Table 3 



SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE LAND USE' 



JULY 1966 



Use 



Rank 

 Order 



Miles 



Per cent 

 Total 



Per cent 

 Occupied 



Residential 2 36.97 10.7 20.3 



Commercial 12 7.35 2.1 4.0 



Services 15 1.61 0.5 0.9 



Parking 16 0.11 



Water-related industry^ 5 19.05 5.5 10.5 



Other industry 7 14.08 4.1 7.7 



Utilities 11 7.87 2.3 4.3 



Transportation^ 4 34.28 9.9 18.8 



Institutional^ 9 13.07 3.8 7.2 



Recreation 6 17.33 5.0 9.5 



Marinas and related 14 1.75 0.5 1.0 



Salt evaporators 10 9.88 2.9 5.4 



Agriculture 8 13.57 3.9 7.4 



Forestry and related 13 5.42 1.6 3.0 



Subtotal Occupied .... 182.34 52.8 100.0 



Marsh 1 126.95 36.8 



Vacant 3 35.97 10.4 



Total Miles Shoreline . . . 345.26 100.0 



Source: Report on Waterfront Industry prepared for San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Com- 

 mission, February, 1968. 

 Military use of the San Francisco shoreline for depots, maintenance centers, bases, and airfields totaled 31.81 

 miles, representing 17.4 per cent of the developed shoreline. These military measurements were distributed 



among water-related industry, transportation, and institutional uses. 

 2 



Includes river areas outside the Bay proper. The total mileage of Bay shore is approximately 276 miles. 



year.^ An abundant supply of such water is thus 

 an attraction for many industries. 



—Waste disposal. Disposal of wastes make a water- 

 front location an advantage but is often incompat- 

 ible with other uses of the shoreline and water, 

 and is under increasing pressure by pollution 

 control authorities. 



The deep-water urban regions have a special 

 role in the National economy. U.S. dependence on 

 foreign sources for oil, iron ore, and other primary 

 metals makes deep-water sites for basic industry a 

 National requirement. For example, all but two of 

 the Nation's major steel mills are located at ports. 



(Exceptions are World War II Government-built 

 plants located inland for reasons of security.) Now 

 the absence of deep water ports to receive modern 

 supercarriers'* places U.S. steel mills at a disadvan- 

 tage in world competition. 



Increasing property taxes force most private 

 land investors to dispose of their land as quickly as 

 possible, which often involves subdividing or sell- 

 ing smaller portions. Local government units, 

 anxious to increase the tax base, are not likely to 

 preserve large and valuable shoreline parcels for an 

 indeterminate future use. Suitable sites for heavy, 

 water-oriented industry, important to the balanced 

 economic growth of a region, thus are rapidly 

 becoming scarce. 



1965 Census of Manufacturers, Water Use in Manu- 

 facturing. 



See Chapter 5 and Appendix C for data on port 

 facilities. 



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