Marin County Board of Supervisors

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Marin County Board of Supervisors
Type
Type
Leadership
President
Stephanie Moulton-Peters
Vice President
Dennis Rodoni
2nd Vice President
Mary Sackett
Structure
Seats5
Political groups
 Nonpartisan (5) (de jure)
Elections
Last election
November 8, 2022
Next election
November 5, 2024
Website
marincounty.org/depts/bs

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. [1] The current board members are Mary Sackett (District 1), Katie Rice (District 2), Stephanie Moulton-Peters (District 3, current President), Dennis Rodoni (District 4), and Eric Lucan (District 5). [1]

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The board functions as the authority for the County Free Library system, the Marin County Department of Parks and Open Space, (consisting of the Marin County Parks and Landscape Division and the Marin County Open Space District), Redevelopment Agency, Marin Transit, and County Housing Authority. [2] [3] 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. [2] Additionally, one member of the board is appointed to the Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit Board of Directors. [4]

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. [2]

The board is in charge of enforcing the county code, commanding the Marin County Sheriff's Department, and creating or repealing county ordinances.

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. [5]

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. [6]

The board opposes the USA Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act. [7]

Districts and members

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References

  1. 1 2 "Board of Supervisors". County of Marin. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 About Us, Marin County, Board of Supervisors website. Accessed May 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Marin County Parks: About Us. Marincounty.org. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  4. ↑ "Assembly Bill 2224" (pdf). Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  5. ↑ Boards, Marin County Board of Supervisors website, access date May 31, 2008
  6. ↑ Calendar, Marin County Board of Supervisors website, access date May 31, 2008
  7. ↑ Resolution of the Marin County Board of Supervisors Affirming Support for Constitutionally Guaranteed Rights and Liberties Threatened by the USA Patriot Act, the Homeland Security Act, and Specific Executive Orders and Rulings: No. 2003-44, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, May 6, 2003. Accessed May 31, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Home Page - District 1". County of Marin. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  9. ↑ Harold Brown profile, co.marin.ca.us. Accessed June 24, 2023.
  10. ↑ Charles McGlashan profile, co.marin.ca.us. Accessed June 24, 2023.
  11. ↑ Eric Lucan profile, co.marin.ca.us. Accessed August 15, 2023.
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