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ANNETTE ROSE
Interviewed by Marilyn Geary
May 11, 2004

Annette Rose Supervisor Annette Rose of Sausalito was first elected to the Marin County Board of Supervisors in 1992 and reelected to a third term in March 2000. She represents Marin County's Third District.

Prior to her election as supervisor, Rose served as councilmember and mayor of the City of Sausalito. She was also president of the Marin County Council of Mayors and Councilmembers in 1990. "I was drawn to public service because of my concern about affordable housing and environmental protection," she says. An arts administrator prior to entering public office, Rose was executive director of Antenna Theater, on the staff of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and owner of the Rose/Bernardi Gallery.

Throughout her tenure with the County of Marin, Supervisor Rose has been a strong advocate for the preservation of the Marin County Civic Center. She helped set the standards for the restoration of the Civic Center’s gold spire and has worked closely with the Civic Center chapter of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy. In September of 2003, Supervisor Rose organized a day-long Civic Center tour and exhibition for the National Conference of the Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy who was meeting in San Francisco. At that conference, she received the “Wright Spirit Award” for her efforts to preserve the Marin County Civic Center.

In the excerpts below, Supervisor Rose discusses the seismic retrofit of the Hall of Justice, the dilemma of the Marin County Courts and a little-known fact about the Wright-designed Berger house in San Anselmo.

CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW TO ASK SUPERVISOR ROSE A QUESTION
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1. What were some of the challenges faced during the recent seismic retrofit of the Hall of Justice?
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2. Was there a pivotal event during the Hall of Justice retrofit which spurred you to take a more prominent role in the preservation of the Marin County Civic Center?
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3. Could you discuss the dilemma regarding the current location of our courts in the Hall of Justice?
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4. In the early 1950s, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a Usonian house for the Berger family in San Anselmo. Very few people know that he also designed a doghouse for them. Could you tell us about this?