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Public commenters press Kern County on tenant classification and local school funding; county counsel asked to follow up
Summary
A Kern County resident told the board he was misclassified in county records and lost legal protections; Supervisor Parlier asked county counsel and the CAO to prepare a written response. A separate speaker asked for a $5,000 donation for a local elementary school and said she plans to file a federal lawsuit in December over county actions.
During the public presentations portion of the Nov. 18 meeting, at least two residents raised urgent personal and neighborhood concerns and asked the board for specific remedies.
Mike Guillen said Kern County misclassified him in county records, describing a sequence in which he was initially recorded as a lawful tenant but later labeled a squatter and arrested without what he described as due‑process. Guillen said his criminal case was…
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