Manzanita is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Marin County

Marin County, California

Marin County is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2010, the population was 252,409. The county seat is San Rafael and the largest employer is the county government. Marin County is well...

, California

California

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. Manzanita is also known as the Unincorporated Sausalito Houseboat Community. It is located 6.25 miles (10 km) south of downtown San Rafael

San Rafael, California

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, at an elevation of 16 feet (5 m). It is located near Marin City

Marin City, California

Marin City, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States. It is located northwest of downtown Sausalito, at an elevation of 23 feet . Marin City was developed for housing starting in 1942, to accommodate war-time shipyard workers and other...

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The community is in area code 415

Area code 415

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. The community was represented by Third District county supervisor

Marin County Board of Supervisors

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 Charles McGlashan until his death in May 2011, after which it has been represented by Kate Sears. There are 400 floating dwellings in 5 marinas. The community has a history of being the drug and sex mecca for Marin County, although that era has largely passed.