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San Francisco Bay Area Overview

Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay, the city of San Francisco is dotted with landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and a scenic downtown skyline. Popular neighborhoods such as Union Square, Fisherman’s Wharf, Chinatown and Russian Hill offer unique shopping, scenery and fine dining. While tourism is by far the most important industry in this city, San Francisco also is home to a large number of banking and finance companies. Today, this city of 744,041 has a diverse racial makeup of whites (44.5 percent), Asians (31 percent), Hispanics (14 percent) and African-Americans (8 percent). San Francisco was once believed to have the highest number of homeless individuals per capita of any major city in the United States. While local government programs appear to have reduced the homeless population in recent years, there still is a long way to go. A one-night homeless count in 2007 revealed 2,771 people on the streets and another 3,606 in shelters or transitional housing. San Francisco’s median home price of $396,400 makes home-ownership essentially unattainable for the nearly 12 percent of the population that lives below the poverty level. You’re invited to San Francisco for a life-changing experience as you work to serve others in this beautiful city.

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