

near the Livermore border is Shadow Cliffs Regional Park, a lake that permits swimming, fishing, and boating. On the east side of town on Stanley Blvd. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 24.3 square miles (63 km 2), of which 24.1 square miles (62 km 2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km 2) (0.63%) is water. Pleasanton is adjacent to Hayward, Livermore, and Dublin. Kaiser Co., at Radum train station, one mile east of Pleasanton. Radum Plant was a sand and gravel plant opened in 1931 by Henry J. The town was once home to Phoebe Apperson Hearst, who lived in a 50-room mansion on a 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) estate, now the site of Castlewood Country Club. In 1917, Pleasanton was the backdrop for the film Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, starring Mary Pickford. A typographical error by a recording clerk in Washington, D.C., apparently led to the current spelling. Kottinger, an Alameda County justice of the peace, after his friend, Union army cavalry Major General Alfred Pleasonton. Its name was chosen in the 1860s by John W. Pleasanton is located on the lands of the Rancho Valle de San José and Rancho Santa Rita Mexican land grants. Alisal Elementary School reflects the city's original name. In the 1860s Procopio, Narciso Bojorques and others took refuge there. Banditos such as Claudio Feliz and Joaquin Murrieta ambushed prospectors on their way back from the gold rush fields and then sought refuge in Alisal. Alisal, nicknamed "The Most Desperate Town in the West", was one of the settlements located along La Vereda del Monte that was a haunt and refuge of bandits and desperados in the era following the beginning of the California Gold Rush.

It is still standing and serves as the centerpiece of the Alviso Adobe Community Park. It was located on the lands of the Rancho Santa Rita near the site of a Native American ranchera, around the Francisco Solano Alviso Adobe called El Alisal (The Sycamores), one of the earliest houses built in the valley in 1844. Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park is located on the west side of town.īefore the establishment of Pleasanton in the 1850s, an earlier settlement in the location was called Alisal. The Alameda County Fairgrounds are located in Pleasanton, where the county fair is held during the last week of June and the first week of July. Although Oakland is the Alameda County seat, a few county offices are located in Pleasanton. Other major employers include Kaiser Permanente, Oracle and Macy's. Pleasanton is home to the headquarters of Safeway, Workday, Ellie Mae, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Blackhawk Network Holdings, and Veeva Systems. In 20, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in the United States by the Census Bureau. The population was 79,871 at the 2020 census. Located in the Amador Valley, it is a suburb in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Newly elected Vice Chair Ortiz shared that she is “… excited to collaborate with my colleagues as Vice Chair, moving forward transportation projects and programs that benefit residents and businesses in Alameda County.”Īlameda CTC implements the voter-approved Measures B and BB, as well as the Measure F vehicle license fee to improve transportation throughout Alameda County.Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Support for integrating transportation and land use planning and investments to encourage sustainable development and support communities.Advancing implementation of zero emission technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect our climate.Improving multimodal transportation options for historically underserved communities to increase access to goods, services, jobs and education and result in a more equitable transportation system.Investing in active transportation, with a focus on eliminating the High Injury Network across the county and reducing speeds to protect communities.
