Kern County — Entities

Government entities assigned findings or recommendations by the grand jury

24
Assigned
216
Known Entities
11%
Coverage

Assigned Findings or Recommendations (24)

Entity Reports Years Findings Recommendations
Kern County +5Also referenced as:
Board of Supervisors
County Maintenance Manager
Finance Director
Foreman, Kern County Grand Jury
Kern County Board of Supervisors
32 9/16 235 208
City of Bakersfield +2Also referenced as:
Bakersfield City Council
City Council
6 5/16 29 15
City of California City +2Also referenced as:
City Council
City Manager
2 2/16 34 38
City of Arvin +5Also referenced as:
Arvin City Council
City Clerk
City Council
City Manager
Mayor of Arvin
2 2/16 21 13
Kern County Sheriff 2 2/16 9 10
City of Maricopa +2Also referenced as:
City of Maricopa Council
Maricopa City Council
2 2/16 10 7
City of McFarland +2Also referenced as:
City of McFarland Administration
McFarland City Council
2 2/16 7 8
City of Shafter +1Also referenced as:
Shafter City Council
2 1/16 9 5
Tehachapi - Cummings County Water District +1Also referenced as:
General Manager, Tehachapi-Cummings County Water District
1 1/16 25 3
North of the River Sanitary District No.1 (Kern) +1Also referenced as:
North of The River Sanitary District
1 1/16 15 8
McFarland Recreation and Park District 1 1/16 10 6
Southwest Healthcare District 1 1/16 8 7
Delano Mosquito Abatement District 1 1/16 8 4
Frazier Park Public Utility District +2Also referenced as:
Frazier Park Public Utility District Board
Frazier Park Public Utility District General Manager
1 1/16 10 2
City of Delano +1Also referenced as:
Delano City Council
1 1/16 5 5
Bakersfield City School District 1 1/16 6 1
Fairfax Elementary School District +1Also referenced as:
Fairfax School District
1 1/16 3 4
Golden Hills Community Service District +1Also referenced as:
Golden Hills Community Services District (GHCSD)
1 1/16 5 2
Cawelo Water District 1 1/16 3 3
City of Ridgecrest 1 1/16 4 1
California +2Also referenced as:
California Correctional Institution
California Department of Water Resources
1 1/16 4 0
Lamont Storm Water District 1 1/16 4 0
Kern Council of Governments +1Also referenced as:
Kern Council of Governments (KCOG)
1 1/16 3 0
Kern County Water Agency 1 1/16 1 0

No Findings or Recommendations Assigned (192)

Special District 112
  • Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency
  • Arvin Community Services District
  • Arvin-Edison Water Storage District
  • Bear Mountain Recreation and Park District
  • Bear MT Recreation and Park Dist
  • Bear Valley Community Services District
  • Belridge Water Storage District
  • Berrenda Mesa Water District
  • Boron Community Services District
  • Buena Vista Water Storage District
  • Button Willow Water District
  • Buttonwillow County Water District
  • Buttonwillow Recreation and Park District
  • Camp Owen Water System
  • Cemetery District No. 1
  • Desert Lake Community Service
  • Desert Lake Community Services District
  • East Kern Cemetery District
  • East Kern Health Care District
  • East Kern Healthcare District
  • East Niles Comm Service Dist
  • East Niles Community Services District
  • Eastside Power Authority
  • Enos Lane Public Utility District
  • Frazier Park Pub Utility Dist
  • Golden Empire Schools Financing Authority
  • Golden Hills Community Services Dist
  • Golden Valley Municipal Water District
  • Greater Bakersfield Separation of Grade Dist
  • Greenfield County Water District
  • Henry Miller Water District
  • Indian Wells Valley Airport District
  • Indian Wells Valley Water District
  • Inyokern Community Services District
  • James Water Bank Authority
  • Keene Water District
  • Kern Co Cemetery District 1
  • Kern County Citrus Pest Control District
  • Kern Delta Water District
  • Kern Fan Authority
  • Kern Groundwater Authority
  • Kern Mosquito and Vector Control
  • Kern Mosquito and Vector Control District
  • Kern River
  • Kern River Valley Cemetery District
  • Kern River Watershed Coalition Authority
  • Kern Valley Healthcare District
  • Kern Valley Hospital District
  • Kern Water Bank
  • Kern Water Bank Authority
  • Kern-Tulare Water District
  • Lake Isabella Community Service District
  • Lamont Pub Util Dist
  • Lamont Public Utility District
  • Lebec County Water District
  • Lost Hills Utility District (Kern)
  • Lost Hills Water District
  • McAllister Ranch Irrigation District
  • McCallister Ranch Irrigation District
  • Mettler County Water District
  • Minter Field Airport District
  • Mojave Air and Space Port
  • Mojave Public Utility District
  • Mountain Meadows Community Service District
  • Mountain Meadows Community Services District
  • Muroc Healthcare District
  • Muroc Hospital District
  • North Edwards Water District
  • North Kern Cemetery District
  • North Kern Water Storage District
  • North Kern-South Tulare Hospital District
  • North Kern/Cawelo Financing Authority
  • North of the River Municipal Water District
  • North of the River Recreation and Park District
  • Pinon Valley Water Company
  • Power and Water Resources Pooling Authority
  • Quail Valley Calif Water Dist
  • Quail Valley Water District
  • Qvwd-West & East Combined Water System
  • Rand Communities Water District
  • Rosamond Community Services District
  • Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District
  • San Joaquin Valleywide Air Pollution Study Agency
  • Self-Insured Schools of Ca Health & Welfare Benefits Program
  • Self-Insured Schools of California Sisc I - Workers Compensation
  • Self-Insured Schools of California Sisc II Liability & Property
  • Semitropic Water Storage District
  • Shafter Recreation and Park District
  • Shafter Wasco Irrig District
  • Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
  • South Fork Mosquito Abatement District
  • South Kern Cemetery District
  • Southern California Water Bank Authority
  • Southern San Joaquin Mun Utility Dist
  • Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District
  • Stallion Springs Cmty Serv DT
  • Stallion Springs Community Services District
  • Tehachapi Cemetery District
  • Tehachapi Recreation and Park District
  • Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District
  • Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District
  • Tejon Ranch Public Facilities Financing Authority
  • West Kern Water District
  • West Side Cemetery District
  • West Side Health Care District
  • West Side Healthcare District
  • West Side Mosquito Abatement District
  • West Side Mosquito and Vector Control District
  • West Side Recreation and Park District
  • Westside Recreation and Park District
  • Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District
  • Wonder Acres Water System
School District 49
  • Arvin Union School District
  • Beardsley Elementary School District
  • Belridge Elementary School District
  • Blake Elementary School District
  • Buttonwillow Union Elementary School District
  • Caliente Union Elementary School District
  • Delano Joint Union High School District
  • Delano Union Elementary School District
  • Di Giorgio Elementary School District
  • Edison Elementary School District
  • El Tejon Unified School District
  • Elk Hills Elementary School District
  • Fruitvale Elementary School District
  • General Shafter Elementary School District
  • Greenfield Union School District
  • Kern Community College District
  • Kern High
  • Kernville Union Elementary School District
  • Lakeside Union School District
  • Lamont Elementary School District
  • Linns Valley-Poso Flat Union School District
  • Lost Hills Union Elementary School District
  • Maple Elementary School District
  • Maricopa Unified School District
  • McFarland Unified School District
  • McKittrick Elementary School District
  • Midway Elementary School District
  • Mojave Unified School District
  • Muroc Joint Unified School District
  • Norris Elementary School District
  • Panama-Buena Vista School District
  • Panama-Buena Vista Union
  • Pond Union Elementary School District
  • Richland Union Elementary
  • Richland Union School District
  • Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary School District
  • Rosedale Union Elementary School District
  • Semitropic Elementary School District
  • Sierra Sands Unified School District
  • South Fork Union School District
  • Southern Kern Unified School District
  • Standard Elementary School District
  • Taft City School District
  • Taft Union High School District
  • Tehachapi Unified School District
  • Vineland Elementary School District
  • Wasco Union Elementary School District
  • Wasco Union High School District
  • West Kern Community College District
Elected Office 8
  • Kern County Assessor
  • Kern County Auditor-Controller
  • Kern County Coroner
  • Kern County County Clerk-Recorder
  • Kern County County Superintendent of Schools
  • Kern County District Attorney
  • Kern County Public Defender
  • Kern County Treasurer-Tax Collector
Charter School 6
  • Barona Charter
  • Blue Ridge Academy
  • Heartland Charter
  • Opportunities for Learning - Ridgecrest
  • Peak to Peak Mountain Charter
  • River Valley Charter
Agency 4
  • Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District
  • Kern County Employees' Retirement Association
  • Kern County Office of Education
  • Westside District Water Authority
City 3
  • City of Taft
  • City of Tehachapi
  • City of Wasco
Community College 3
  • Cerro Coso Community College
  • Porterville College
  • Taft College
Conservation District 3
  • Eastern Kern Resource Conservation District
  • North West Kern Resource Conservation District
  • Tehachapi Resource Conservation District
Housing Authority 3
  • Kern County Housing Authority
  • Wasco City Housing Authority
  • Wasco Housing Authority
Other 1
  • Kern LAFCO

Dependent bodies (81)

These bodies exist within the county but are governed by another entity rather than their own board, so the civil grand jury examines them through their overseer.

Overseen by Kern County Board of Supervisors (77)

  • County Service Area No. 3 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 4 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 5 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 6 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 7 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 8 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 9 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 10 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 11 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 12.1 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 12.2 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 12.6 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 12.9 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 13 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 14 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 15 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 16 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 17 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 18 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 20 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 21 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 22 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 23 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 24 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 25 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 26 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 27 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 29 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 30 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 31 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 32 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 34 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 36 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 37 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 38 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 39 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 40 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 42 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 43 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 44 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 45 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 47 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 51 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 52 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 53 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 54 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 55 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 56 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 58 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 60 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 61 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 62 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 63 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 65 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 66 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 67 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 69 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 71 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 72 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 81 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 85 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 87 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 87.2 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 89 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 91 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 92 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 94 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 95 (Kern)
  • County Service Area No. 97 (Kern)
  • Ford City-Taft Heights County Sanitation District (Kern)
  • Golden Empire Transit District
  • Greater Bakersfield Separation of Grade District
  • Kern County Hospital Authority
  • Kern Sanitation Authority (Kern)
  • Olcese Water District
  • Tejon-Castac Water District
  • Wasco Recreation and Park District

Overseen by Delano Union Elementary School District (3)

  • Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy
  • Del Vista Math and Science Academy
  • Nueva Vista Language Academy

Overseen by Kern High (1)

  • Kern Workforce 2000 Academy

Statewide schools authorized here (outside county jurisdiction) (2)

These charter schools are authorized by a local district but operated statewide (for example, online academies), so they fall outside the jurisdiction of a county civil grand jury.