Suisun City highlight
Historic waterfront community on Suisun Bay
Suisun Bay is a shallow tidal estuary where the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers meet, serving as the gateway to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and one of the largest estuarine systems on the west coast.
Suisun City takes its name from the Suisunes, a Patwin tribe, in a word meaning "where the west wind blows." The city was incorporated on October 9, 1868, and has grown around its position on Suisun Bay, a shallow tidal estuary formed where California's two largest river systems converge. The bay's waters have historically supported ferries, small boat traffic and maritime commerce, making the waterfront central to the city's identity and economy.
Adjacent to Suisun City lies the Suisun Marsh, the largest brackish-water estuary on the west coast at 116,000 acres. The marsh is maintained by approximately 230 miles of levees and supports over 230 bird species. It is critical habitat for the federally endangered delta smelt and provides the tidal rearing areas on which 80 percent of California's commercial salmon fishery depends. The marsh is also home to the Suisun thistle, an endangered plant found nowhere else on Earth.
A waterfront community like Suisun City draws families and individuals who value access to water, nature and the Bay Area's working landscape. Planning for those families means looking ahead to their long-term obligations: a home near the water, education for children, retirement years. A term life policy sized to cover the mortgage and income years a family would need is how most households protect that plan.