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14 CITY OF SAN LEANDRO EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN 2. SITUATION 2.1. GEOGRAPHY The City of San Leandro is in Alameda County along the shores of the San Francisco Bay in the East Bay sub-area. The City covers 13.34 mi2 of land,7 2.1 mi2 of water, and is bound by the City of Oakland to the north, the East Bay Hills to the east, the unincorporated communitfes of San Lorenzo and Ashland to the south, and the San Francisco Bay to west. Most of the City is located on the East Bay Plain, a flat area extending 50 miles from Richmond in the north to San Jose in the South. The plain transitfons into low hills on the City’s eastern edge, while the western edge slopes into the San Francisco Bay.8 San Leandro has a temperate climate characterized by long summers that are warm and arid, with short, mild, and wet winters. Annually, temperatures typically vary between 43F and 75F. Most rain occurs between November and April. Three highways are accessible in San Leandro: I-880 and I-580 running north-south, and I-238 running east-west. Public transit includes two Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) statfons and local bus routes. 2.2. POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS The U.S. Census Bureau recorded a citywide populatfon of 91,008 for the City of San Leandro in 2020. Within San Leandro, about 31% of residents identffy as Asian; 27.6% as Hispanic or Latfno; 21.5% as White (not Hispanic or Latfno); 10.3% as Black or African American; 9.2% as “two or more races”; 1.7 % as Natfve Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander; 0.9% American Indian and Alaska Natfve.9 Select socioeconomic informatfon is shown in the table below.10 Population Fact Number Persons under 5 years 4.1% Persons 65 years and older 16.5% Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5+ (2017-2021) 51.6% Persons with a disability, under age 65 years (2017-2021) 7.1% Persons in poverty 9.3% Table 3: Select Socioeconomic Statistics 2.3. MITIGATION OVERVIEW Hazard mitfgatfon seeks to eliminate or reduce human suffering and property damage from natural and manmade hazards, including pre-disaster and post-disaster actfvitfes. The Federal Disaster Mitfgatfon Act of 200011 requires jurisdictfons to develop and adopt hazard mitfgatfon plans that incorporate a risk analysis of 7 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sanleandrocitycalifornia/INC110221 8 https://www.sanleandro.org/DocumentCenter/View/6112/San-Leandro-Local-Hazard-Mitfgatfon-Plan-PDF?bidId= 9 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sanleandrocitycalifornia/INC110221#qf-headnote-b 10 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sanleandrocitycalifornia/INC110221#qf-headnote-b 11 https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-11/fema_disaster-mitfgatfon-act-of-2000_10-30-2000.pdf