Pleasanton (California)
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| Coordinates | 37°39′45″N 121°52′29″W |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Alameda |
| Incorporated | June 18, 1894 |
| Elevation | 351 ft (107 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (PST) |
| ZIP Codes | 94566, 94568, 94588 |
| Area code(s) | 925 |
| FIPS code | 06-57792 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 277578, 2411441 |
| Website | www.cityofpleasantonca.gov |
| Government (Type) | Council–manager |
| Government (Mayor) | Karla Brown |
| Government (State Senate) | Steve Glazer (D) |
| Government (State Assembly) | Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D) |
| Government (U.S. Congress) | Eric Swalwell (D) |
| Government (Total) | 24.27 sq mi (62.85 km2) |
| Government (Land) | 24.12 sq mi (62.47 km2) |
| Government (Water) | 0.15 sq mi (0.38 km2) 0.63% |
| Area (Total) | 24.27 sq mi (62.85 km2) |
| Area (Land) | 24.12 sq mi (62.47 km2) |
| Area (Water) | 0.15 sq mi (0.38 km2) 0.63% |
| Population (2020) (Total) | 79,871 |
| Population (2020) (Density) | 3,300/sq mi (1,300/km2) |
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Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Located in the Amador Valley, it is a suburb in the East Bay region of the Bay Area. The population was 79,871 at the 2020 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in the United States by the Census Bureau. Pleasanton is home to the headquarters of Safeway, Workday, Ellie Mae, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Blackhawk Network Holdings, and Veeva Systems. Other major employers include Kaiser Permanente, Oracle and Macy's. Although Oakland is the Alameda County seat, a few county offices are located in Pleasanton. The Alameda County Fairgrounds are located in Pleasanton, where the county fair is held during the last week of June and the first week of July. Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park is located on the west side of town. Before the establishment of Pleasanton in the 1850s, an earlier settlement in the location was called Alisal. It was located on the lands of the Rancho Santa Rita near the site of an Indian ranchera, around the Francisco Solano Alviso Adobe, called El Alisal (The Sycamores), one of the earliest houses built in the valley in 1844. It is still standing and serves as the centerpiece of the Alviso Adobe Community Park. Alisal, nicknamed "The Most Desperate Town in the West", was one of the settlements located along La Vereda del Monte that was a haunt and refuge of bandits and desperados in the era following the beginning of the California Gold Rush. Main Street shootouts were not uncommon.[citation needed] Banditos such as Claudio Feliz and Joaquin Murrieta would ambush prospectors on their way back from the gold rush fields and then seek refuge in Alisal. In the 1860s Procopio, Narciso Bojorques and others took refuge there.[citation needed]