Daly City is the second most populous city in San Mateo County, California, United States. The population was 104,901 at the 2020 census. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, and immediately south of San Francisco, it is named for businessman and landowner John Donald Daly.
Part of Daly City, with San Bruno Mountain and the San Francisco neighborhood of Crocker-Amazon in the background
Francisco de Haro, 1st Alcalde of San Francisco (Mayor), owned Rancho Laguna de la Merced, which included much of modern Daly City.
Displaced victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, in front of a temporary tent shelter
John Donald Daly, founder and namesake of Daly City
San Bruno Mountain is a fault-block horst in northern San Mateo County, California; its northern slopes rise in San Francisco. It is surrounded by San Francisco Bay and the cities of Brisbane, Colma, Daly City, and South San Francisco, and has played an important role in the history of all these communities.
Aerial view of San Bruno Mountain from San Francisco Bay overlooking part of Brisbane.
Aerial panorama of San Bruno Mountain and South San Francisco's Sign Hill
Topographic rendering done in 1869 showing trees in the ravines
Fog rolling over San Bruno Mountain near the central radio/television antennae.