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Article: Bakersfield plans major boundary expansion.(LOCAL WATCH)
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- California Planning & Development Report
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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The City of Bakersfield has proposed a 112-square-mile expansion of its sphere of influence, the first step toward a major expansion of the southern San Joaquin Valley city of nearly 300,000 people.
City officials say that the proposed sphere expansion, which would cover nearly as much land as the current city, is simply a logical step in Bakersfield's inevitable growth within a large metropolitan planning area. Kern County officials, thus far, are not opposing the move. In fact, there appears to be little in the way of major opposition locally. Still, the shear size of the proposal--71,576 acres--has generated outside interest.
"I think it's one of the ...
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