The Hewlett Committee moved items 6, 7 and 9 to the consent calendar and approved them by roll call. Comments previewed deployment of wildfire detection sensors (including nine sensors for District 1) and updates on the county housing element and supportive‑housing efforts.

The Kern County Planning Commission recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt broad revisions to the county zoning code (Ordinance Code 2025B) to implement the housing element, clarify definitions and require conditional use permits for new CRV recycling centers, but voted to exclude proposed non‑agricultural trucking allowances in A and NR (

City hosts brief vlog announcing next week's doubleheader council meetings, warning residents the packet is large because it includes the full housing element and flagging water allocation, a car-week after-action report and the emergency operations plan as key items.