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Incorporated on July 1, 1983, the City of San Ramon is located on 11 square miles of the San Ramon Valley, approximately 25 miles east of the City of Oakland in the San Francisco Bay Area.  The San Ramon Valley has long been considered one of the most desirable living areas in the Bay Area because of its scenic beauty, good climate, suburban charm and proximity to the Bay Area’s major employment centers.

San Ramon has been governed for over a decade under the City Council/City Manager form of government.  Since 1980, the population of San Ramon has increased by over 115% from 22,356 to 48,609 in 2004.

San Ramon is one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s premier residential communities and is home to some of the nation’s best-known companies. San Ramon is committed to continued economic growth and ensuring that it preserves the exceptional quality of life that the City is know for.

Until the early 1980’s, the City of San Ramon was primarily a bedroom community for the major employment centers in the Bay Area: San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose/Silicon Valley.  The development of Bishop Ranch, in 1982, transformed San Ramon into a significant regional employment center. With the development of major new employment centers, employees are attracted from such far away distances as Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties. 

The Bishop Ranch Office Park consists of 580 acres of land with 5.9 million square feet of office space. The office park currently is home to approximately 200 companies, including Fortune 1000 companies such as ChevronTexaco, Bank of America, IBM and Pacific Bell.  San Ramon is an attractive, expanding City and it is expected that over 16,000 jobs will be added within the next 15 years.  This represents a 58% increase over the current 27,643 jobs in San Ramon. 

The City is also an affluent community with the average household income for 2000 estimated to be $95,856.  This compares to a county-wide average of $63,675.  Estimates as of late actually believe the mean household income to be over $102,000. 

The housing market remains very strong.  The price of single family homes range from $450,000 to over $2 million in San Ramon.  The average home price is close to $590,000.   

San Ramon is dedicated to continuous improvement of the quality of life which makes its citizens proud.  With easy access and a full range of services, it is little wonder that San Ramon is one of Contra Costa County’s most exciting and progressive cities.