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Sierra Club and CSUB speakers press Kern County to address park maintenance and riverbank erosion; county outlines app and signage rollout
Summary
Sierra Club and CSUB speakers highlighted maintenance and safety problems at Kern County parks, including riverbank erosion at Hart Park, and urged a new approach; county staff said an app and signs are being deployed to improve reporting and response.
Speakers from the Sierra Club and California State University, Bakersfield, told the Kern County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 7 that county parks show repeated maintenance and safety problems and urged a professional, long-term approach to repairs.
"Your parks need new management to address ongoing and repeatedly noted maintenance and security issues," Eddie Lane of the Sierra Club told the board, citing recent photographs he distributed that show restroom conditions and…
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