{"id":468133,"date":"2026-09-18T17:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/468133\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T17:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:43:12","slug":"city-of-bakersfield-to-prepare-possible-new-law-holding-property-owners-accountable-for-illegal-fireworks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/468133\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Bakersfield to prepare possible new law holding property owners accountable for illegal fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; The city of Bakersfield is expected to start developing a new ordinance that would hold property owners responsible for any illegal fireworks activity that takes place on their property.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the Bakersfield City Council meeting Wednesday, Council member Larry Koman asked city staff to prepare a draft of the \u201csocial host\u201d ordinance.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\/plus\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tWatch &#8216;After Sunrise&#8217; on KGET+; Click to learn how to get KGET+ on your smart TV devices\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The law, if considered and approved by City Council, would hold the property owner or host of a gathering accountable for illegal fireworks on the property, even if they weren\u2019t present or had no knowledge of it.<\/p>\n<p>They would then get a civil infraction, according to city officials.<\/p>\n<p>The draft of the ordinance would first be brought to a future Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Committee meeting for discussion.<\/p>\n<p>The law was first proposed during the <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\/news\/local-news\/bakersfield-property-owners-may-be-held-responsible-for-illegal-fireworks-under-potential-ordinance\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Committee meeting<\/a> in August, when the Bakersfield police and fire departments presented updates on the city\u2019s efforts to combat illegal fireworks on the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p>City officials at the meeting suggested the ordinance, saying it would help close the enforcement gap.<\/p>\n<p>The ordinance is similar to the one already adopted by Kern County. The city of Ridgecrest also adopted a similar ordinance in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; The city of Bakersfield is expected to start developing a new ordinance that would&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-468133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468133","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=468133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}