residential development and manufacturing. Many high -tech firms have moved from neighboring Silicon Valley in Santa Clara County to this area. The southwestern corner of the County has seen the most development in recent years due to land availability. Agriculture and the rural characteristics of this area are disappearing as the region A -1