For decades, West Marin’s rural communities had just one representative at the county level and little direct line to the bureaucracy that governs them.
That changed this year, when Summer Cassel, a 28-year-old Inverness native, became Marin County’s first West Marin Municipal Services Manager, a position created to give the region a stronger voice inside the county government.
“West Marin has lots going on and only one representative, Supervisor Rodoni,” Ms. Cassel said. “We…