Bakersfield planners receive 2025 Housing Element annual report, staff say city remains behind RHNA target City planning staff presented Bakersfield's 2025 Housing Element Annual Progress Report, reporting 2,125 permits in 2025 and 12.7% of the sixth-cycle RHNA completed; commissioners voted to receive and file the report while routine consent items cleared the docket with one abstention.

Bakersfield's Planning Commission reveals that the city is lagging in its housing goals, having completed only 12.7% of its target, but with ambitious plans ahead!

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Bakersfield planning commission receives 2025 housing‑element progress report; city at 12.7% of RHNA target At its April 16 meeting the Bakersfield Planning Commission received the City’s 2025 Housing Element Annual Progress Report. Associate Planner Luis Ramirez said the city permitted 2,125 units in 2025 — about 12.7% of the RHNA 2024–2032 target — and commissioners voted to receive and file the report.

Bakersfield's planning commission reveals a critical housing report showing the city has only reached 12.7% of its ambitious housing goals for 2024-2032, sparking urgent discussions on affordable housing strategies.

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Council approves $2.5 million from Affordable Housing Trust Fund for new Open Door Network shelter campus The council approved a $2.5 million city contribution toward a roughly $46.5 million Open Door Network family shelter campus that will expand beds, add licensed childcare and a wellness/transitional wing; councilmembers sought added accountability and staff confirmed funds had been previously appropriated.

Bakersfield City Council has just approved a game-changing $2.5 million investment to build a family shelter campus that could transform lives and expand essential services for the community.

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Bakersfield planning commission approves 245‑lot tentative map amid debate over air and habitat impacts The Planning Commission voted to adopt a mitigated negative declaration and approve vesting tentative tract map 7386 for a 245‑lot subdivision at Morning Drive and Paladino Drive after residents and the Sierra Club raised concerns about cumulative air pollution and habitat impacts; commissioners cited the city’s housing shortage in supporting approval.

Bakersfield's Planning Commission greenlighted a controversial 245-lot subdivision, igniting fierce debate over air quality and neighborhood character.

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Bakersfield Planning Commission approves 245‑lot subdivision and adopts mitigated negative declaration The Bakersfield Planning Commission on Feb. 5 adopted a mitigated negative declaration and approved Vesting Tentative Tract Map 7386, clearing the way to subdivide 58.29 acres at Morning Drive and Paladino Drive into 245 single‑family lots amid public concern about cumulative air and habitat impacts.

The Bakersfield Planning Commission has approved a controversial 245-lot subdivision, but concerns about air quality and environmental impacts are raising eyebrows in the community.

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