The ongoing housing crisis has really brought Marin's housing equity issues to light. Where you live matters and is the cornerstone of equity.

Marin Compass is our new performance management that creates a culture of continuous improvement where we engage employees and residents to ensure we’re addressing the most important issues, while using data to measure meaningful outcomes.

The County has made great strides in reducing its own carbon footprint, but a similar commitment to sustainable living must be adopted by every resident regardless of their demographic profile.

What's ahead for 2019? Here are some of the top focus areas for the year, as determined by the Marin County Board of Supervisors.

Counts of ranger-reported incidents by calendar month by various categories of infractions and by park or preserve. Rangers and law enforcement personnel enter these incidents into an internal tracking system. Data spans a rolling, seven year period beginning seven years before the last update date.

The data includes monthly counts of citations and field identifications.

Information about residential and commercial building permit inspections processed by, and under the jurisdiction of, Marin County. Data is updated daily, and covers the time period beginning January 1, 2014 until the present.

The related Building Permit dataset has permits for building permit inspections. It has a common data column, Permit Tracking ID. Advanced analysis tools can be used to analyze both permits and their inspections.

Water use per capita for each year by major water district. Covers years 2005 through 2015. Districts are Marin Municipal Water District and North Marin Water District.

This data is gathered by the Marin Climate and Energy Partnership (MCEP), a group of representatives from all of Marin’s towns and cities, Marin County, Marin Municipal Water District, Marin Clean Energy, and the Transportation Authority of Marin. The purpose of the program is to assist Marin agencies to assess, prioritize and implement greenhouse gas and other conservation activities.

For more information about MCEP, please visit marinclimate.org

To learn more about climate change and energy metrics in Marin County, please visit marintracker.org

Detailed information about each residential or commercial building permit processed by, and under the jurisdiction of, Marin County. Data is updated daily, and covers the time period beginning January 1, 2014 until the present.

Simpler permits, which are issued on demand, have issued dates but do not have received dates nor plan approval dates. More complex permits that involve permit inspections, and often involve building plans that must be approved, have a received date, an issued date and often a plan approval date. The received date is the date a permit application is received. The issued date is the date the permit has been fully approved and issued, and may be many weeks or months after the received date.

Information about residential and commercial building permit inspections processed by, and under the jurisdiction of, Marin County. Data is updated daily, and covers the time period beginning January 1, 2014 until the present.

The related Building Permit dataset has permits for building permit inspections. It has a common data column, Permit Tracking ID. Advanced analysis tools can be used to analyze both permits and their inspections.

Detailed information about each residential or commercial building permit processed by, and under the jurisdiction of, Marin County. Data is updated daily and covers the time period beginning January 1, 2014 until the present.

Simpler permits, which are issued on demand, have issued dates but do not have received dates nor plan approval dates.

More complex permits that involve permit inspections, and often involve building plans that must be approved, have a received date, an issued date and often a plan approval date. The received date is the date a permit application is received. The issued date is the date the permit has been fully approved and issued, and may be many weeks or months after the received date.

The related Building Permit Inspection dataset has inspections for building permits. It has a common data column, Permit Tracking ID. Advanced analysis tools can be used to analyze both permits and their inspections.