City of Pittsburg

Pittsburg has been a city in progress for nearly a century and a half. Located at the point where the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers meet, Pittsburg is a City of both progress and promise. The earliest recorded history of our town starts in the year 1839 when the Mexican government granted almost 10,000 acres to Jose Antone Mesa and Miguel Jose Garcia. Shortly thereafter the little town was named New York of the Pacific, possibly because the man who laid out the town, Colonel J.D. Stevenson, was a native of New York. This area soon became known as New York Landing and thrived on fishing and canning industries. Following the discovery of coal in the hills three miles south of town, the town was renamed Black Diamond in 1903. From a struggling settlement to an industrial center, Pittsburg has grown into a pleasant community of landscaped parks, recreational facilities, shopping centers, affordable housing and planned business and commercial development. Pittsburg is striding into the future, each day more prosperous than the one before. New homes, renovated older homes, new businesses, a historic district being revived are all signs of even better times to come. Additionally, Pittsburg's local government has expanded the parks system, improved the roads, increased commerce and employment, expanded the Marina and built a modern Civic Center to take it into the 21st century. Working together, the progress will continue.

Our mission is to provide responsive and high quality public services in partnership with our citizens celebrating our community’s rich history, cultural diversity, and pride in its prosperous future.

We achieve our mission through continuing values of:

INTEGRITY To be open and honest, to honor our commitments

TRUST To conduct all activities in ways which increase confidence in the City's policies and services

COMMITMENT To sustain a focus on excellence in public service

RESPECT To be responsive to all the people we work with and serve, to act in a timely and sensitive way

PRIDE To recognize and celebrate the unique and positive characteristics of Pittsburg

CONTINUOUS LEARNING To grow in our understanding of the workplace and the community so that we can provide the most responsive and efficient service

PARTNERSHIP To foster collaboration in meeting community challenges to maximize active citizen participation