{"id":291580,"date":"2026-04-29T15:02:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/291580\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:02:38","slug":"kern-county-approves-sewer-service-charge-increase-for-the-upcoming-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/291580\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern County approves sewer service charge increase for the upcoming year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 The Kern County Board of Supervisors has approved an increase to sewer service charges for the 2026-2027 fiscal year following a public hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The Kern Sanitation Authority raised the annual rate from $356.95 to $368.95 per equivalent single-family dwelling.<\/p>\n<p>That is an increase of $12 per year, or about $1 more per month for a typical single-family property.<\/p>\n<p>County documents show the charges are expected to generate more than $6.2 million in revenue.<\/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 Kern County Board of Supervisors has approved an increase to sewer service charges&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,152,98627,162,110914,124363,1071,124364,106077],"class_list":["post-291580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-kern-county-board-of-supervisors","tag-kern-county-news","tag-kern-county-taxes","tag-kern-sanitation-authority","tag-local-government","tag-sewer-service-charges","tag-utility-rate-increase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291580","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=291580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}