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Happy 50th “Kern Riversary!” 1970 vote brought river into public hands - SJV Water
Fifty years ago this week, the Bakersfield City Council committed an audaciously historic act. On Monday evening Sept. 28, 1970, council members decided to sue Tenneco West for a slice of the Kern River. “The shock was great to many, but from that day forward we had their attention and cooperation,” states the “Kern River […]
Lois Henry