City profile · Small City
Novato, California
Reviewed Oct 12, 2026Who leads Novato, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Rachel Farac
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 47,630
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 12, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 12, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcenovato.gov ↗
- Official leadership pagenovato.gov/government/city-council ↗
- City websitenovato.gov ↗
“Last checked” is when we last looked at the source. “Last verified” is when the record was last confirmed. A page we couldn't read never counts as a verification.
Record history
Published records only. Possible changes still under review are not shown here.
Leaders on record
- Rachel Farac CurrentMayor · added Jul 6, 2026 · verified Oct 12, 2026
- Tim O’Connor FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 47,630
- Median household income
- $110,948
- Median age
- 48.6
- Land area
- 27.37 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,740.2 per sq mi
- County
- Marin County
- Metro area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Use this record in your app
The same leadership and verification fields are available from the API.
curl https://api.civicgrid.org/cities/721 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer cg_live_..."