BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – After initially submitting paperwork saying she had no financial conflicts of interest in running for the Bakersfield City Council, local businesswoman Cassie Bittle has quietly resubmitted disclosure forms showing a handful of her financial interests.
Bittle, who co-manages KC Steakhouse in Bakersfield and sits on the city’s planning commission for Ward 3, filed her California Form 700 – or Statement of Economic Interests form – on Aug. 7, 2026, stating she had “no reportable interests.”
But on Sunday, Sept. 6, Bittle filed an amendment of the form to the Fair Political Practices Commission listing five current economic interests in Bakersfield, including investments, “real property” and incomes, loans & business positions.
The revised form lists KC Steakhouse as a business entity Bittle is part of as a managing partner. The form states that the restaurant’s fair market value is over $1 million.
It also lists Steakstreet Properties, on 2515 F St., same address as KC Steakhouse, as a real property with a fair market value between $100,001 and $1 million.
The form also says Bittle owns Stockyard Whiskey Bar.
In an interview with 17 News on Tuesday morning, Bittle said she has been filing the California Form 700 to the Commission for the past five years she has been on the city’s Planning Commission.
Bittle said when she went to file the form this past August for her City Council candidacy, she thought she hit a button that would auto-populate her previous forms into her latest filing.
Because of that, she said her form was “wiped clean.”
Bittle added that she did not know there was an issue with the form until she saw a post about it on social media.
“I amended it very quickly,” she said. “There was no malice.”
She said the Commission used to handle the filings handwritten, saying it’s been more difficult to fill them out since they’ve moved electronically.
She said it has been more difficult to fill out the forms since the Commission moved them electronically, rather than handwritten.
“It’s a simple mistake that I just didn’t mean to do, and I went ahead and corrected it as soon as I was informed of the issue,” she said.
Bittle, a well-established businesswoman in the city, is running for the Bakersfield City Council for the Ward 3 seat, which will be left vacant by Ken Weir.
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Bittle is one of five candidates vying for the seat against local business owner Kathryn Halling, prosecutor Pedro Naveiras, martial arts gym owner Juan Carlos “JC” Llamas and Bakersfield native Seth Hewett.
Bittle said KC Steakhouse is a family-owned business that she operates with her mother. She said that partnership has been in place “since day one.”
Bittle added that her involvement with the Bakersfield businesses won’t be an issue if elected to represent the city’s third Ward.
“Any time there’s anything that comes up that would be any kind of conflict of interest, I’d be more than happy just to recuse myself from the situation and make sure that I don’t vote on anything that would have any kind of financial interest for myself or any of my family members as well,” she said. “I find that very important to make sure that we make ethical decisions and treat it properly for the community.”
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