MARIN CITY, California - Residents of Golden Gate Village met Monday evening to discuss a federal lawsuit they filed to address their deplorable housing situation and to react to the Marin Housing Authority's plan to completely renovate their hamlet neighboring Sausalito.

Complete renovation plans

What we know:

The Marin Housing Authority says it will remake Golden Gate Village, built in the late 1950s and now in poor condition, by rehabilitating, not bulldozing.

"We're trying to restore the property back to what it looked like when it was built," said Marin Housing Authority Executive Director Kimberly Carroll.

Marin City housed 6,000 workers, many African-Americans who built World War II ships back then. Many workers remained.

Carroll acknowledged the housing complex's historic b

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