Roofer in Broadmoor, San Mateo, County

The farms that had long graced the area started to give way to suburban housing developments from the 1940s onwards. The residents of Broadmoor, rallying around their police protection district (see below) and their sense of identity as a separate community, have been mostly successful in fighting off annexation by Daly City, despite losing slices of their community’s territory, including its police headquarters, in the many piecemeal annexations which over the years saw Daly City gradually encircle Broadmoor in its entirety. Daly City’s attempts to annex the enclave and Broadmoor residents’ resistance to those efforts have led to strained relations between the two entities at times.