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Portola | |
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| Nickname: Garden District | |
  Portola Location within San Francisco Show map of Bayview-Hunters Point Portola Portola (San Francisco County) Show map of San Francisco County Portola Portola (San Francisco Bay Area) Show map of San Francisco Bay Area | |
| Coordinates:37°43′39″N122°24′24″W / 37.72740°N 122.40653°W /37.72740; -122.40653 | |
| State | California |
| City | San Francisco |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Jackie Felder |
| • CA Assembly | Matt Haney (D)[1] |
| • State Senator | Scott Wiener (D)[1] |
| • U.S. Rep. | Kevin Mullin (D)[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.582 sq mi (4.10 km2) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 16,410 |
| • Density | 16,500/sq mi (6,400/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP Code | 94134 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
Portola (Por-to-la, also known asPortola District) is a neighborhood located in the southeastern quadrant ofSan Francisco,California.
Portola[3] is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of San Francisco, northeast ofMcLaren Park. It is roughly bordered by San Bruno Avenue and the James Lick Freeway (U.S. Route 101) to the east, Mansell Street to the south, University Street to the west and the Southern Freeway (Interstate 280) to the north. The adjacent Portola Heights extension lies west uphill from University Street to theExcelsior District, bordering McLaren Park to the south.
Portola (pronounced PORE-toe-luh, by denizens) was named after the old Portola School, which in turn was named after the Spanish explorerGaspar de Portolà (credited by some as the discoverer of San Francisco Bay).
It earned the nickname Garden District for its history of urban farming dating back to the early 1900s. The neighborhood once had over 20 functioning commercial farms and greenhouses.[4]
According to theU.S. Census, the Asian population in the Portola has been steadily increasing since the 1990s.[5] The Portola is marked by Census Tract 257.[6]
Originally settled after the 1906 earthquake by Jewish and Italian immigrants, the area evolved into a community populated by nurserymen and their families who grew much of the city's flower crop there and uphill to the west in the Portola Heights extension. "The Road", as San Bruno Avenue was affectionately referred to by the locals, still hosts businesses that include bakeries, grocery stores, pharmacies, and in earlier times the Avenue Theater, now a church. The Portola was also once home to a significant population of Maltese immigrants and settlers[3] and at one time the Maltese Consulate.
According to the 2012 to 2016 census data gathered by the San Francisco Planning Dept.[7]
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