A couch on the side of the road, an old refrigerator tossed in a vacant lot, trash piled up at a highway exit â these are all common sights for many Bakersfield residents.
But a new focus from the city of Bakersfield and county of Kern, along with an influx of cash from the Public Safety and Vital Services Measure that went before voters as Measure N, could soon change that.
Just this week, the Bakersfield City Council and Kern County Board of Supervisors passed measures designed to curb illegal dumping and littering. City and county leaders expect the votes to be just the tip of the iceberg as the governing bodies reconvene in 2021.