San Diego, California

With 70 miles of white-sand beaches and cliffs along the pacific ocean and amazing year-round
weather that only Southern California offers, San Diego is known as “America’s Finest City”.
From Camp Pendleton east to Escodido and the Inland Valley south toward El Centro and west
back to Imperial Beach at the Mexico border, San Diego County is home to more than 3 million
residents, is California’s second largest city and the eighth largest in the United States.

Eighteen incorporated cities and towns along with other charismatic neighborhoods and
communities, make up the mega region and San Diego is popular with people of all ages. With
everything for the beach and outdoor enthusiasts to foodies and beer and wine lovers to festivals
and live outdoor music to the businesses taking advantage of our outstanding year round climate
booking events at our convention centers and hotels around the region, San Diego is a big
convention and vacation destination.

San Diego has a thriving business environment whose primary economic development centers
around tech, bio tech and life sciences; research and manufacturing; marine; military and defense;
tourism; and sports and active lifestyle verticals. Not only is there a variety of mature companies
with a large presence in the region, but San Diego has a robust start-up community and highly
educated and talented workforce keeping the region very attractive. A few of the largest
employers include: Qualcomm, Petco, Jack in the Box, General Atomics, Scripps Health,
PriceSmart, Sony, Cubic, UCSD, Illumnia and Dyson Real Estate.

Tourism is also a major industry in the city. Annually, the city hosts more than 30 million visitors
as not there is an abundance of fun attractions for visitors of all ages. Family friendly destinations
include the World Famous San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, Legoland California, Sea World San
Diego and Aquatica.

San Diego possesses a number of sports teams, ranging from college athletics to professional.
The San Diego Padres and San Diego Gulls take center stage as the two professional teams in the
city. The San Diego State University Aztecs, University of California at San Diego and
the University of San Diego Toreros are all NCAA Division I teams, while Point Loma Nazarene
falls into the NAIA.