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Marin County, California Marin County (pronounced /məˈrɪn/) 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 2007, the population was 248,096. The county seat is San Rafael and the largest employer is the county government. Marin County is well known for its natural beauty, liberal politics, affluence and a strong New Age reputation. In May 2009, the county had the fifth highest income per capita in the United States at $91,483. The county is governed by local cities and the Marin County Board of Supervisors.San Quentin Prison is located in the county, as is Skywalker Ranch. Autodesk, the publisher of AutoCAD, is also located there, as well as numerous other high-tech companies. The headquarters of film and media company Lucasfilm Ltd., previously based in San Rafael, have moved to the Presidio of San Francisco.The Marin County Civic Center was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and draws thousands of visitors a year to guided tours of its arch and atrium design.America's oldest cross country running event, the Dipsea Race, takes place annually in Marin County, attracting thousands of athletes. Mountain biking is said to have been invented on the slopes of Mount Tamalpais in Marin.Marin County's natural sites include Muir Woods redwood forest, the Marin Headlands, Stinson Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore, and Mount Tamalpais. History Marin County is one of the original 27 counties of California, created February 18, 1850, following adoption of the Constitution of 1849 and just months before the state was admitted to the Union.The origin of the county's name is not clear. One version is the county was named after Chief Marin, of the Coast Miwok, Licatiut tribe of Native Americans who inhabited that section and waged fierce battle against the early Spanish military explorers. The other version is that the bay between San Pedro Point and San Quentin Point was named Bahía de Nuestra Señora del Rosario la Marinera in 1775, and it is quite possible that Marin is simply an abbreviation of this name.The Coast Miwok Indians were hunters and gatherers whose ancestors had occupied the area for thousands of years. About 600 village sites have been identified in the county. The Coast Miwok numbered in the thousands. Today there are few left, and even fewer with any knowledge of their Coast Miwok lineage. Efforts are being made so that they are not forgotten.The English explorer and privateer, Sir Francis Drake and the crew of the Golden Hind was thought to have landed on the Marin coast in 1579 claiming the land as Nova Albion. A bronze plaque inscribed with Drake's claim to the new lands, fitting the description in Drake's own account, was discovered in 1933. This so-called Drake's Plate of Brass was revealed as a hoax in 2003.In 1595 Sebastian Cermeno lost his ship, the San Agustin, while exploring the Marin Coast. The Spanish explorer Vizcaíno landed about twenty years after Drake in what is now called Drake's Bay. However the first Spanish settlement in Marin was not established until 1817 when Mission San Rafael Arcángel was founded partly in response to the Russian-built Fort Ross to the north in what is now Sonoma County.[citation needed]Mission San Rafael Arcángel was founded in what is now downtown San Rafael as the 20th Spanish mission in the colonial Mexican province of Alta California by four priests, Father Narciso Duran from Mission San Jose, Father Abella from Mission San Francisco de Asís, Father Gil y Taboada and Father Mariano Payeras, the President of the Missions, on December 14, 1817, four years before Mexico gained independence from Spain.[citation needed] Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 828 square miles (2,145 km²), of which 520 square miles (1,346 km²) are land and 308 square miles (799 km²) (37.24%) are water. According to the records at the County Assessor-Recorder's Office, as of June 2006, Marin had 91,065 acres (369 km2) of taxable land, consisting of 79,086 parcels with a total tax basis of $39.8 billion. These parcels are divided into the following classifications:Geographically, the county forms a large, southward-facing peninsula, with the Pacific Ocean to the west, San Pablo Bay and San Francisco Bay to the east, and – across the Golden Gate – the city of San Francisco to the south. Marin County's northern border is with Sonoma County.Most of the county's population resides on the eastern side, with a string of communities running along San Francisco Bay, from Sausalito to Tiburon to Corte Madera to San Rafael. The interior contains large areas of agricultural and open space; West Marin, through which State Route 1 runs alongside the California coast, contains many small unincorporated communities whose economies depend on agriculture and tourism.Notable features of the shoreline along the San Francisco Bay include the Sausalito shoreline, Richardson Bay, the Tiburon Peninsula including Ring Mountain and Triangle Marsh at Corte Madera. Further north lies San Quentin State Prison along the San Rafael shoreline. Adjacent Counties Sonoma County, California- north, northeast Contra Costa County, California- southeast San Francisco County, California- south National protected areas Golden Gate National Recreation Area(part) Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge Muir Woods National Monument Point Reyes National Seashore San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge(part) Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary(part) Major highways Interstate 580 U.S. Route 101(Redwood Highway) State Route 1 State Route 37 State Route 131(Tiburon Boulevard) Scenic roads Conzelman Road,Marin Headlands Dillon BeachRoad Bear Valley Road: connectsOlematoInverness Park Limantour Road: travels across centralPoint Reyes Crown Road TomalesPetalumaRoad Chileno Valley Road: Connects Marshall Petaluma Road to Tomales Petaluma Road Marshall Petaluma Road Hicks Valley Road: Connects Marshall Petaluma Road to Point Reyes Petaluma Road Point Reyes Petaluma Road Novato Boulevard:Novatoto Point Reyes Petaluma Road Sir Francis Drake Blvd:Point Reyes LighthousetoSan Quentin Panoramic Highway BolinasFairfaxRoad: Connects Sir Francis Drake Blvd toState Route 1(also a scenic road) at Bolinas Bolinas Ridge Road: Connects Bolinas Fairfax Road to Panoramic Highway andMuir WoodsRoad Lucas Valley Road and Nicasio Valley Road: Connect 101 with Point Reyes Petaluma Road Point/North San Pedro Road: ConnectsSanta VenetiaandPeacock Gapneighborhoods viaChina Camp State Park Bridgeway Blvd,Sausalito Ridgecrest Blvd: transverses the top ofMount Tamalpais Pierce Point Road: travels across Northern Point Reyes Paradise Drive:TiburontoCorte Madera Camino Alto/Magnolia Avenue: connectsLarkspurtoMill Valley Public transportation Golden Gate Transit provides service primarily along the U.S. 101 corridor, serving cities in Marin County, as well as San Francisco and Sonoma County. Service is also provided to Contra Costa County via the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. Ferries to San Francisco operate from Larkspur and Sausalito. Ferry service from Tiburon is provided by Blue and Gold Fleet and by the Angel Island Ferry.Local bus routes within Marin County are operated by Golden Gate Transit under contract to the Marin County Transit District. MCTD also operates the West Marin Stage, serving communities in the western, rural areas of Marin County. The Marin Airporter offers scheduled bus service to and from Marin County and the San Francisco Airport. The lines run 7 days a week, 365 days a year.Greyhound Lines buses service San Rafael. Airports Marin County Airport or Gnoss Field (ICAO: KDVO) is a general aviation airport operated by the County Department of Public Works. The nearest airports with commercial flights are San Francisco International Airport and Oakland International Airport as well as Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport north of Marin County. Education Education in Marin County List of high schools in California Marin County Free Library is the county library system. It is headquartered in San Rafael. Ecology Marin county is considered in the California Floristic Province, a zone of extremely high biodiversity and endemicism. There are numerous ecosystems present, including Coastal Strand, oak woodland, mixed evergreen forest, Coast Redwood Forests chaparral and riparian zones. There are also a considerable number of protected plant and animal species present: fauna include the California Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora draytonii) and California freshwater shrimp, while flora include Marin Dwarf Flax, Hesperolinon congestum; Tiburon Jewelflower, Streptanthus niger; and Tiburon Indian paintbrush, Castilleja neglecta.All of the county's beaches were listed as the cleanest in the state in 2010.A number of watersheds exist in Marin County including Walker Creek, Lagunitas Creek, Miller Creek, and Novato Creek.The Lagunitas Creek Watershed is home to the largest-remaining wild run of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in Central California. These coho are part of the 'Central California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit,' or CCC ESU, and are listed as 'endangered' at both the state and federal level.Significant efforts to protect and restore these fish have been underway in the Watershed since the 1980s. Fifty-percent of historical salmon habitat is now behind dams. Strong efforts are also being made to protect and restore undammed, headwater reaches of this Watershed in the San Geronimo Valley, where upwards of 40% of the Lagunitas salmon spawn each year and where as much as 1/3 of the juvenile salmon (or fry) spend their entire freshwater lives. The Salmon Protection and Watershed Network () leads winter tours for the public to learn about and view these spawning salmon, and also leads year-round opportunities for the public to get involved in stream restoration, monitoring spawning and smolt outmigration, juvenile fish rescue and relocation in the summer, and advocacy and policy development.Around 490 different species of birds have been observed in Marin County. () Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 247,289 people, 100,650 households, and 60,691 families residing in the county. The population density was 476 people per square mile (184/km²). There were 104,990 housing units at an average density of 202 per square mile (78/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 84.03% White, 2.89% Black or African American, 0.43% Native American, 4.53% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 4.50% from other races, and 3.47% from two or more races. 11.06% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.In 2000, there were 100,650 households out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.7% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.90.In the county the population was spread out with 20.3% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males. Race and ethnicity According to the 2006-2008 American Community Survey, the racial composition of Marin County was as follows:White: 81.2% (75.1% werenon-Hispanic whites) Black: 3.2% American Indian: 0.3% Asian: 5.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.2% Some other race: 6.9% Two or more races: 2.5% Hispanic or Latino(of any race): 13.6% Source(s): Place of birth According to the 2006-2008 American Community Survey, 81.3% of Marin County's residents were native to the United States. Approximately 80.0% of the county's residents were born in one of the fifty states, while 1.3% were born in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, or born abroad to American parents.Foreign-born individuals made up the remaining 18.7% of the population. Latin America was the most common birthplace of foreign-born residents; those born in Latin America made up the plurality (42.2%) of Marin County's foreign population. Individuals born in Europe were the second largest foreign-born group; they made up 25.3% of Marin County's foreign population. Immigrants from Asia comprised 23.7% of the county's foreign population. Those born in other parts of North America and Africa made up 3.9% and 3.8% of the foreign-born populace respectively. Lastly, residents born in Oceania made up a mere 1.2% of Marin County's foreign population.Source: Language According to the 2006-2008 American Community Survey, English was the most commonly spoken language at home by residents over five years of age; those who spoke only English at home made up 77.1% of Marin County's residents. Speakers of non-English languages comprised the remaining 22.9% of the population. Speakers of Spanish made up 11.7% of the county's residents, while speakers of other Indo-European languages made up 7.1% of the populace. Speakers of Asian languages and indigenous languages of the Pacific islands made up 3.4% of the population. The remaining 0.7% spoke other languages.Source: Ancestry According to the 2006-2008 American Community Survey, there were sixteen ancestries in Marin County that made up over 1.0% of its population. The sixteen ancestries are listed below.German: 15.8% Irish: 14.8% English: 13.6% Italian: 8.7% French: 4.0% Scottish: 3.9% Russian: 3.6% Swedish: 2.6% Polish: 2.4% Scots Irish: 2.3% 'American': 2.2% Norwegian: 1.9% Dutch: 1.5% Portuguese: 1.1% Swiss: 1.1% Danish: 1.1% Source: Income The median income for a household in the county was $71,306, and the median income for a family was $88,934. These figures had risen to $83,732 and $104,750 respectively as of 2007. In May 2010, the county had the lowest unemployment rate in California. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in July of 2010, however, Marin's unemployment rate rose to 8.3%. Government and infrastructure San Quentin State Prison of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is located in the county. San Quentin houses the male death row and the execution chamber of California. Politics Marin is part of California's 6th congressional district, held by ninth-term Democrat Lynn Woolsey.In the state legislature, Marin is in the 6th Assembly district, held by second-term Democrat Jared Huffman, and the 3rd Senate district, held by first-term Democrat Mark Leno.Marin County tended to vote Republican for most of the 20th century (from 1948 to 1980, the only Democrat to win there was Lyndon Johnson in 1964). However, the county has become a stronghold of the Democratic Party in recent decades. Out of California counties, only San Francisco County and Alameda County voted more Democratic in the 2008 Presidential election, all three counties voted more heavily for Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama than Cook County, Ill., Obama's home county.On Nov. 4, 2008, the citizens of Marin county voted strongly against Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment which eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry, by a 75.1 percent to 24.9 percent margin. The official tally was 103,341 against and 34,324 in favor. Only San Francisco County voted against the measure by a wider margin (75.2% against).According to the California Secretary of State, as of January 5, 2010, Marin County has 148,723 registered voters, out of 181,918 eligible (81.75%). Of those, 81,589 (54.86%) are registered Democrats, 29,088 (19.56%) are registered Republicans, 6,141 (4.13%) are registered with other political parties, and 31,905 (21.45%) have declined to state a political party. Democrats hold wide voter-registration majorities in all political subdivisions in Marin County, except for the town of Belvedere, in which Democrats only hold a 54-vote (3.52%) registration advantage. Democrats' largest registration advantage in Marin is in the town of Fairfax, wherein there are only 420 Republicans (8.0%) out of 5,248 total voters compared to 3,386 Democrats (64.52%) and 1,057 voters who have declined to state a political party (20.14%) voters. 'Marin County hot-tubber' In 2002, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush denounced convicted American terrorist John Walker Lindh as 'some misguided Marin County hot-tubber,' as a reference to the county's liberal, 'hippie' political culture. Outraged by the label, some local residents wrote scathing letters to the Marin Independent Journal, complaining of Bush's remarks. In response, Bush wrote a letter to readers in the same newspaper, admitting regret and promising to not use the phrases Marin County and hot tub 'in the same sentence again.' Economy As of 2008, the largest private-sector employers in Marin County were:Kaiser Permanente(1,626 full-time employees in Marin County) Marin General Hospital (1,267) Autodesk(1,200) Fireman's Fund Insurance Company(1,200) Comcast(619) Safeway Inc.(452) Macy's, Inc. Frank Howard Allen Realtors (423) BioMarin Pharmaceutical FICO MHN (350) Dominican University of California(325) W. Bradley Electric (295) Brayton Purcell (288) Guide Dogs for the Blind(287) Novato Community Hospital (274) Mollie Stones(270) Wells Fargo Costco Ghilotti Bros. (250) Kentfield Rehabilitation and Specialty Hospital Lucasfilm Longs Drugs Nordstrom(211) Coldwell Banker(207) Media Marin county has several media outlets that serve the local community.Marin Magazine, a monthly lifestyle magazine with headquarters inSausalito. Marin Independent Journal, a daily newspaper with headquarters inNovato. Pacific Sun, a free weekly distributed throughout the county. Novato Advance, a weekly newspaper that serves Marin's second-largest city. The Point Reyes Light, a weekly newspaper. West Marin Citizen, a weekly newspaper. KWMRradio, West Marin Radio, Channel 26, public access television in Marin. Marin Local Music, Music listings for Marin's Restaurants & Venues who host live music. San Francisco Examiner, Rick Marianetti, Marin County Culture & Events. Cities, towns and unincorporated districts Belvedere Bolinas Corte Madera Dillon Beach Dogtown Fairfax Inverness Inverness Park Kentfield Lagunitas-Forest Knolls LarkspurGreenbrae Marshall Mill ValleyStrawberry Tamalpais-Homestead Valley Muir Beach Nicasio NovatoSan Marin Bel Marin Keys Black Point-Green Point Hamilton Ignacio Olema Point Reyes Station Ross San AnselmoSleepy Hollow San Geronimo San RafaelLucas Valley-Marinwood Las Gallinas Santa Venetia Terra Linda SausalitoMarin City Stinson Beach Tiburon Tomales Woodacre Adjacent counties San Francisco County, California Contra Costa County, California Sonoma County, California Books and films Marin County has been used as the venue for numerous films and books; in some cases these works have also incorporated scenes set in neighboring San Francisco or Sonoma County. The following are representative works produced in whole or in part in Marin County:Marin County lifestyles of the 1970s were spoofed in the 1977 novelThe Serial: A Year in the Life of Marin CountybyCyra McFadden, and in the subsequent filmSerialwhich was based on the novel. The bookThe Body Snatcherswas set inMill Valley. Key scenes in the 1973 movieAmerican Graffitiwere filmed in Marin atTamalpais High Schooland on 4th Street in downtownSan Rafael. Scenes fromThe GodfatherandThe Godfather: Part IIwere filmed in Marin. Marin County's reputation as acountercultureenclave, especially the town of Bolinas and its isolationist reputation, made it a location of many key events in the 1981 novelEcotopia EmergingbyErnest Callenbach. The 2002 filmHigh Crimestakes place in Marin. Many scenes of the 1971 filmDirty Harryand its sequels were filmed in Marin. The 2006 filmThe Beckoningwas filmed in Marin, and tells of Sir Francis Drake's landing. The 1995 filmVillage of the Damnedwas filmed entirely in Marin. The 1996 filmJackwas filmed almost entirely inRoss. The 2001 filmBanditswas filmed in Marin. The 1997 filmGattacawas filmed at theMarin County Civic Center. Scenes from the 1971 filmTHX 1138were filmed at theMarin County Civic Center. In the 1981 filmRaiders of the Lost Ark, the college scenes were filmed at Dominican University of California; additionally, Indiana Jones' home exteriors was filmed in San Rafael. In the bookYouth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp, the Twisp family resides inOaklandand Nick's father is in jail in Marin County. The bookA Time For Dancingwas set in Mill Valley, and the characters attended Tamalpais High School Scenes from the 1992 filmBasic Instinctwere filmed in Marin, particularly the car chase scene when Nick Curran (Michael Douglas), follows Catherine Trammell (Sharon Stone) from Mill Valley to Muir Beach on Highway 1. In the 1978 movieFoul PlayChevy Chase's character, Tony Carlson, lives on a houseboat inSausalito. Short scenes in the 1995 movieNine Monthswere set in Tiburon with a view of San Francisco. Short scenes from the 2007 film 'Zodiac' were filmed in and around Marin County. Note: the stabbing scene at the lake was not filmed in Novato but atLake Berryessa. The staging of George Grisby's shooting inThe Lady From Shanghaiwas shot on the dock outside what is now the Gaylord Indian Restaurant in Sausalito. In the television series M*A*S*H, the fictional character Capt. B.J. Hunnicut (played by actor Mike Farrell) was from Mill Valley in Marin County. Much of the filmRadio Flyerwas filmed in Novato (other portions were filmed in Sonora, CA). The independent filmThe Moneytreewas set in Marin County. Segments from the 2009 filmFunny Peoplewere filmed in Marin County. Several scenes from the 1996 filmMotherwere shot in Kentfield, Larkspur, Sausalito, and other areas of Marin. Some scenes from the 1983 filmStar Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jediwere filmed in Marin County. In the filmTerminator Salvation, Skynet's California headquarters is presumably located in Marin County. In 1986'sStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home,SpockandCaptain Kirkfind their humpbacked whales in the 'Cetacean Institute' supposedly situated in Sausalito.Star Trek: The Next GenerationplacesStarfleet Academyin what is nowFort Baker, immediately south of Sausalito. Both in the novel and 1998 film, the main character Stella inHow Stella Got Her Groove Backwas from Marin County.