San Francisco 101

It is difficult to imagine a better location for a leading life sciences company than San Francisco. San Francisco is a city with unrivaled physical and cultural amenities, drawing the best and brightest from around the world. It is a city with a long-standing tradition of being on the leading edge of creativity and innovation and is at the center of the most important cluster of life sciences research in the world.

But beyond the biomedical resources available here, no other region in the world can offer such a powerful assembly of “convergent” technology expertise. As the life sciences industry continues to g expand to involve scientists and companies in bioinformatics, information technologies and internet applications, the opportunities for interaction in the Bay Area is unsurpassed. No other region can offer access to the headquarters and research centers for world-leading companies like Intel, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems.

Virtually all of this talent is located within a 45-minute commute from San Francisco via three regional freeways and numerous public transportation networks. San Francisco has the largest and most effective public transportation system of any work place in California, with transit connections throughout the Bay Area. Within San Francisco, the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is one of the largest public transit system in the United States. BART and Caltrain also operate service to and within the City from across the entire region. In addition, Muni connects with AC Transit, Golden Gate Transit, SamTrans, and the regional ferry systems. As the acknowledged hub of the Bay Area, San Francisco is truly unmatched when it comes to the range and depth of transportation options available to access the region’s labor pool.

SF Indicators

Population (2000):	776,733
Land Area:	47 sq. miles
Density (2000):	16,526 persons per sq. mile
Education Level (2000):	45% with a graduate or undergraduate degree

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