Marin County Board of Supervisors

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Marin County Board of Supervisors
Type
Type
Leadership
President
Mary Sackett
Vice President
Eric Lucan
2nd Vice President
Stephanie Moulton-Peters
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), Brian Colbert (District 2), Stephanie Moulton-Peters (District 3), 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 9:00 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

References

  1. 1 2 "Board of Supervisors". County of Marin. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 About Us, Marin County, Board of Supervisors website. Accessed February 19, 2025.
  3. Marin County Parks. Marincounty.gov. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  4. "Assembly Bill 2224" (pdf). Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  5. Boards, Marin County Boards and Commissions, Accessed February 19, 2025
  6. Meeting Information, Marin County Board of Supervisors website, Accessed February 19, 2025
  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. District 2 Profile, MarinCounty.gov. Accessed February 19, 2025
  10. , SFGate.com. Accessed February 19, 2025.
  11. Charles McGlashan profile, co.marin.ca.us. Accessed June 24, 2023.
  12. , MarinMagazine.com, Accessed February 19, 2025.
  13. Stephanie Moulton-Peters profile MarinCounty.gov, Accessed February 19, 2025.
  14. Dennis Rodoni profile, MarinCounty.gov. Accessed February 19, 2025
  15. Eric Lucan profile, MarinCounty.gov. Accessed February 19, 2025.