The original post that started the thread by LOKE talked to a S/E procedure for Oakland CA that turned the A/C back to the airport navaid to avoid the Bay Bridge. I'm thinking that a part of that procedure may be designed to avoid traffic from SFO, NAS Alameda, San Jose, NAS Moffit Field and goodness knows where else as well as terrain and very changable local wx.
A particular consideration in this case should be the communication with ATC. Presume this qualifies as an emergency, so the short radio call and executing the procedure that gets you out of the immediate danger and keeps fairly clear of other traffic seems to be the best course.