Marin County Board of Supervisors
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The Marin County Board of Supervisors is the governing body for the unincorporated areas of Marin County, California
in the San Francisco Bay Area's
North Bay
region. The current board members are Susan Adams (District 1), Harold Brown (District 2), Kate Sears (District 3), Steve Kinsey (District 4), and Judy Arnold (District 5).
The board functions as the authority for the County Free Library system, Parks and Open Space District, Redevelopment Agency, Marin Transit
, and County Housing Authority.
The board also is in charge of the following services: public works, roads, voter registration, health and welfare programs, courts, district attorney, public defender, jail facilities, recording of official documents.
As in other counties the board provides municipal services for the unincorporated areas, such as: fire and police protection, planning, zoning, land use regulation, traffic regulation, and parks and recreation.
The board is in charge of enforcing the county code, commanding the Marin County Sheriff's Department, and creating or repealing county ordinances. The current president is Susan L. Adams. The Vice President is Steve Kinsey.
The supervisors also help nominate and appoint citizens to 61 different boards which vary from vector abatement, major crimes task force, youth commission, redevelopment councils to Oakland International Airport noise abatement.
Board of Supervisors meetings are held weekly on Tuesdays at 10:00 AM at the Board of Supervisors' Chambers in San Rafael, the seat of Marin County.
The board is against the USA Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act. The Board of Supervisors is strongly in support of freedom of speech and freedom for its libraries from the government.
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...
in the San Francisco Bay Area's
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
North Bay
North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
The North Bay is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area, in California, United States. The largest city is Santa Rosa. It is by far the least populous and least urbanized part of the Bay Area...
region. The current board members are Susan Adams (District 1), Harold Brown (District 2), Kate Sears (District 3), Steve Kinsey (District 4), and Judy Arnold (District 5).
The board functions as the authority for the County Free Library system, Parks and Open Space District, Redevelopment Agency, Marin Transit
Marin Transit
Marin Transit is a public bus agency in Marin County, California, in the United States. Originally formed in 1964 as Marin County Transit District , it was rebranded as Marin Transit on 30 July 2007...
, and County Housing Authority.
The board also is in charge of the following services: public works, roads, voter registration, health and welfare programs, courts, district attorney, public defender, jail facilities, recording of official documents.
As in other counties the board provides municipal services for the unincorporated areas, such as: fire and police protection, planning, zoning, land use regulation, traffic regulation, and parks and recreation.
The board is in charge of enforcing the county code, commanding the Marin County Sheriff's Department, and creating or repealing county ordinances. The current president is Susan L. Adams. The Vice President is Steve Kinsey.
The supervisors also help nominate and appoint citizens to 61 different boards which vary from vector abatement, major crimes task force, youth commission, redevelopment councils to Oakland International Airport noise abatement.
Board of Supervisors meetings are held weekly on Tuesdays at 10:00 AM at the Board of Supervisors' Chambers in San Rafael, the seat of Marin County.
The board is against the USA Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act. The Board of Supervisors is strongly in support of freedom of speech and freedom for its libraries from the government.
Districts and members
- District 1 covers the urban area of San Rafael in Marin County. It is represented by Susan L. Adams.
- District 2 covers Fairfax, San Anselmo, and Ross in central Marin County. It is represented by Harold C. Brown.
- District 3 covers the areas of Belvedere, Mill Valley, Tirburon, and Sausalito in southern Marin County. It was represented by Charles McGlashan, until his untimely death. On May 22, 2011, California Governor Jerry Brown appointed Kate Sears, then a supervising deputy attorney general, to serve out the late McGlashan's term.
- District 4 covers the vast rural areas of West Marin in addition to Larkspur and Corte Madera in east-central Marin along the San Francisco Bay shore. The district also serves portions of Indian Valley, northern, and western Novato. It is represented by Steve Kinsey.
- District 5 covers the areas around Novato in northern Marin County. It is represented by Judy Arnold.