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Marin City, California
Marin City, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, United States.〔 It is located northwest of downtown Sausalito, and about 5 miles north of San Francisco from the Golden Gate Bridge, at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m).〔 Marin City was developed for housing starting in 1942, to accommodate war-time shipyard workers and other immigrants to California. After the war, the area became predominantly African-American, as white residents were able to move freely to private housing elsewhere in Marin. Since the 1980s, additional development has changed the makeup of the population while providing more local jobs. The population in 2010 was 2,666. Marin City's socioeconomic and racial makeup contrasts with the mostly wealthy and Caucasian populations in Marin County. In 2004 the community had high levels of poverty, crime, and recreational drug use.〔"(Rich Man's Ghetto )." ''Metroactive''. December 1, 2004. Retrieved on January 3, 2008.〕 Marin City began to enjoy a newfound celebrity in the 1990s as the home of rapper Tupac Shakur.
==History==
Prior to World War II, the land that would become Marin City was home to a dairy farm and a handful of families. Soon after war was declared on December 8, 1941, Marin City was rapidly built during 1942 in order to house 6,000 of the 20,000 workers who migrated from all over the United States, attracted by the jobs at Marinship, the Sausalito waterfront shipyard. A total of 93 liberty ships and tankers were built and launched from Marinship in less than three years.〔(Marin City looks to better days ), by Dana Perrigan, ''San Francisco Chronicle''. March 15, 2009. Retrieved on September 14, 2012〕
Many of the African-American shipyard laborers who had migrated from the Southern U.S. ended up living permanently in Marin City either by choice or because many black families were not allowed to live or buy homes in the towns surrounding Marin City.〔 They became the core of the community when most of the other guest laborers departed at the end of the war.〔 During the war, African-Americans comprised about 10% of Marin City's population. By the 1970s, African Americans comprised over three quarters of the population of Marin City, most of whom traced their roots to the Marinship laborers.〔
During the 1980s and 1990s there was considerable residential and commercial development, including several new housing developments, apartment complexes, and condo developments.〔 There was also an expansion of commercial area particularly with the building of the Gateway Shopping Center in 1996, that displaced the locally renowned flea market.〔 Marin City has started to think about incorporating into a city.〔(Marin City eyes incorporation to become independent city ) by Prado, Mark. ''Marin Independent Journal''. July 31, 2012. Retrieved on September 14, 2012〕
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