Bolinas, California

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Bolinas, California
settlement_type = CDP

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image_caption = Bolinas, California (top-center) and Bolinas Lagoon; view to the west from above Bolinas Ridge
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map_caption = Location in Marin County and the state of California


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_name1 = California
subdivision_name2 = Marin
government_type = Local government
leader_title = Board of Directors
leader_name = See [http://www.bcpud.org/board.htm Directors]
leader_title1 = County Board
leader_name1 = District 4
Steve Kinsey
leader_title2 = Senate
leader_name2 = Carole Migden (D)
leader_title3 = Assembly
leader_name3 = Jared Huffman (D)
leader_title4 = U. S. Congress
leader_name4 = Lynn Woolsey (D)
established_date = 1962
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area_total_km2 = 3.6
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population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1246
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population_density_km2 = 346.1
population_density_sq_mi = 890
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postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 94924
area_code = 415
blank_name = FIPS code
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website = [http://www.bcpud.org/ Bolinas Community P.U.D.]

Bolinas, California is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population of the Bolinas CDP (Census-designated place) was 1,246 at the 2000 census. Located along the coast and accessible only via sometimes unmarked roads, Bolinas is perhaps best known for its reclusive residents; historically, any road signs pointing the way into town on Highway One have invariably been torn down by local residents [ [http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/17/homeless.beating.ap/index.html Homeless man's beating shakes up hippie haven - CNN.com ] ]

Bolinas and its reclusive reputation feature in the 1981 novel "Ecotopia Emerging" by Ernest Callenbach.

Geography

Bolinas is located at Coor dms|37|54|8.85|N|122|41|58.19|W|type:city_region:US-CAGR|1 on the California coast approximately convert|30|mi|km drive north from San Francisco just off California Hwy 1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²), all of it land.

San Andreas Fault

Bolinas is west of the San Andreas Fault, which runs the length of Bolinas Lagoon and then north through the Olema Valley and Tomales Bay. (See the high altitude photograph, above.) Bolinas and the Point Reyes Peninsula are on the Pacific Plate, moving north relative to Stinson Beach and the North American Plate at an average rate of about one inch per year.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 1,246 people, 486 households, and 260 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 900.6 people per square mile (348.6/km²). There were 629 housing units at an average density of 454.7/sq mi (176.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.53% White, 1.85% Black or African American, 0.32% Native American, 1.77% Asian, 0.40% Pacific Islander, 2.49% from other races, and 2.65% from two or more races. 5.06% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 486 households out of which 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.9% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.3% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 21.0% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 40.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 110.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $53,188, and the median income for a family was $56,111. Males had a median income of $48,281 versus $40,417 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $28,973. About 5.5% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.

The much larger area defined by the Census Bureau as Zip Code Tabulation Area 94924, which includes Horseshoe Hill, Dogtown, and Five Brooks, had a 2000 population of 1,560 people (see map). [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=94924&_cityTown=94924&_state=&_zip=94924&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y U.S. Census Bureau, American FactFinder, Zip Code Tabulation Area 94924 Fact Sheet] ]

Education

Bolinas is in the Bolinas-Stinson Union School District, the Tamalpais Union High School District, and the Marin Community College District. Students in primary grades (kindergarten – grade 2) attend Stinson Beach School, while elementary grade students (grades 3–8) attend Bolinas School. Bolinas is in the attendance area of Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley.

Government

Bolinas is unincorporated, receiving general government services from Marin County, including law enforcement, land use planning, public health, and code enforcement. Two special districts provide local services. The Bolinas Community Public Utility District provides water and wastewater service and contracts for garbage and recycling collection. [ [http://www.bcpud.org/ Bolinas Community Public Utility District] ] The Bolinas Fire Protection District provides fire protection, emergency medical care, and disaster management services. [ [http://www.bolinasfire.org/ Bolinas Fire Protection District] ]

Points of interest

* Marin-Bolinas Botanical Gardens
* Point Reyes National Seashore
* Bolinas Free Box

Notable Bolinas people

*Mary D. Barber (March 20, 1869–February 20, 1929), artist and author of "Winter Butterflies in Bolinas," had a second home in Bolinas starting in 1907 and was one of two women to participate in salvage of the wreck of the R. D. Inman off Duxbury Reef [ [http://www.archive.org/details/winterbutterflie00barbrich "Winter Butterflies in Bolinas," 1918, Paul Elder & Company, San Francisco] , accessed scanned copy February 10, 2007 at [http://www.archive.org/details/winterbutterflie00barbrich www.archive.org] ] [ [http://www.askart.com/askart/b/mary_d_unkin_barber/mary_d_unkin_barber.aspx AskArt.com, Mary Dunkin Barber] , accessed February 10, 2007] [ [http://www.sananselmohistory.org/barber/barbertract2.html San Anselmo Historical Museum, "The Barber Tract"] , accessed February 10, 2007]
*Bill Berkson, poet [http://www.granarybooks.com/books/clay/clay4.html Steve Clay and Rodney Phillips, "The Mimeograph Revolution," 1998] , accessed June 13, 2007

Literary scenes with strong affiliations to the New American Poetry were in evidence elsewhere in California -- most notably Bolinas in the 1970s, when that somewhat remote hippie village north of San Francisco became home to many poets. In particular, the transplanted easterner and Poetry Project veteran Bill Berkson and his press Big Sky flourished there in the decade, publishing both a magazine and a series of books. Bolinas residents of the period also included Robert Creeley, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, David Meltzer, Lewis Warsh, Tom Clark, Lewis MacAdams, Philip Whalen, Aram Saroyan, Joanne Kyger, Jim Carroll, and Duncan McNaughton, among others. Ted Berrigan, Alice Notley, and Joe Brainard were among many occasional visitors, with Joe Brainard's Bolinas Journal providing an interesting record of one such extended stay.

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*Peg Bracken, author
*Richard Brautigan, writer [ [http://brautigan.cybernetic-meadows.net/tiki-index.php?page=Bolinas "The Braughtigan Archive," "Bolinas"] , accessed June 13, 2007] [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=18&entry_id=6311 "SFGate," C. W. Nevius Blog, "Remembering "Trout Fishing in America." June 20, 2006, with some comments by Bolinas residents who knew Brautigan] , accessed June 14, 2007]
*Pablo Briones, mid-19th century settler, nephew of Juana Briones de Miranda
*Jim Carroll, author, poet, rock musician
*Ikon Lee Chanel, family member of the House of Chanel
*C. West Churchman, philosopher
*Suzanne Ciani, electronic music pioneer
*Tom Clark (poet), poet, biographer
*Joel Coen, one of The Coen Brothers, screenwriter, film director
*Signy Coleman, actress
*Clark Coolidge, poet
*Robert Creeley, poet, author
*Paulette Frankl, artist, photographer, biographer
*Sid Ganis, President of Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (2005–), producer and studio executive [cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/05/DDGJMIKDT11.DTL|title=Are nude scenes challenging? It all depends.|last=Stein|first=Ruthe|date=May 5, 2006|publisher="San Francisco Chronicle"|pages=E-4|accessdate=2008-10-09]
*Robert Grenier, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poet
*Paul Kantner, rhythm guitarist, rock vocalist, songwriter
*Harmony Korine, film director, producer, screenwriter
*Joanne Kyger, poet, with ties to the Beat generation
*Anne Lamott, nonfiction author
*Jerry Mander, activist, author
*Frances McDormand, film, stage and TV actress
*David Meltzer, poet
*Walter Murch, Academy-award winning film editor, sound mixer
*Birgit O'Connor, Artist, watercolor
*Bill Niman, rancher
*Bill Rafferty, television personality
*Charles A. Reich, professor of law at Yale University, author
*Aram Saroyan, poet, novelist, playwright
*Strawberry Saroyan, journalist and author
*Orville Schell, dean of the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
*Tony Serra, radical civil rights attorney, tax resister
*Grace Slick, rock singer, songwriter
*Susie Tompkins Buell, founder of Esprit label
*Peter Warshall, ecologist
*Alice Waters, chef, Chez Panisse restaurant
*Philip Whalen, poet
*Michael Wolfe, poet, author, publisher, documentary film producer
*Mark Sange, Captain Marco, sailing captain "Incognito", race car collector and driver
*Sean Thackery, world renowned wine maker
*Steven Nelson, aka 'Backyard Steve', founder and CEO of NACER.org
*Ernie Tacherra, Tacherra Ranch

See also

*Bolinas Bay
*Bolinas Lagoon
*Bolinas-Stinson Union School District
*Harmonic Convergence
*Point Reyes National Seashore
*San Andreas Fault

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.californiacoastline.org/cgi-bin/image.cgi?
] (California Coastal Records Project)
* [http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/lb/main/wmarin/Bolindex.cfm Bolinas Library]
* [http://www.bolinaslandtrust.org/ Bolinas Community Land Trust (BCLT)] (Affordable, community housing, preserving the human ecosystem, and the natural ecology of Bolinas.)
* [http://www.bolinasmuseum.org/ Bolinas Museum]
* [http://www.coastalpost.com/ The Coastal Post]
* [http://www.bocenter.org/ Bolinas Community Center]
* [http://www.bolinas2miles.com Bolinas 2 Miles] News & Info for the extended community of Bolinas, CA
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE0DA1438F93AA35754C0A9669C8B63 New York Times article on Bolinas Culture]
* [http://www.jackmagazine.com/issue3/renhist.html Bolinas Literary History by Kevin Opstedal]
* [http://www.bigbridge.org/bolinas.htm Dreaming As One: Poetry, Poets and Community in Bolinas, California, 1967-1980 by Kevin Opstedal]
* [http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/17/homeless.beating.ap/index.html Homeless Man's Beating Shakes Up Hippie Haven] (CNN, JUL 2008)
*Wikitravel|Point Reyes National Seashore