RESOLUTION NO. _____________
RESOLUTION OF THE BAKERSFIELD CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING
AMENDMENT TO THE 6th CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT 2023-2031 OF THE
METROPOLITAN BAKERSFIELD GENERAL PLAN AND DIRECTING THE
PLANNING DIRECTOR TO TRANSMIT THE ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT
TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
WHEREAS, State Housing Element Law (Government Code Sections 65580 et seq.) requires that the City of Bakersfield City Council adopt an amendment to the Housing Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan for the updated 6 th Cycle 2023-2031 planning period (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, the City has prepared the Project and has identified sites that can accommodate housing units meeting the City’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA); and
WHEREAS, in order to comply with the City’s housing share under RHNA and carry out the Project, City Council approved two ordinances (Ordinance No. 5176: April 24, 2024 and Ordinance No. 5178: July 24, 2024) to rezone approximately 1,211 acres of vacant property in order to allow possible future residential development, pursuant to Government Code Section 65583(c)(1)(A); and
WHEREAS, the Project includes Section 2.2, Program 7, which directs the City to amend its zoning code to allow by -right pursuant to Government Code Section 65583.2 (c) (h) and (i) when 20% or more of the residential units are affordable to low and very -low income households for sites identified on previous Housing Element sites inventories and sites identified to address a shortfall of capacity to accommodate the regional housing need, as identified in Attachment A of Appendix E to the Project. City will comply with sai d requirements, as of the date of adoption of this resolution and supplemented via subsequent written procedures and ordinances; and
WHEREAS, based on the foregoing, the City of Bakersfield Development Services Department, Planning Division is requesting an amendment to the Housing Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan for the updated 6th Cycle 2023 -2031 planning period (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on September 4, 2025, and recommended approval of the Project, including its accompanying Notice of Exemption, via Resolution No. 45-25; and
WHEREAS, the Clerk of the City Council set Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 5:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California, as the time and place for a public hearing before the City Council to consider the adoption of the amendment as required by Government Code Section 65355 , and notice of the public hearing was given in the manner provided in Title 17 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, during the hearing, the City Council considered all facts, testimony, and evidence concerning the staff report, and the Planning Commission’s deliberation, and action.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Bakersfield City Council as follows:
1. The above recitals, incorporated herein, are true and correct.
2. The Planning Commission's findings as contained in its R esolution No. 45-25 are hereby adopted.
3. The Notice of Exemption is approved.
4. Transmit the adopted 6th Cycle Housing Element 2023-2031 to the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
5. Prepare and distribute to stakeholders, developers and other interested parties a notification of resolution, written procedures and subsequent ordinances to comply, as of the date of adoption of this resolution, with statutory requirements pursuant to Government Code sections 65583, subdivisions (c)(1) and 65583.2, subdivisions (c), (h) and i).
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting held on the 24th day of September 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER: ARIAS, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, KOMAN, BASHIRTASH, KAUR NOES: COUNCILMEMBER: _______________________________________________________________ ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER: ________________________________________________________________ ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER: ________________________________________________________________
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JULIE DRIMAKIS, MMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED: _________________
By __________________________
KAREN GOH
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
CITY ATTORNEY
By: ____________________________
VIRIDIANA GALLARDO-KING
Deputy City Attorney II