{"id":218248,"date":"2026-03-13T15:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/218248\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:38:10","slug":"bakersfield-council-approves-bank-of-america-building-lease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/218248\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield council approves Bank of America building lease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 The Bakersfield City Council voted Wednesday to approve a lease agreement with an option to purchase the Bank of America building in downtown Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p>The item passed on a 5-1 vote, with Ward 6 Councilmember Zack Bashirtash voting no.<\/p>\n<p>The property at 1430 and 1440 Truxtun Ave. sits near the Kern County Courthouse and includes the tower, the former Bank of America space, and hundreds of parking spaces.<\/p>\n<p>City leaders say the deal could save money, bring police department staff closer to downtown, and give the city the option to purchase the site after completing due diligence.<\/p>\n<p>This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 The Bakersfield City Council voted Wednesday to approve a lease agreement with an option&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,25934,155,153,152,324,100047,100049,100048,162,13500,83704],"class_list":["post-218248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-city-council","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-bakersfield-police-department","tag-bank-of-america-building","tag-city-lease-agreement","tag-kern-county-courthouse","tag-kern-county-news","tag-truxtun-avenue","tag-zack-bashirtash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}