Total acreage of San Francisco: 30,080
Estimated number of people in San Francisco: 739,426
Ratio of dogs to children in the city, give or take 10,000 kids: 1:1
Ratio of acres for off-leash dog play to those of children’s playgrounds: 7:1
Approximate percentage of San Francisco Department of Recreation and Park land considered natural areas: 25
Number of acres managed by Rec and Park versus number of acres of parking space (on and off the streets) managed by the city: 3,480:1,291
Number of cars in San Francisco, as represented by the number of registered automobiles in 2005: 373,115
Total number of city-managed parking spaces: 334,625
Number of temporary art parks created in empty parking spaces during 2005 for PARK(ing) Day: 18
Month in which the next PARK(ing) Day event will take place: September
Ratio of the size of a city parking space for a compact car to the Dark Room SF stage: 1:1
Estimated number of homeless people in San Francisco versus total number of shelter beds: 6,248:1,514
Estimated number of shelter beds that go empty every night: 100
Decline in the number of homeless people in the city, based on 2003 and 2005 volunteer city-run counts: 2,392
Areas not included in the volunteer counts: the beach, the Presidio, railroad encampments, Golden Gate Park, Stern Grove, and the Sunset District
Projected release date of the numbers from the 2007 homelessness count: March 30
Number of public garbage cans unbolted and stolen from Oakland sidewalks in the past year: 75
Cost of each can: $1,500
Number of feet of freeway guardrail stolen in the Bay Area in the past year: 32,000
Total cost to replace the aluminum: $86,000
Number of bars in San Francisco versus number of independent bookstores selling new books: 2,870:33
Rank of San Francisco among cities for most bookstores per 10,000 people: 1
Rank of the city by the bay for most drunk metropolitan area: 20 (tied with Oakland)
Rank for most literate, in comparison with New York City: 10 versus 49
The index was compiled by Chris Albon, Angela J. Bass, Deborah Giattina, Christopher Jasmin, and Elaine Santore. For sources, see www.sfbg.com.
Super List Index Sources:
(1) and (2) US Census Bureau
(3) Dog Advisory Committee of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and US Census Bureau
(4) and (5) San Francisco Recreation and Park Department
(6) San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority
(7) California Department of Motor Vehicles
(8) San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority
(9) and (10) The REBAR Group, www.rebargroup.org
(11) San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority and Dark Room Theater
(12)–(14) and (16) San Francisco Department of Human Services
(15) "Green and Red Apples: The 2,392 Disappeared Homeless in San Francisco," by Matt Gonzalez, San Francisco Bay View, 2/23/05
(17) and (18) "Oakland Trash-Can Bandits Nab 75th ‘Fancy Trash Can’," by Momo Chang, Oakland Tribune, 8/9/06
(19) and (20) California Department of Transportation
(21) California Alcohol Beverage Control
(22)–(24) University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, Marketing and Media Department
(23) "America’s Drunkest Cities," by David M. Ewalt, Forbes, 8/22/06