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H Regional Setting A. Regional Growth and Land Use Bay Area Employment Trends: Patterns The Eastern Bay Area has seen develop- The Mountain House Area is situated at the ment of three major employment nodes in westerly edge of the San Joaquin Valley the last decade. These are Central Contra adjacent to the Altamont Pass and surround- Costa County (Walnut Creek and Concord), ing hills. The site abuts Interstate 580/205 the southeast Bay Area(Milpitas and Fre- and is accessible to Interstate 5 and State mont) and most important of all the Tri- Highway 99. A Southern Pacific rail line Valley area (San Ramon, Dublin and Pleas- transects the site. The Livermore Valley is anton). Tri-Valley area employment growth within commuting distance to the west,the is powered to a large extent by the contin- City of Oakland and Oakland Airport is one ued development of Hacienda Business hour's travel to the west, and Stockton is Park and Bishop Ranch. under an hour to the northeast. Tracy is located about six miles to the east. Hacienda Business Park,the largest master planned business park in Northern Califor- The northwestern San Joaquin Valley has nia, is located on Interstate 580 in Pleasan- traditionally been an agricultural economy ton. At buildout in the year 2000,Hacienda served by small cities such as Tracy. This Business Park will include almost 12 character is undergoing substantial change million square feet of space and accommo- due to strong growth pressures that result date approximately 36,600 employees. from several regional trends. San Joaquin Current employers include Hewlett Pack- County has grown from 347,000 in 1980 to ard, AT&T, Viacom Cablevision, and, by 451,000 in 1987, with a large component of early 1989, Computerland. commuters into the San Francisco Bay Area. This is an annual average of 3.4% per Bishop Ranch Business Park is a 585-acre year, compared to the state average annual business park located adjacent to Interstate growth of 2.2% per year for the same 680 in San Ramon. Bishop Ranch is period. Median housing prices in June, anticipated to reach build-out by 1996 at 1988 were one-half of the San Francisco which time it will be able to accommodate Bay Area median, inducing many commut- 25,000 to 26,000 employees in 8.5 million ers to relocate from Bay Area rentals to square feet of space. Major tenants include home ownership in the county. Pacific Bell, Chevron Development, Union Carbide, IBM, and Metropolitan Life. Regional Setting 2.1