Sustainable Development Goals

 

 

This page is currently under construction. (April 2019) Further data will be added in the future.

 

 

 

"End poverty in all its forms everywhere."

Federal Poverty Line

  • 22.3% of individuals living in Marin City are living at or below the federal poverty line. (American FactFinder)

    • 2,666 people were counted as living in Marin City during the 2010 census (Ref). That is, nearly 600 people in Marin City live in poverty. 
    • In Marin County, 8.1% of people live at or below the federal poverty line. (Ref)
    • In San Rafael, 14.5% of people live at or below the federal poverty line. (Ref)
    • In California, 15.1% of people live at or below the federal poverty line. (Ref)

Self-Sufficiency Standard

  • The Insight Center for Community Economic Development cites $61,897 as the self-sufficiency standard for a single adult living in Marin County. (Ref) 
    • According to U.S. Census 2017 inflation-adjusted earnings data, 47.5% of income earners (individuals 16-years-old and older reporting earnings) in Marin City have incomes less than $$65,000 annually. (Income levels are segmented. This reflects the closest breakdown, the $50,000 - $64,999 segment.) (Ref)

       

 

"End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture."

 

  • "...only 11% of stores in the Canal neighborhood and 0% of stores in Marin City met 'Neighborhood Food Store Quality' standards indicating whether local stores were safely accessible to neighborhood residents and offered healthy, affordable foods. [...] Based on these findings, a full-service grocery store in Marin City is key to addressing racial and health inequities." (Equitable Access to Healthy & Local Food, 2016, pg 1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages."

 

  • "According to the Marin Department of Health and Human Services, Marin City, West Marin, the Canal area, and Hamilton have the highest rates of overweight and obesity as well as self-reported poor health." (Portrait of Marin, 2012, pg 28)
  • According to the 2012 Portrait of Marin report, the Human Development Index score for Marin City is 6.32. This is compared to a high of Ross 9.7, and a low of San Rafael: Canal Area 3.18, and the state 5.54. (Ref, pg 62)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning."

 

In the 2017-18 school year, just over 51.5% of students at Bayside MLK did not meet the Level 1 standard for English Language Arts/Literacy (Ref). This result can be compared to the average for Marin County, in which 16.8% of students did not meet the Level 1 standard (Ref), the average for California in which 25.7% did not meet the Level 1 standard (Ref), and the percentage for nearby Willow Creek Academy in which 22.4% of students did not meet the Level 1 standard (Ref).

See the Marin Promise Partnership website for additional information on achievement gaps related to race and economic disadvantage.

The only other school in the Sausalito Marin City School District is Willow Creek, a charter school in Sausalito. The other very small schools in Marin City are: _____________. (Their data is not published on EdData.)

 

 

 

 

 

"Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Ensure access to water and sanitation for all."

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) ranks the Marin City census tract 6041129000 for drinking water as follows: "The drinking water contaminant percentile is 17, meaning it is higher than 17% of the census tracts in California." (Ref)

This can be compared to nearby Sausalito census tract 6041130202, and a Mill Valley census tract 6041127000, both of which also have a score of 17.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Reduce inequality within and among countries communities."

 

  • "Marin is characterized by very high levels of residential segregation by race and ethnicity...For example, the county’s African American population, a total of only 6,621 residents, is largely confined to one community (Marin City), one city (Novato), and San Quentin Prison (which contains nearly 30 percent of the African Americans residing in the county)." (Portrait of Marin, 2012, pg 21)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable."

 

Transportation

Housing & Homelessness

  • According to the Marin County Homeless Census and Survey 2017 (Point In Time report), there were 9 homeless individuals in Marin City counted on January 27, 2017. (Ref pg 14)

 

 

 

 

"Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies."

 

View detailed crime data for Marin City and all of Marin County here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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