The City of Bakersfield will now require developers to Mitigate Conversion of Prime Agricultural Land to urban use.

Sequoia Riverlands Trust is positioned to offer Agricultural Conservation Easements to Kern County farmers.

Developers and Farmers Compete for Land
Kern County has an opportunity to both preserve prime agricultural land AND accommodate the inevitable population growth by adopting better development efficiency standards.

The First San Joaquin Valley Regional Blueprint Summit was held on June 28 in Fresno with more than 600 people in attendance!

san joaquin Valley Blueprint Process


Shaping the future of your community

In a series of public meetings and workshops throughout the San Joaquin Valley, counties will gather citizen opinion to produce a vision of what the Valley should look like in 2050 and a “preferred growth scenario” that identifies lands to be developed, maintained for agriculture or preserved for nature.

• Kern County Status:
  Kern County is currently underway with the first round of community workshops -
  Link to KernCOG Website
  
  View Kern County Board of Supervisor's "State of the County Address"
  
  View Upcoming Kern Land Use Meetings
  

Powerpoint Overview of the Kern Blueprint Program

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