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Bakersfield council directs staff to seek H Street renaming to Cesar Chavez Boulevard; planning process and costs to follow
Summary
Council directed city staff to prepare a planning‑commission application to rename H Street to Avenida de Cesar Chavez. Staff outlined potential costs, affected addresses and notification processes; the planning commission will review the proposal and notice affected addresses.
The Bakersfield City Council on Aug. 13 directed staff to prepare an application to the Planning Commission to consider renaming H Street to Avenida de Cesar Chavez and to return with a final fiscal analysis and community‑engagement plan.
Staff presentation and considerations: City staff described the city’s street‑renaming policy (resolution updated in 2021), the standard public‑notice and Planning Commission process, and preliminary counts for H Street. Staff estimated about 390 addresses along the full H Street corridor from Taft Highway to Golden State Highway, of which roughly 243 are commercial and 147 residential; about 202 of the addresses hold current city business licenses. Staff noted typical city costs to replace municipal street signs across the…
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