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Yet advocates have warned Bakersfield city officials in past meetings that landlords routinely violate the California Tenants Protections Act, which caps annual rent increases at 10% per year on ...
Dec. 2—Nearly every county across California will share an unfortunate resolution in the coming year: They each will delay their launch of a new mental health law expected to change the face of ...
Riddhi Patel, 28, who grew up in Bakersfield and works at a local nonprofit, was arrested after public statements she made on the topic of a Gaza cease-fire and on metal detectors at City Hall.
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Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States.The city covers about 151 sq mi (390 km 2) [9] [10] near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, which is located in the Central Valley region.
The magnitude 5.2 earthquake near Bakersfield was felt over a wide area of Southern California. Experts say there are several reason for this, including its size, time of night and the so-called ...
The Bakersfield City Council is the main governing body for Bakersfield, California. Under the council-manager form of government, the city council is the most powerful branch of government. It has seven members who represent seven wards. The city council meetings are presided over by the elected mayor. [1]
The Bakersfield Police Department (BPD) is the agency responsible for law enforcement within the city of Bakersfield, California, in the United States. It has over 590 officers and professional staff, covering an area of 151.2 square miles (392 km 2) serving an urban population of more than 400,000. The current chief of the department, since ...