ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: March 25, 2026 AGENDA CATEGORY: Consent - Miscellaneous TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Kevin Albertson, Fire Chief
DATE: March 10, 2026
SUBJECT: Bakersfield Fire Department report regarding compliance with annual inspection of certain identified occupancies pursuant to sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 of the California Health and Safety Code..
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends to receive and file the report.
BACKGROUND:
Summary
Senate Bill (SB) 1205, approved Sept. 27, 2018, requires fire departments to provide an annual report to the City Council regarding compliance with state -mandated inspections of specified occupancies.
Pursuant to Sections 13146.2, 13146.3, and 13146.4 of the California Health and Safety Code, inspection compliance has not yet reached 100% for all identified occupancies.
The seeks that City Council acknowledge the measure of compliance of the Bakersfield Fire Department as it follows:
A. Residential Group R Occupancies
a. Residential Group R occupancies, for the purpose of this resolution, are generally those occupancies containing sleeping units, and include motels, hotels, apartments (three or more units), etc., as well as other residential occupancies (includin g a number of residential care facilities). Within the City of Bakersfield, there are 2,501 known Group R occupancies of this nature.
b. During calendar year 2025, the Bakersfield Fire Department completed 947 Group R Occupancy inspections. This is a compliance rate of 37% for this reporting period.
B. Assembly Group A Occupancies
a. Assembly Group A occupancies include, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, for the gathering of persons for purposes such as civic, social, or religious functions; recreation, food or drink consumption; or awaiting transportation or motion picture and television production studio sound stages, Approved Production Facilities, and production locations.
b. During calendar year 2025, the Bakersfield Fire Department completed 1704 Group A Occupancy inspections. This is a compliance rate of 73% for this reporting period.
C. Education Group E Occupancies
a. Educational Group E occupanc ies include, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, by more than six people at any one time for educational purposes through the 12th grade. There are 198 kno wn educational facilities within the City of Bakersfield.
b. During calendar year 2025, the Bakersfield Fire Department completed 198 Group E Occupancy inspections. This is a compliance rate of 100% for this reporting period.
D. Institution Group I Occupancies
a. Institutional Group I occupancies include, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, in which people are cared for or live in a supervised environment, having physical limitations because of health or age, are harbored for medical treatment or other care or treatment, or in which people are detained for penal or correctional purposes or in which the liberty of the occupants is restricted. There are 3 facilities within the City of Bakersfield that fall under this category.
b. During calendar year 2025, the Bakersfield Fire Department completed 3 Group I Occupancy inspections. This is a compliance rate of 100% for this reporting period.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The action to receive and file this mandated report has no fiscal impact to the General Fund.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Safety and Resilience
ATTACHMENTS:
None.