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Over the last year, the Advance Kern business recruitment and job growth initiative has proven to be an economic development “game changer” as incentive agreements with Fortune 500 companies Amazon and L’ O r é al were approved by the County of Kern. In

addition, Kern EDC co-launched the Kern Initiative Photo courtesy Doug Kessler for Talent and Entrepreneurship (KITE) program, a regional collaboration charged with developing the next generation of businesses and its related ecosystem. EDITOR’S NOTE: The region’s key industries provide the fundamental PATSY COHEN SHAWNEE EDWARDS MARIA LEON ingredients for future economic growth and opportunity. Kern EDC would like to express our sincere appreciation to The for their outstanding design skills which brought With the understanding that the “availability of skilled Marcom Group REALTOR® REALTOR® REALTOR® this award-winning publication from the drawing board to reality. The CalDRE #02041662 CalDRE #02037224 CalDRE #01432690 labor” is the top site selection factor, Kern EDC and Market Overview would also not be possible without the extraordinary Kern Economic Development Foundation continue SOPHIA (661) 703-7236 (661) 342-7326 (661) 900-5282 talent of the many local photographers who generously donated their [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] to work diligently to enhance the talent pipeline with GLIGOREVIC work. Their eye for the beauty and culture of Kern County allowed this “best practices” attraction and retention initiatives. Market Overview Editor, Marketing annual publication to create a strong and accurate narrative of local Targeted outbound broker missions, industry-specific & Member Relations life. Thank you to all the contributors who helped with this publication conferences, innovation tours, and the Kern County and continually enhance the value that it has to our community. STEMposium are some of the tools we use to attract Professionalism with specialized care and retain businesses and the talent needed to ensure Kym Plivelich those businesses are successful. Locally owned and operated We invite you to partner with Kern EDC on our bold and innovative President | REALTOR® We invite you to partner with Kern EDC on our bold and business development agenda, making Kern County “the best investment innovative business development agenda, making Kern CalDRE #01849454 County the “best investment a business can make!” ■ a business can make!” (661) 319-6978 [email protected] 1 ADVERTISERS INDEX

ADVERTISERS

45 | 8minute Solar Energy 16 | Greater Bakersfield Chamber

26 | Advance Beverage Company 51 | Grimmway Farms

43 | Aera Energy 47 | Kaiser Permanente

41 | America’s Job Center of California 54 | Kern Community College District

39 | Bakersfield Association 55 | Kern County Superintendent | of REALTORS® | of Schools

39 | Barbich Hooper King Dill Hoffman 21 | Kern Schools Federal Credit Union

30 | Berry Petroleum Company 43 | Klein DeNatale Goldner

45 | California Resources Corporation 43 | Krazan & Associates

16 | Carney’s Business Technology Center 51 | Madland Toyota-Lift

4 | Chevron IFC | Majestic Realty Co.

20 | City of Arvin II | Marcom Real Estate

30 | City of Bakersfield 54 | Mechanics Bank

31 | City of McFarland 26 | McIntosh & Associates

74 | City of Shafter 74 | Peacekeeper Enterprises

45 | City of Taft 17 | Pacific Gas & Electric

16 | City of Tehachapi 13 | Saba Agency

73 | County of Kern 20 | Sierra Printers

39 | CSUB IBC | sPower

25 | Dignity Health 51 | Visit Bakersfield 27 | Wonderful Real Estate

2 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS

1 | President’s Message

2 | Advertisers Index

3, 5 | Table of Contents

6-12 | Helping Businesses Thrive in | Kern County Since 1988 Learn more about the county’s primary engine for Photo courtesy Steve Rengers 14 economic and talent development.

14-15 | Top 10 Reasons to Do | Business in Kern County With top rankings making national news, it’s easy to see why Kern County is an economic powerhouse.

18-19 | Quality of Place With an array of outdoor and cultural activities, Kern County has something for everyone.

22-24 | Kern County by the Numbers Photo courtesy Felix Adamo & TBC Media Take an in-depth look into Kern’s economic growth, cost 18 of living, industry projections, and much more.

28-29 | Community Profile With one of the fastest-growing populations in the nation, Kern’s diverse communities continue to flourish with opportunities.

32-37 | Kern’s Business Advantage Strategic market access and a business-friendly environment are just two of the reasons why companies prefer Kern County. Photo courtesy Joe Simpson 22

Front cover includes photos courtesy Michael McCloskey, Tony Moreno, & others Photo courtesyPhoto Forrester Richard 28 3

48-49 44 42, TABLE OF CONTENTS 52-53 56-73 40 46 50 38 CONTENTS

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are top priorities for education professionals. education for priorities top are workforce prepared and askilled for demands Meeting economy. County’s Kern for driver economic a strong is agriculture value-added production, vegetable and fruit for climates best the of one and soils fertile to Thanks companies. largest world’s the of some for home a rapidly-growing it makes centers population largest California’s to trip turnaround one-day easy Kern’s Logistics Transportation, providers. healthcare innovative and novel to thanks services medical edge cutting- of array an enjoy County Kern of Residents industry. energy global in the players strongest the to connected is and California of state the for provider energy leading the is County Kern world. in the technologies specialized and innovative most the of some to home is County Kern East aliving.” for “does Kern what about more Discover County. in Kern headlines making industries only the aren’t agriculture and Oil Kern Member EDC Directory Workforce & Education Agriculture Value-Added & Advanced Manufacturing Services Healthcare Energy & Natural Resources Defense & Aerospace Target Industries CONT.

Photo courtesy CSU Bakersfield Public Affairs Photo courtesy Tony Moreno Photo courtesy Tony Moreno Photo courtesy Mojave Air & Space Port 40 48 42 52 5 KERN EDC

Creating Opportunities for Businesses

Kern Economic Development Corporation is a public private partnership formed in 1988 with the mission of stimulating a diversified and strong economic climate in Kern County. This is accomplished through new business recruitment and assistance with retention and expansion of existing businesses.

KERN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (KERN EDC) Kern County Superintendent of Schools, community colleges, and is a public-private partnership that brings together private businesses, Employer’s Training Resources to prepare Kern County’s workforce. education, elected officials, and non-profit organizations for the purpose We help ensure that educators know what existing and new businesses of a single goal: creating a strong and diverse economy for Kern County. are looking for in their talent. Kern EDC promotes the region to businesses looking for areas to expand, and works with existing local businesses to ensure they have FINANCING & INCENTIVES what they need to thrive and grow here in Kern County. Kern EDC works with businesses to identify targeted incentives and financing tools that stimulate job growth and capital investment. Kern Since 1988, Kern EDC has helped retain, grow, and attract businesses County offers robust programs, including the innovative Advance and jobs to Kern County. The economic base features the nation’s Kern program, that help companies succeed and compete in the leading energy providers, and it regularly ranks as one of the top global economy. three agricultural regions in the U.S. In addition, other industries like logistics and warehousing, health care services, and aerospace and PRIVATE/PUBLIC SECTOR SYNERGY defense have helped create a more resilient local economy… just as Whether we are helping facilitate Kern’s already-expedient permitting the organization’s founders had hoped. process, or advocating on behalf of regional companies, our strong relationship with the County and local cities is invaluable.

Helping Companies Grow & Create Jobs RESEARCH We compile labor studies, demographic data, economic vitality updates offers a variety of services designed to support our mission. Kern EDC and other important information needed to objectively evaluate Kern With local industry sector expertise and deep connections in Kern’s County as a viable option for your growing business. Our website is communities, we work to ensure the region remains a leader in commerce updated often, and our electronic newsletter keeps the community and a hub for innovation. and interested parties around the country informed about economic trends and news that affects our region. Kern EDC Services ECONOMIC IMPACT FACT SHEETS SITE SELECTION ASSISTANCE FOR NEW BUSINESSES Kern EDC recognized the need to produce “user-friendly” flyers Kern County is one of the select few regions in California that effectively presenting the economic impacts of Kern County’s main industries. In markets itself around the country. That’s because Kern County and its this continuing series, Kern EDC will create and update these industry municipalities embrace new businesses and offer fast-track permitting, specific fact sheets in order to demonstrate the diverse nature of our allowing a company to be up and running within months after inking a local economy. ■ deal. Kern EDC partners with the County of Kern, municipalities and real estate professionals, to identify available property and buildings that meet your requirements. Kern EDC has never wavered from its mission to serve

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, TALENT ATTRACTION & RETENTION as the leading organization in Kern County for job Kern EDC works closely with California State University, Bakersfield, creation and economic development activities.

6 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY VALUE OF A JOB

So, What’s the Big Deal About New Jobs? Whether the companies are large, medium, or small, the impact of every 100 jobs includes spending:

$7,400,000 $1,390,000 $962,000 $825,000 $2,376,000 in residential in car payments in recreation, in clothing/ in business real estate & insurance entertainment & apparel, furniture & services restaurants appliances

… and millions more in commercial real estate, housing, bank deposits, real estate taxes and more—IN ONE YEAR!

(From a study developed by Rieger & Associates of Denver Colorado, using Kern County economic data including government and private business research and sources)

7 KERN EDF

Building a STEM Pipeline

MOST EXECUTIVES create a better-prepared workforce for current group agreed on the importance of reaching out LOOKING TO RELOCATE and future local employers. Since Kern County to girls when they are young and still developing OR EXPAND THEIR ranks 4th in the nation for STEM jobs, many their self-esteem and confidence, along with BUSINESS have a keen of which already go unfilled as employers seek their own opinions about their own abilities eye on a community’s qualified candidates, it was decided to focus and interests. Out of these conversations, the workforce and its abilities KEDF’s efforts on projects that will build a two-year-long pilot Buttonwillow Girls STEM to fill the jobs they will bigger and better STEM (science, technology, Mentoring Project was born, and girls and CHERYL SCOTT create. While Kern EDC engineering, and mathematics) talent pipeline. women alike are being impacted in a big way! KEDF Exec. Director focuses on job creation, it’s clear that workforce development is Since making the decision to shine the light on The Buttonwillow Union School District, increasingly important. STEM in particular, KEDF has developed several serves approximately 400 students in the innovative programs and activities, thanks rural community located in northern Kern Kern Economic Development Foundation to support from the education and business County. Studies show that girls coming from a (KEDF) was created 10 years ago as a 501(c)3 communities. KEDF brings business to the low-income, high-unemployment environment to implement programs that improve local table, and our partners in education provide are less likely to pursue STEM careers. KEDF communities and also complement Kern the students and access to teachers and other and the school district’s leadership are working EDC’s efforts of recruiting and retaining educators. Below are some of the exciting together to try to change that narrative for business and creating an environment that efforts that have grown from the partnerships: Buttonwillow girls. supports job growth in Kern County. MENTORING STUDENTS Fifty local women comprise a pool of STEM Led by its own board of directors, the decision Women are under-represented in STEM jobs mentors for 50 girls between 4th and 7th was made in 2017 to focus its efforts more both in Kern County and throughout the nation. grade. The women hold a wide variety of specifically on bridging the gap between the As the KEDF team surveyed local female STEM positions, from biology professor, to oil & business and education communities in order to professionals, a common theme arose. The gas facilities engineer, to architect, to financial

8 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY Since making the decision to shine the light on STEM in particular, KEDF has developed several innovative programs and activities, thanks to support from the education and business communities.

advisor and more! The women and girls spend School. Local professionals are recruited by Fairgrounds. Students showcase their time together on campus and participating KEDF and they meet monthly with students innovative STEM projects from the classroom, in STEM-related field trips that, together, in the academies. The curriculum focuses while businesses also host booths where they will hopefully create a cohort of girls that are on “soft skills” and provides students with a display equipment and demonstrate skills prepared for success in school and career. support system that augments their parental needed to succeed in the local workplace. and education network. Girls in the program have engaged some unique Since expanding the STEMposium to include and exciting experiences. Sixth-graders heard WOMEN IN STEM elementary as well as older students, the event NASA Astronaut Jose Hernandez talk about his Workforce development isn’t limited to has more than doubled in size. Approximately early life as a migrant farm-worker and how he students. KEDF’s Women in STEM initiative 3,000 attended the 2019 event and interest succeeded in his lifelong dream of becoming provides a forum for education and networking, continues to grow. A special dinner held the an astronaut. The entire group (and a dozen plus an opportunity to promote STEM career evening before gives teachers and STEM mentors) visited the Santa Barbara Zoo, where advancement for local professionals. A “Kern leaders the chance to talk about how they they heard from female zoologists who shared County Women in STEM Circle,” formed in impact each other’s success—and how they about their education path and career choices. 2017, continues to meet monthly to discuss can work together. Connections made here The group even got the exciting opportunity professional development opportunities and result in classroom tours of local businesses to visit THUMS Island, the “secret oil islands” other shared interests. and invitations for professionals to participate (artificial islands in San Pedro Bay off the in classroom activities. ■ coast of Long Beach, California). KERN COUNTY STEMPOSIUM The Foundation’s signature event, the annual KEDF has also created mentoring programs Kern County STEMposium, was launched Businesses looking to relocate or for the Health Careers Academy at East in 2017 and is held each spring to introduce Bakersfield High School, and the Energy students to local STEM careers in a fun, expand have a keen eye on Kern’s & Utilities Academy at Independence High expo-like environment at the Kern County workforce and its abilities to fill jobs.

9 KERN EDC TEAM

Executive Committee Board of Directors

MARY BARLOW DAVID WOMACK ROB DUCHOW Superintendent Chair Public Affairs of Schools SVP, Area Manager- Manager Kern County Kern County Southern California Superintendent Kaiser Permanente Gas Company of Schools

JOE ASHLEY DANA BRENNAN Vice Chair BILL FARRIS, JR. Vice President of Director, Regulatory Planning Government Affairs & External Affairs Commissioner & Public Affairs California Resources City of Ridgecrest Grimmway Farms Corporation

MARY BETH ANDY STANLEY SHARLET GARRISON Treasurer BRIGGS External Affairs Vice President President & CEO Manager, Communities Relationship Manager Adventist Health & Communications Bank of America Bakersfield US Borax

DENISE NEWTON Secretary TOM BURKE ANDRAE Strategic Account Chancellor GONZALES Manager/Principal Kern Community City Council Member Pacific Gas College District City of Bakersfield & Electric Company

ZACK SCRIVNER JOHN GUINN MANUEL CANTU Supervisor, Vice President Mayor Second District Wonderful Real City of McFarland County of Kern Estate Development

MIKE MAGGARD TILO CORTEZ JOSÉ GURROLA Supervisor, Mayor Pro Tem Mayor Third District City of Wasco City of Arvin County of Kern

PAWAN GILL CHRIS HAMILTON DR. DEBRA Ex-Officio Member DANIELS Partner Chair, KEDF Klein, DeNatale, Superintendent/ Human Resources Goldner, Cooper, President Manager Rosenlieb and Taft College City of Arvin Kimball, LLP

BILL DEAVER JOE HAY Board Member Vice President, Mojave Air General Manager & Space Port Jim Burke Ford

TERESA BECKIE DILTZ HITCHCOCK Cultivating and promoting Kern Owner Assistant County PROforma Solutions Administrative Officer County’s boundless opportunities for Printing Kern County for business Board of Trade

10 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY Staff

DAVID HOWLETT MICHAEL MYERS RICHARD Business President & CEO CHAPMAN Development Dignity Health President & CEO Braun Electric Management Services Company

SUZANNE NOBLE RICK KREISER CHERYL SCOTT Director, Production President Vice President & Operations Carney’s Business Foundation Executive Western States Technology Center Director Petroleum Association

WAYNE KRESS MARK NOVAK Senior Director/ Dean, The Division MELINDA BROWN Principal of Extended Education Director of Business/ Cushman & Wakefield | & Global Outreach Corporate Relations Pacific Commercial California State Realty Advisors University, Bakersfield

ORCHEL KRIER CATHY PROUT SOPHIA GLIGOREVIC City Council Member City Council Member Marketing & Member City of Taft City of Shafter Relations

TIM LOVLEY WALTER RAY Director of HSE, Vice President, COURTNEY Regulatory Business Development ANSOLABEHERE & Compliance & Physician Relations Foundation Coordinator Macpherson Energy Dignity Health Corporation

STEVE RENOCK CHUCK MCGUIRE MICHELLE President & CEO TAYLOR Mayor Kern Schools Administrative & Special City of California City Federal Credit Union Projects Coordinator

ROGER JOE RENTFRO McINTOSH Executive Vice Principal President, Real Estate McIntosh Tejon Ranch Company & Associates Kern EDC is the catalyst behind economic growth in Kern County. AMY ROTH MIKE MOORE Vice President, By working with public and private Vice President Regulatory Affairs Farm Credit West E&B Natural entities, Kern EDC promotes job Resources growth which is the key to improving our community’s health and quality DAVID MORTON Executive TOM SABA of life. Vice President President — DAVID WOMACK A-C Electric Saba Agency Chair Company

11 KERN EDC TEAM

Sights & Scenes Board of Directors, Cont.

GERAUD SMITH SUSAN WIGGINS President & CEO Mayor Valley Republic Bank City of Tehachapi

TODD CHRIS WILSON SUNTRAPAK Photo courtesy Tony Moreno courtesyPhoto Tony Senior Project President & CEO Manager Valley Children’s S.C. Anderson Healthcare

SCOTT THAYER Senior Vice President Castle & Cooke Photo courtesy Henry Barrios & TBC Media Photo courtesy Steve Rengers Photo courtesy Bakersfield CVB

Cultivating and promoting Kern County’s boundless opportunities for business Photo courtesy Felix Adamo & TBC Media

12 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY 13 TOP TEN

Top 10 Reasons to Do Business in Kern County Photo courtesy Gilbert Vega Photo courtesy Visit Bakersfield Photo courtesy Steve Rengers Location, #1 in the Nation #1 in the U.S. for Location, Location! for Agriculture Engineering Salaries  2 3 (Live Career) KERN COUNTY IS GEOGRAPHICALLY Production (2017 Kern County Crop Report) THE CENTER OF CA’S POPULATION, Bakersfield leads the country with a median engineering salary of $106,847. making it accessible to nearly 40 million The county leads the nation in pistachio and consumers. almond production, with grapes, citrus, and milk being some of the other top commodities. Photo courtesy Kern County Board of Trade Photo courtesy Visit Bakersfield Photo courtesy Tony Moreno #4 Housing Market #5 Oil-Producing #3 in the Nation in the Nation County in the U.S. for Human Capital 5 (Trulia) 6 (Drilling Edge) 7 Availability Bakersfield is ranked the fourth best housing Kern is the No. 5 oil-producing county in (WalletHub) market in the nation. the nation, yielding 121 million barrels of oil The Bakersfield MSA ranked #3 in the U.S. annually. This amount represents 75% of for human capital availability, defined as the California’s total oil production and a daily economic value of an employee’s skill set. production of 331,500 barrels of oil. Kern County is #1 in the nation for agricultural production

14 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY Kern County’s impressive accolades demonstrate its stability as an economic powerhouse

Photo courtesy Tony Moreno

With top rankings making national news, it’s easy to see what Kern County is “the land of opportunity.” Photo courtesy KesslerPhoto Doug

#3 Metro in the 4 Nation for Most Diversified Economy (WalletHub)

The Bakersfield MSA was ranked the #3 large U.S. metro for most diversified economies. Diversification helps an economy protect investors’ portfolios and make it less susceptible to the damaging effect of market vitality. Photo courtesy Kern River Outfitters Photo courtesy Visit Bakersfield Photo courtesy Joshua King #1 Best Place Top 10 Area for Kern County to Raise a Family Millennials Occupations Pay 8 (Zumper) 9 (National Association of REALTORS®) 10 More than the Bakersfield ranked the #1 place to raise a Kern County ranked as a top 10 area for U.S. Average family in California and was ranked #19 out millennials. Millennials make up 28% of (Bureau of Labor Statistics) of 94 U.S. cities. Bakersfield MSA’s population and the region’s share of millennial movers is 68%. Employees in 29 different occupations earn more in the Bakersfield area compared to the national average. ■ Bakersfield ranks #1 in the United States for engineering salaries

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“PG&E” refers to Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation. ©2019 Pacific Gas and Electric Company. All rights reserved. 18 Photo courtesy Felix Adamo & TBC Media &TBC Adamo Felix courtesy Photo right. just is appeal small-town and opportunity community large of combination County’s Kern in California. else anywhere than reasonable more are prices housing and entertainment offer teams sports various abound, activities outdoor and Cultural dreams. their live to place attractive and affordable an for looking anyone offer to much has PROFESSIONALS, BUSINESS TO FAMILIESFROM TO STUDENTS COLLEGE Fun! & Food, Family, Friends, Place of Quality

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Photo courtesy Kern County Board of Trade ANNUAL SALARY NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE SAME QUALITY AREA OF LIFE IN KERN COUNTY COST OF LIVING Stretching Your Dollar

San Francisco $110,961 85% less in Kern County If you earn $60,000 and work in Kern County, you’ll be astonished by how much further your money Oakland $87,726 46% less in Kern County will go compared to other areas in the state. ■

Orange County $83,956 40% less in Kern County Los Angeles $82,237 37% less in Kern County KERN COUNTY San Diego $79,741 33% less in Kern County $ (Nerd Wallet, Cost of Living Index Calculator, 2019) 60,000

MEDIAN PRICE & HOME SALES FOR EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES (SFHs) $260k +25% SFH MEDIAN PRICE SFH SALES Median Price of Existing SFHs +20% $250k - $259,450 10.3% YTY YTY % Change in Sales +15% 3.0% MTM 5.9% YTY -5.3% MTM -3.9% YTD $240k +10% +5% $230k 0% $220k -5% -10% $210k -15%

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Median Home Price (K) $259,450 $611,190

YTY% Change in Price 1.7% 1.7% (CA Association of Realtors, 2019)

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$259,450 $284,900 $420,000 $539,480 $650,000 $1,697,500 MEDIAN HOME PRICE (CA Association of Realtors, May 2019)

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Olive Dr FarmOld Rd Oildale Fairfax Rd Jewetta Ave 5 Olive Dr Allen Rd 99 Renfro Rd University Ave

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Mining & Logging (200) &Logging Mining Information (200) (2012-22)

(6,800) (8,900) (2,400) (1,100) (1,500)

(1,400) (State of California, Employment Development 2018 Department, average) STATISTICS LABOR KERN COUNTY 10% 12% 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY &MEMBER OVERVIEW MARKET COUNTY KERN 2019-2020 Employed Force Labor 6% 8% Francisco BY THE NUMBERS THE BY $2,452 San San Santa Santa $1,023 Cruz AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGES BY COUNTY 5-YEAR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN KERN San Luis San Luis Obispo 2014 $976 Barbara Santa Santa $1,111 2015 2016 353,725 384,500 Fresno Kern $923 $904 2017 Unemployment Rate Unemployed 2018 Diego $1,260 San Bernardino (State of California Employment Development Dept.) Riverside $943 KERN COUNTY’S GDP KERN COUNTY’S

San San $883 $ # 37.3 Metro in U.S. in Metro Metro in CA in Metro # (Bureau of Labor Statistics) Labor of (Bureau 76 9 GDP . % 7.9 30,758 # # B

Photo courtesy Kern County Museum TOP GDPs IN THE EMPLOYMENT BY AGE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IN KERN COUNTY

COUNTY GDP ($B) 18-24 11% Fresno $42.0 Kern’s Top Employers 25-34 15% Kern $37.3 EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE 9,353 Employees 35-44 12.5% San Joaquin $27.2 COUNTY OF KERN 9,300 Employees Modesto $20.1 45-54 12% CHINA LAKE Merced $8.6 55-64 10.1% NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER 7,000 Employees Madera $5.6 65-74 5.9% GRIMMWAY FARMS Tulare $5.4 3,700 Employees 75+ 4% DIGNITY HEALTH (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2017) King $5.2 3,296 Employees (JobsEQ®, 2018)

ADVENTIST HEALTH COUNTY ANNUAL AVG. EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY BAKERSFIELD 2,300 Employees 70,000

8% TOTAL: 319,800 BOLTHOUSE FARMS 60,000 2,250 Employees 8% 50,000 KERN MEDICAL

16% 1,600 Employees 3% 4% 3% 40,000 5%

2% CITY OF BAKERSFIELD

11% 1,600 Employees Pro & Business 30,000 Leisure & Hospitality 1%

20% CHEVRON 19%

20,000 Construction 1,000 Employees Manufacturing (Kern Economic Development Corporation) Mining & LoggingMining & Financial Activities 10,000 Other Services Information Information

Government Government Agriculture Trade, Transport & Utilities Education & Health Industry Projections AVG. ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT ANNUAL AVG. 0

AVG. ANNUAL According to the State of California 7,700 8,200 8,500 2,000 25,700 63,200 25,800 62,200 13,500 15,000 51,500 EMPLOYMENT 36,500 Employment Development Department, (State of California, Employment Development Department) industry employment in Kern County is projected to reach 391,800 by 2024, an COST OF LIVING IN KERN COUNTY increase of 16.1% over the next ten years. 200 Total non-farm employment is projected to grow by more than 41,200 jobs by 2024. ■ CA Cities U.S. Base 192.40 175 (State of California, Employment Development Department, 2017)

146.53 150 145.17

125 117.37 108.00 103.10 100

25 Kern CountyKern AngelesLos Sacramento Fresno San Francisco San Diego 0 Photo courtesy Bakersfield Museum of Art (COLI.org, 2018 Average)

23 (Kern County Assessor’s Office) (County of Kern, Tax Rates & Assessed Valuations 2018-2019) 24 5-YEAR TOP INDUSTRY COUNTY ASSESSMENT VALUES COMPARISON COMPARISON VALUES ASSESSMENT COUNTY INDUSTRY TOP 5-YEAR than 41,200 jobs by 2024. projected is County to grow by more Total non-farm employment inKern INDUSTRY Healthcare Renewables Agriculture Oil &Gas Oil TOP TAXPAYERS TAXPAYERS TOP VALUE VALUE VALUE VALUE TAXES TAXES TAXES TAXES $8,862 $835,535 $16,827 $1,035,743 $28,020 $2,610,858 Peak Resources Sentinel California Edison Southern Energy Aera $60,408 $5,342,162 Chevron

(ROUNDED IN M) IN (ROUNDED

73 4 $7,35 $654,309 Petroleum $10,771 $933,253 Borax US $19,278 $1,186,636 &Electric Gas Resources CA Berry Pacific $355,717 $4,397,191 $2,160,522 $4,800,909 67,613 $8,0 $15,654,943 2018

BY THE NUMBERS THE BY $2,067,029 $4,770,190 $7,754,323 $15,229,670 2017 KERN COUNTY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT BY INDUSTRY BY PRODUCT DOMESTIC GROSS COUNTY KERN Private Services – Providing Industries –Providing Services Private Industries –Producing Goods Private Transportation & Utilities Trade Mining & Resources Natural ADDENDA Total Industry All INDUSTRY Government Industries Private Other Services (Except Government) (Except Services Other &Food Accommodation Recreation, Entertainment, Arts, Assistance &Social Healthcare Services, Educational Services &Business Professional &Leasing Rental Estate, Real Insurance, Finance, Information & WarehousingTransportation Trade Retail TradeWholesale Manufacturing Construction Utilities Mining Hunting & Fishing Forestry, Agriculture, 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY &MEMBER OVERVIEW MARKET COUNTY KERN 2019-2020 (ROUNDED IN M) IN (ROUNDED $2,020,153 $4,657,035 288,567 $7, $12,794,110 2016 $1,922,166 5,191,390 $ $6,732,743 $19,432,487 2015 (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2017) Analysis, Economic of Bureau (U.S. $1,862,095 5,171,658 $ $6,491,228 $31,505,196 2014 $16,421 $11,544 $1,548 $4,074 $8,051 $7,565 $1,098 $95 $2,424 $2,596 $3,957 $420 $1,179 $2,731 $1,518 $2,702 $1,596 $539 $3,854 $4,197 $29,774 339 $37, DOLLARS (M) DOLLARS We are Dignity Health An integrated health system rooted in humankindness®

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THE HARDEST-WORKING LOCATION IN THE WESTERN U.S. (JobsEQ®) 28 POPULATION PERCENTAGE BY RACE 2019) Finance, of Department California, of (State POPULATION SIZE to reach nearly 1.5 million by 2060. million by 1.5 nearly reach to population is expected County’s population. Kern County’s Kern of 43% to home is seat, county the (CDPs). Bakersfield, places designated KERN COUNTY, IN CITIES 11 INCORPORATED ARE THERE Profile Community Bakersfield Kern County LOCATION 389,211 916,464 plus 48 unincorporated census census unincorporated plus 48 Kern County Bakersfield 0.2 ISLANDER PACIFIC OR HAWAIIAN NATIVE 0.2 1.1 1.1 NATIVE ALASKA & INDIAN AMERICAN Percentages do not add up to 100% due to rounding and because individuals may identify themselves under more than one category. one than more under themselves identify may individuals because and rounding to due 100% to up add not do Percentages

(Department of Finance, Demographic Research Unit) 7.3 4.7 Sacramento Fresno (883,869) Francisco San (1,043,058) Jose San (1,420,572) Diego San (4,040,080) Angeles Los CALIFORNIA IN CITY LARGEST CALIFORNIA NINTH IN THE IS CITY BAKERSFIELD 9TH LARGEST THE IS BAKERSFIELD Bakersfield Bakersfield Oakland Long Beach (475,013) ASIAN COMMUNITY PROFILE &DEMOGRAPHICS PROFILE COMMUNITY (536,683) 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY &MEMBER OVERVIEW MARKET COUNTY KERN 2019-2020 (432,897) (389,211) (508,172) (508,172) 3.6 3.4 RACES OR MORE TWO

7.5 5.5 BLACK (11.8%) 45-54 (10.2%) 55-64 (12.5%) 35-44 x3 2.0 10.1 RACE OTHER 65-74 (6.1%) Distribution in Kern Distribution Gender & Age

(4.1%) 75+ (15.2%) 25-34 49.2 52.2 HISPANIC OR LATINO OR

(10.8%) 18-24 (29.3%) <18 68.3 75.1 WHITE

( Jo bs EQ ®)

Photo courtesy Kern County Museum 2017-2040 COMMUNITY POPULATION FORECAST FORECAST GROWTH

AVERAGE ANNUAL 1/1/ 2019 FORECAST 2020 FORECAST 2030 FORECAST 2040 COMMUNITY RATE INCREASE

Kern County 916,464 929,787 1,067,631 1,213,558 0.9% 8,056

Arvin 22,178 23,800 29,300 36,000 0.8% 557

Bakersfield 389,211 443,500 566,000 719,500 1.1% 12,401

California City 15,000 17,3 0 0 21,300 26,100 1.8% 399

Delano 53,936 60,100 68,100 77,3 0 0 0.5% 809

Maricopa 1,240 1,170 1,190 1,210 0.2% 2

McFarland 15,242 14,600 16,800 19,300 1.8% 220

Ridgecrest 29,712 30,500 33,600 37,6 0 0 0.3% 333

Shafter 20,886 23,700 33,100 47,3 0 0 4.5% 1,010

Taft 9,430 10,900 12,800 15,300 0.9% 199

Tehachapi 13,668 16,000 17,8 0 0 20,100 0.5% 190

Wasco 27,955 31,200 38,100 47,5 0 0 1.9% 732

Unincorporated 318,006 338,030 370,110 396,890 0.5% 3,300 (Estimates from State of California, Department of Finance. Projections Compiled by Kern EDC)

MEDIAN AGE IN KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AND THE UNITED STATES

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31.3 (JobsEQ®) The Department of Finance predicts that Kern County the Bakersfield MSA will be the fastest- growing among major metropolitan The metro of Bakersfield is approximately 151 square miles and regions, projected to grow by 111% to 1.8 Kern County is over 8,100 square miles! million in 2060.

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Kern’s Business

Advantage courtesyPhoto Forrester Richard

KERN COUNTY’S CENTRALIZED LOCATION is hard to beat Astounding Market Access when it comes to reaching West Coast destinations. Combine Kern’s location with its reputation as one of the least-congested Access to 14% of the United States population regions in the U.S., and the road ahead is a painless one. within 300 miles!

U.S. DRIVE TIME FROM KERN COUNTY CALIFORNIA DRIVE TIME FROM KERN COUNTY

Vancouver PORT OF SEATTLE CANADA PORT OF TACOMA Seattle OAKLAND Spokane AIRPORT WA 4 San Francisco H O PORT OF PORTLAND Portland ND PORTS OF U MT SAN FRANCISCO Modesto R AND OAKLAND Bismarck Fargo Duluth Eugene OR Butte SAN FRANCISCO 2 San Jose 4 AIRPORT H ID O U R 1 SD 8 Santa Cruz Fresno H O U R - WI 2 Sioux Falls CA Pocatello D RR WY A Y 1 2 Chicago NV H IA Salt Lake City O U Cheyenne R Des Moines 10 Omaha Sacramento H MEADOWS FIELD San Francisco O Reno U KERN CO. R - NE AIRPORT PORTS OF 1 D SAN FRANCISCO A 6 Y Denver AND OAKLAND Fresno H Kansas City O Shafter U Topeka R Bakersﬁeld San Jose 2 UT Wichita H Las Vegas St St. . Louis O CO Colorado Barstow U R Springs KS Springﬁeld Barstow LEGEMOND Victorville Flagstaff Los Memphis San Bernardino Amarillo PARAMOUNT Angeles Los Angeles AR LOGISTICS PARK PORTS OF LOS ANGELES Albuquerque Oklahoma Riverside Phoenix AND LONG BEACH San Diego City OK BSNF RAILROAD PORT OF SAN DIEGO AZ Little Rock LOS ANGELES AIRPORT Tucson NM UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Irvine Palm 10 LEGEND PORTS OF LOS ANGELES Springs El Paso ROADS Dallas AND LONG BEACH PARAMOUNT SAN DIEGO TX LA DRIVE TIME AIRPORT LOGISTICS PARK New Houston San Antonio Orleans ROADS N N San Diego Galveston DRIVE TIME MEXICO Laredo PORT OF SAN DIEGO

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Kern County’s strategic

Photo courtesy Tony Moreno courtesyPhoto Tony location is home to California’s population center, and provides access to 14% of the United States’ population, all within 300 miles! Photo courtesy Visit Bakersfield Photo courtesy Gilbert Vega

Strategic Location Available

■ California’s population center Land & Facilities

■ Access to 14% of the U.S. population, ■ Single-digit vacancy rate within 300 mile radius ■ Cost-competitive commercial real estate ■ More than 38 million consumers within Kern County 4-hour truck drive ■ Class 1 rail from Union Pacific and BNSF ■ Proximity to world’s 6th largest economy Business ■ Intermodal service ■ Inland port helps lower drayage costs Advantage ■ Access: Interstate 5, Highway 99 North & Quality, Affordable South, Highway 46 West to Central Coast, Workforce and Highway 58 East to Interstate 15 ■ Cost of doing business is 85% of the Business-friendly U.S. average ■ Low employee turnover rates ■ Short permit and plan check, typically in days or weeks, instead of months or Short permit and plan check, ■ Lowest labor costs in Western U.S. years typically measured in days or weeks, ■ Employees enjoy the best wage-to-living ■ Job training and job search assistance standard ratio of any major logistics hub provided by Kern County not months or years in the Western 13

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■ 80-acre LEED Campus (pursuing) development for general & medical office, commercial, and retail ■ Phase I construction complete with build- to-suit availability ■ For sale or lease ■ Available space from 2,000 SF ■ Home to Cubbies Pizza, State Farm, Sola Salon Suites, Riar Dental Arts, and Singh

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■ 180-acre park with design flexibility ■ Premium concrete tilt-up construction warehouses with yards ■ For lease, sale or build-to-suit ■ Buildings currently available ■ Parcels range from 1-12 acres

■ 1,625-acre master-planned industrial park ■ In-place infrastructure, shovel-ready sites http://www.wonderfulrealestateco.com/content/dam/websites/wonderful-real-estate/North_Meadows.pdf ■ By-right entitlements for 26M SF of development ■ Parcel sizes from 5-300 acres ■ Build-to-suit industrial facilities available for up to 2.8M SF ■ Current availability for 1M SF for warehouse/ distribution at 4100 Express Avenue, as of Q4 2019 ■ BNSF rail-served sites for up to 2M SF ■ Direct access to the only functioning inland port in the Western U.S. ■ Foreign Trade Zone 276 ■ High-speed (10Gbps) fiber optics network ■ As one of the largest employers in the Central Valley, Wonderful offers unmatched access to the area’s workforce wonderfulindustrialpark.com

34 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY TEJON RANCH 1,450 ACRE MASTER PLAN www.TejonCommerce.comCOMMERCE CENTER

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Dennis McCarthy Drive 7 WheelerRidge Road 3C Industrial Opportunities 8 4A • Sites to accommodate 20,000 SF to 2MM SF 4B • Dual Port access (LA/Long Beach & Oakland) • Foreign Trade Zone #276 11B Santa Elena Drive • 580K SF building under construction for 4Q

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Conceptual plan for preliminary planning purposes only. This plan is subject to change and the owner reserves the right to make design or layout changes at any time. BUSINESS ADVANTAGE

Business Incentives

BUSINESSES LOOKING TO RELOCATE OR EXPAND in Kern County can find a wide variety of incentives available. The Kern Economic Development Corporation can direct businesses to select federal, state and local economic incentives available to attract new jobs, investment and development.

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Kern County Business California Incentives Foreign Trade Zone 276 Recruitment and Job ■ California Competes Tax Credit—Criteria ■ Tejon Ranch Commerce Center Growth Incentive includes number of jobs to be created or Program retained, extent of property in business Recycling Market development area, minimum Development Zone Enhancements to the compensation limitation, and set job retention period County’s incentive ■ Low interest loans and assistance for ■ New Employment Credit between program include: manufacturers using recycled materials Jan 2014 - Jan 2021 ■ The County eliminates all caps and ■ Research & Development Tax Credit— Workforce special terms on potential sales tax, use tax, Reduces income or franchise tax and property tax rebates, and adds transient ■ Sales & Use Tax Exemption for Agriculture ■ Employment Training Panel (ETP)—funds occupancy tax rebates, setting the stage for —tax exemption for the sale, storage, use, offsetting cost of training opportunities for more meaningful, robust or other consumption of farm equipment, ■ America’s Job Center Workforce Investment and competitive incentive packages in and machinery pursuit of impactful business investment Act (WIA)—free assistance, customized ■ Sales & Use Tax Exemption for Manufacturing recruitment plans, positions advertising, ■ The County’s incentive agreements —tax exemption of 4.1875% for basic qualifying applicants and hiring ■ prioritize sustained, full-time job creation, manufacturing equipment in addition to capital investment, at better- than-living wage rate for Kern County ■ The County has also expanded the list of targeted industry clusters for these incentives, to include: e-commerce, general manufacturing and destination retail ■ The initiative provides for maximum flexibility in pursuing opportunities with performance- based incentives requiring quantitative Photo courtesy Steve Rengers thresholds, tested for accountability ■ New business ventures are reviewed on a Contact Kern EDC for case-by-case basis for overall net benefit and value added, with incentives tailored additional incentive program

to meet County objectives courtesyPhoto Forrester Richard details or application forms

36 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY MARKETBEAT Bakersfield Industrial Snapshot Year-End 2018 (Wayne Kress/Cushman & Wakefield | Advisors) Realty Pacific Commercial

Economy The U.S. economy continued strong growth throughout 2018. Overall, the market absorbed 2.75 million sf of leased space While inflation edged up a little, it is still in the Federal Reserve’s in 2018 (up from 1.625 million sf in 2017), spread over 184 target range of 3.0%. The current challenge? Finding labor. transactions (156 in 2017) for an average size of 14,972 sf For the first time in memory, 2018 witnessed job openings (10,422sf in 2017). 863,000 sf sold in 2018 (1.125 million sf in exceeding available labor. Meanwhile, the Fed raised the 2017), comprised of 41 transactions (52 in 2017), averaging benchmark interest rate each quarter of the year. It opened 21,047 sf (21,639sf in 2017). the year at 1.50% and closed at 2.50%. While initially expected to continue this trend in 2019, it announced in January it would Outlook hold the line for the time being. Cushman & Wakefield Pacific expects 2018’s performance to continue through 2019. We open 2019 with an identical number Bakersfield’s metro population as of the end of 2018 was of requirements as we did in 2018. estimated to be 542,500—1.0% higher than a year earlier— compared to growth rates of 0.60% in California and 0.65% in The continued strong national and local economies will the U.S. be reflected in the Bakersfield market with continued new investment and growth of existing industries. Bakersfield’s unemployment rate as of the end of December 2018, was 5.2%, down significantly from 2017’s 8.6% year-end STATS ON THE GO and 2016’s 10.2% year-end. The greater Kern County 2018 year- Y-o-Y 12 month end unemployment rate was 7.6%, compared with 9.2% in 2017 Q4 2017 Q4 2018 Change Forecast and 11.1% in 2016. Overall Vacancy 5.5% 3.2% -2.3 Market Overview Overall Rents $0.46 $0.54 +8.0 Vacancy declined further in 2018, to 3.1%, from 5.5% in 2017. Overal Sales Prices $63.35 $84.28 +20.93 Average achieved rents increased from $0.46 psf (gross) in 2017 ABSORPTION VS. VACANCY RATES to $0.54 psf—an increase of 17%. Rents across all size ranges rose in 2018. Average achieved sale prices also increased, from $63.35 psf in 2017 to $84.28 psf—a 33% increase.

225 sale or lease transactions were completed in 2018, up from 208 in 2017 and 175 in 2016. New construction has not kept up with demand; hence, the lower vacancy rate. Two new business parks started construction in 2018 and will be delivered in 2019—Landings Logistics Center (138 acres) and Silver Wings Commerce Center (94 acres). These straddle Merle Haggard Drive adjacent to Meadows Field Airport. A 2.8 million sf fulfillment center anchors the Landings project, starting construction in 4Q18.

Our two main logistics parks—Wonderful Industrial Park (1,178 acres) and Tejon Ranch Commerce Center (1,400 acres) were OVERALL OCCUPIER ABSORPTION both active with new construction in 2018. Wonderful completed construction of a 1.0 million sf spec building, promptly leasing it to Ross Dress For Less. Wonderful is now spec’ing another 1.0 million sf. Walmart also began construction on 600,000sf that will be completed in 2019. Majestic Realty completed and leased a 480,000sf spec warehouse in Tejon Ranch Commerce Center in 2018 and is entering 2019 under construction on a 579,040sf spec warehouse.

There are now some 50 DC’s or FC’s operating in the greater Bakersfield market. Other logistics users canvased the market in 2018 for availability, which should lead to more announcements in 2019.

Cushman & Wakefield | Pacific For more information, contact: Copyright © 2019 Cushman & Wakefield. All 5060 California Avenue, Suite 1000 Wayne Kress, Senior Director/Principal Coby Vance, Director Scott Reynolds, Associate Director rights reserved. The information contained Bakersfield, CA 93309 Tel: +1 661 633 3819 Tel: +1 661 633 3807 Tel: +1 661 633 3825 within this report is gathered from multiple sources considered to be reliable. The paccra.com [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] information may contain errors or omissions and is presented without any warranty or Independently Owned and Operated / A Member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance representations as to its accuracy. Photo courtesy Doug Kessler 38 Industries Target Five TopKern’s state’s economy andstate’s workforce. economy the to significantly contributes industry the and presence defense and military California’s of heart the at is County Kern defense. and in aerospace names recognized globally the of afew just are Port Space and Air Mojave the and Base, Force Air Edwards Composites, Scaled Lake, China Station, Weapons Air Naval Stratolaunch, Defense & Aerospace five: other in the businesses expand and retain to works and recruits Trade of Board County Kern The focus. of clusters industry six outlines Strategy Development Economic County’s Kern revenue. net in new bringing county, the from services and products export which BUSINESSES RELATED OF CLUSTERS OR GROUPS ARE INDUSTRIES TARGET develops and markets the $1.5 billion Tourism, Recreation, and Entertainment cluster, while Kern Economic Corporation Development while cluster, Entertainment and Tourism, billion Recreation, $1.5 the markets and develops gold, borate, and kernite. and borate, gold, including wealth, mineral its for noted is and geothermal, power, hydro-electric gas, natural of aproducer as leads also County Kern Additionally, industry. energy global in the players strongest the to connected is and California of state the for provider energy leading the is County Kern solar), and (wind (oil gas) and renewables and energy traditional both for rankings national With Resources Natural & Energy Walmart, Target, Ross, L’Oréal, Nestle, IKEA, Footwear, Caterpillar, Amazon, as such Famous centers distribution major 50 over to home is area the in California, location geographic ideal With sets. skill of atransferability offer industries these within Workers assets. strongest region’s the be to continue which agriculture, oil and with united strongly is industry manufacturing advanced and logistics transportation, County’s Kern Manufacturing Advanced & Logistics Transportation, TARGET INDUSTRIES TARGET many more. many and 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY &MEMBER OVERVIEW MARKET COUNTY KERN 2019-2020

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39 40 NASA toNASA bethe “edge of space.” of 50 aheight miles, considered by SpaceShipTwo. altitude an reached It Space launched Port Virgin Galactic’s In December 2018, Mojave Air and Alliance. Economic Valley Antelope Greater Valley, the and River Tehachapi, Kern Rosamond, Ridgecrest, Mojave, City, California Boron, Kern, of County the include participants Current region. the within collaborations development economic foster to work that Kern East from leaders business (EKEA) Alliance Economic Kern East the Foundation, Development Economic Kern the by 2009 in January Established Kern Alliance Economic East country. in the regions other most in than Kern in East capita per levels education higher and Angeles, Los to proximity encroachment, development of lack land, open vast to thanks power staying have jobs full-time high-wage These County. in Kern them of 20,000 over with jobs, aerospace 139,000 approximately to home is California installations. military two by supported are development weapons advanced and defense region’s the while spaceflight, privately-funded first-ever the and tourism space for recognition gaining international industry an of forefront the at stand programs aerospace region’s The world. the in technologies specialized and innovative most the of some to home HOME IS COUNTY KERN EAST Future the Advancing Defense & Aerospace represents community and and community represents

EMPLOYEES sectors. government and private the both within demand increased to due growth dramatic seen has in Mojave Aerospace Port &Space Air Mojave Aerospace Mojave Port Space & Air EMPLOYMENT DIRECT million. $503 of payroll atotal and 5,057 of employment a direct with billion, $1.2 is impact economic (NAWS) Lake China Station Weapons Air Naval Naval Weapons Air Station China Lake (FY 2016 Dept. of Defense Base Structure Report) Structure Base Defense of Dept. 2016 (FY DUTY ACTIVE million! $700 is payroll base estimated The billion! $2.19 of impact economic an has alone Base Force Air Edwards Base Edwards Force Air AEROSPACE &AEROSPACE DEFENSE 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY &MEMBER OVERVIEW MARKET COUNTY KERN 2019-2020 research,development, tests, tests, research,development, 85% of the Navy’s land for for land Navy’s the of 85% holdings worldwide, and holdings worldwide, and defense employment is 38% of the Navy’s land land Navy’s the of 38% four times the national China Lake represents China Lake represents Kern’s and aerospace and evaluations use.

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52 MILITARY

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41 Developme omic nt Co (JobsEQ®) con rpo 42 Economic Impact Economic E r basis! adaily on oil of barrels 335,000 produces County Kern production. gas and oil total California’s of 70% over represent amounts These data. DOGGR 2018 the to according annually, gas of million CF 298 and oil of million barrels 122 yielding NATION, THE IN COUNTY 5 OIL-PRODUCING NO. THE IS KERN Nation Fueling the Resources Natural & Energy es ati el on g , 2 An 0 s 1

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$ $ thanks to indirect & induced &induced indirect to thanks employed by O&G industry O&G by employed Kern residents employed Kern residents Kern residents directly Kern residents

impacts of O&G of impacts Petroleum in Your Everyday Life! 40,000 21,000 ■ TO STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT: SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS FISCAL PETROLEUM INDUSTRYKERN’S MAKES

(Los Angeles EDC, 2017) $945 million $945 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ including: revenues,

OIL &GAS OIL $34 million $34 million $120 $471 million $471 $236 million $236

2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY &MEMBER OVERVIEW MARKET COUNTY KERN 2019-2020 in state and local tax local and in state in corporate income taxes income in corporate located in Kern Kern in located active wells are active wells are in personal income taxes income in personal of California’sof in sales & excise taxes &excise in sales in property taxes in property County % 78 %

direct direct 1.80 $1 M CREATES OUTPUT O&G JOBS of oil/day, and 122M oil/day,of 122M and over 335K barrels barrels 335K over barrels annually barrels Kern produces Kern KERN COUNTY PRODUCES KERN COUNTY CA Oil CA 72% indirect indirect 2.18

U.S. Oil U.S. 4% oil-producing Kern the is #5 U.S. county U.S. induced induced 1.38 CA Gas CA 70% total 5.8

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Energy & Natural Resources

RENEWABLE ENERGY is energy derived Leading the State A Closer Look at from naturally replenished resources Geothermal such as wind, sunlight, geothermal heat, California is set to exceed its own legal and biomass. In the energy arena, Kern requirement of generating 50% of its The Coso Geothermal Project, located on County’s renewables industry, with over electricity from renewables such by 2030, the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station 1,200 MW and $50 billion in private largely in part due to Kern County’s private in the Western Mojave Desert, consists of investment since 2011, has gained sector investment BHE Renewable’s Solar nine geothermal power plants, each rated national and world-wide attention. Star Project is the largest solar farm in the U.S. at approximately 30 MW.

Kern County receives some of the best solar radiation in the United No. 1 for wind power capacity in the world States, generating between 6,500-7,500 WHR/SQ M Per Day!

Generating over 8,000 Energy Storage construction jobs The Tehachapi Storage Project (TSP) is one of the largest battery storage systems in the world, with 8MW of power and storage capability of 32MWh of energy. The ability to store large Generating over 1,240 amounts of solar and wind-generated energy will help improve flexibility and reliability of the operational jobs next-generation grid. TSP will also test the storage capability of the lithium-ion battery, expected to provide nearly instantaneous maximum capacity for supply-side ramp rate control to minimize Over $150 M in property the need for fossil fuel-powered back-up generation. ■ tax revenues since 2011 Kern County’s Highly-Ranked Solar & Wind Region

Kern boasts the nation’s KERN COUNTY IS HOME SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION TO THE LARGEST SOLAR California has 10 times more installed solar largest wind farm (Alta PLANT IN THE NATION capacity than the entire nation since 2007. Wind Energy Center) & solar BHE Renewable’s Solar Star Project EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS! facility (Solar Star). (2016 CA Green InnovationWith Index) 12,312 MW of permitted energy KERN IN THE TOP 10 production, Kern has already exceeded its Installed industrial & # renewable energy goal of 10,000 MW set commercial solar in CA 1 in 2011. Kern County is Kern has more wind the wind capital of the turbines than the entire entire world! northeastern U.S. Photo courtesyPhoto sPower

44 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY T:7.5 in

TOGETHER WE POWER KERN COUNTY California Resources Corporation (CRC) is a publicly

traded oil and natural gas exploration and production T:4.875 in company and the largest oil and natural gas producer in California on a gross-operated basis. Much of CRC’s production is based here in Kern County, including Elk Hills which is CRC’s largest producing ﬁ eld. CRC’s dedicated workforce of approximately 4,000 California employees and contractors provides “Energy for California by Californians.”

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45 HEALTHCARE Kern’s Top Healthcare Providers (Employees) Better for your employees. Better for your business.

DIGNITY HEALTH DELANO REGIONAL 3,296 Employees MEDICAL CENTER 700 Employees ADVENTIST HEALTH BAKERSFIELD OMNI FAMILY HEALTH 2,300 Employees 672 Employees

KERN MEDICAL BAKERSFIELD HEART 1,575 Employees HOSPITAL 410 Employees KAISER PERMANENTE 958 Employees BAKERSFIELD FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER 377 Employees RIDGECREST REGIONAL Healthcare HOSPITAL 849 Employees Services

ADVENTIST HEALTH BAKERSFIELD’S AIS CANCER CENTER DIGNITY HEALTH’S LAUREN SMALL CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER This 60k-square-foot facility in Bakersfield is affiliated with theUC Davis AT BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Comprehensive Cancer Center and offers a comprehensive The first comprehensive pediatric program in Kern County option for cancer diagnosis and treatment all under one roof. includes a 31-bed Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, an eight-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and a 20-bed Pediatric Physician ADVENTIST HEALTH Assistants Unit with 24/7 in-house pediatricians. TEHACHAPI VALLEY HOSPITAL Physical % % HEALTHSOUTH HOSPITAL Adventist Health, opened the Adventist 3.6 Personal Therapist Offers comprehensive inpatient and Health Tehachapi Valley Hospital in Care Aides Assistants outpatient rehabilitation services. Of November 2018. The modern and state- % % Fastest- % % the 93 hospitals in the United States of-the-art building will offer services 3.1 3.7 system, HealthSouth Bakersfield is such as an OB-GYN center, ICU, acute Growing Jobs consistently ranked in the top 10 in the U.S. care patient rooms, X-ray, surgery and in Next 5 Yrs Choosing a health plan for your company isn’t easy. With Kaiser Permanente other patient areas. Nurse (Kern County Projected Home MEMORIAL HOSPITAL’S SARVANAND Annual Growth) Practitioners Health Aides HEART AND STROKE CENTER Kern County, you’ll get the support you need to effectively manage the short- CENTRE FOR NEURO SKILLS© % % % % Offers a range of cardiovascular services Provides post-acute traumatic brain 3.6 Medical 3.9 and technology such as the Bi-plane and long-term health care costs of your business. Together, we will find ways injury (TBI) rehabilitation. They provide Assistants International Suite to perform heart in-patient rehabilitation, pediatric and % % procedures on kids, treat stroke-causing to help keep your employees and company healthy. clots and blockages and many other lifesaving adolescent rehabilitation, assisted living 3.0 procedures. The hospital recently added a new cath lab where Learn more at kp.org/choosebetter. services, and many other programs. Hundreds of patients high-risk patients have access to a minimally invasive technique for come to CNS each year from around the country and the world. (JobsEQ®, 2019Q1) aortic valve replacement (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement). Kaiser Permanente Kern County is the only medical group in Kern County to COMPREHENSIVE BLOOD & CANCER CENTER MERCY HOSPITAL SOUTHWEST receive 5 stars - the highest possible rating for overall quality of medical care CBCC is the largest private cancer center on the West Coast, and they The new tower at Mercy Hospital Southwest is under development conduct Phase 1, 2, and 3 medical research in partnership with UCLA and scheduled to open in 2022-23. The new facility will add 106 beds, and overall patient experience in the annual Healthcare Quality Report Card from and pharmaceutical companies. The center recently expanded, adding including 24 new ICU beds and 19 neonatal intensive care beds, an California’s Office of the Patient Advocate. 19 private chemotherapy rooms and the Health & Wellness Café. expanded emergency room and new cardiac catheterization labs.

Valley Children’s Hospital Special Care Unit Kaiser Permanente Southern California’s commercial health plans were

Valley Children’s second specialty care center in southwest Bakersfield (Stockdale Highway and Allen Road) opened in October of 2018. TheEagle rated among the top 10 health plans in the nation for 33 effectiveness of care Oaks Specialty Care Center, a 52,000 square foot, state of the art medical center designed for children, allows for more kids to receive specialized measures by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, including care closer to home. The care center’s goal is to eventually expand and include services including by not limited to, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Orthopedics, Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, and Pediatric Pulmonology. ■ breast cancer screening (6th in the nation) and controlling high blood pressure (8th in the nation).

46 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY Better for your employees. Better for your business.

Choosing a health plan for your company isn’t easy. With Kaiser Permanente Kern County, you’ll get the support you need to effectively manage the short- and long-term health care costs of your business. Together, we will find ways to help keep your employees and company healthy. Learn more at kp.org/choosebetter.

Kaiser Permanente Kern County is the only medical group in Kern County to receive 5 stars - the highest possible rating for overall quality of medical care and overall patient experience in the annual Healthcare Quality Report Card from California’s Office of the Patient Advocate.

Kaiser Permanente Southern California’s commercial health plans were rated among the top 10 health plans in the nation for 33 effectiveness of care measures by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, including breast cancer screening (6th in the nation) and controlling high blood pressure (8th in the nation). (Paramount Land Company) 48 and interstates in California. interstates and highways E-W and N-S major the and Oakland, and Beach/L.A. of LongIncluding Ports the $57,000. over of wages annual average with industries manufacturing and logistics transportation, in the people distribution and centers employs over 25,000 50+ TO HOME IS REGION THE Workforce Accessible and Sites Shovel-Ready Manufacturing Advanced & Logistics Transportation, Infrastructure Access Infrastructure Key Transportation Key Transportation 70 2-Day Turnaround2-Day within Customers Logistics and Transportation m FedEx and UPS Ground Hubs in Bakersfield in Hubs Ground UPS and FedEx Railroads & Union Pacific BSNF Railway leasing, equipment repair,leasing, and rental, rail, and road for services logistics and trucking freight, specialized support, Facilities wholesale trade. wholesale

Strengths 4:00 San Francisco San Oakland PORTS OF PORTS DRIVE 2:00 Los Angeles Los Long Beach Long PORTS OF PORTS DRIVE workforce development programs. development workforce andof centers complementary its employee turnover rate at most low (single-digit) Extremely 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY &MEMBER OVERVIEW MARKET COUNTY KERN 2019-2020 Employment Oakland OAK Francisco San SFO Angeles Los LAX Geographic Population Center of CA Center Population Geographic (36 Million People) (36 ACCESS TO ACCESS to consumers statewide. to consumers to ship designed facilities for footprint carbon and cost shipping lowest Kern the is County location with the 90% of the state’s population. state’s the of 90% from drive a four-hour Within BFL Meadows Field Meadows BFL Logistics CA So. SCLA Ontario ONT & ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS

Drive Time (JobsEQ®, 2018Q3) (JobsEQ®,

U.S. average! U.S. 85% of the is business of doing Cost

Photo courtesy Tony Moreno California’s Logistics Regional & Distribution Center Distribution Centers AMAZON AMERICAN TIRE Over 50 Distribution Centers Are Located CALIFIA within 50 Miles of Kern County CAMPING WORLD CARQUEST The geographic center of California’s weighted population is located in Kern County CATERPILLAR —meaning that the region is the ideal strategic location for logistics operations. It DOLLAR GENERAL also boasts the lowest shipping costs and carbon footprint for facilities designed ESSENDANT to ship to consumers on the West Coast. ■ FAMOUS FOOTWEAR FEDEX FORMICA CORP. I-5 FRITO-LAY 4,700 Distribution Centers HADCO METAL TRADING Major Central Distribution HILLMAN GROUP Center Route IKEA L’ORÉAL California Geographic Center of Population MEN’S WEARHOUSE

(Kern Council of Governments) of Council (Kern MRC GLOBAL Distance from NESTLÉ/DREYER’S Center of Population PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP County Proportional PRIME WEST WAREHOUSING 5,600 I-80 Population ROSS DRESS FOR LESS rn SEARS y Tu Trucks per Day -Da sy 1 TARGET Ea ile 0 M Sacramento THOMSON INTERNATIONAL 25 1.4M Unparalleled WALMART Contra S.J. access to the UP COLD CONNECT Costa 0.7M S.F. 1.1M 0.8M Alameda U.S. COLD STORAGE OF CA San Western 13! 1.6M Mateo 0.9M Santa Clara 1.8M BEST ACCESS TO WEST COAST Bay Area/ Fresno 0.9M PORTS & WESTERN U.S. POPULATION

14,000 Sacramento 11,000 70M U.S. consumers within 2-day truck turn 10 Million Las Vegas 4,500 SEARS UP COLD CONNECT TARGET 2.0M Consumers Kern I-15 ROSS 7,500 FRITO 0.9M LAY 7,500 NESTLÉ/ 5 DREYER’S CATERPILLAR 0 7,000 M IKEA ile s 17,000 I-40 Ventura San 0.8M Los Angeles Bernardino n 10.0M 2.0M r u T y a D Riverside - I-10 1 10,000 Orange 2.2M 3.1M y s a E e So. Cal. il M San Diego 0 5 35M CA consumers 22 Million 3.1M 2 6,000 within 1-day truck turn Consumers Extremely low employee Mi N 0 15 30 60 90 120 turnover at most of its centers.

49 VALUED-ADDED AGRICULTURE

Top Ag Employers

BOLTHOUSE FARMS GIUMARRA VINEYARDS Value-Added GRIMMWAY FARMS SUN PACIFIC Agriculture WONDERFUL CITRUS WONDERFUL ORCHARDS Kern County Agriculture

Production Ranks #1 in the U.S. Photo courtesy Bakersfield CVB

THANKS TO FERTILE SOILS AND ONE OF THE BEST KERN AGRICULTURAL CROP VALUE COMPARISON (2007-17) CLIMATES IN THE WORLD for fruit and vegetable $8.0 production, Kern County is the number one ag producer in the United States! The value-added agriculture is a $7.0 strong economic driver for the local economy. In 2017, the gross value of all agricultural commodities produced $6.0 in Kern County was over $7.2 billion. Grapes, almonds, citrus, milk, and pistachios alone account for 60% of $5.0 agriculture’s value, generating more than $4.5 billion. (2017 Kern County Agricultural Crop Report) $4.0 (2017 Kern County Agricultural Crop Report) Crop County Agricultural Kern (2017

TOTAL VALUE (MILLIONS) VALUE TOTAL $3.0 TOP 10 COMMODITIES IN KERN COUNTY YR 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Kern2014 provides2015 2016 the 2017

RANK COMMODITY VALUE (M) TOP DESTINATION COUNTRIES FORnation’s KERN AG EXPORTS food supply! 5K 1 Grapes $1,748 4K 2 Almonds $1,262 3K 3 Citrus $943 2K 4 Milk $619 1K 5 Pistachios $556 500 6 Carrots $424 China Kong Hong Japan Mexico Republic of Korea Canada Australia India Philippines PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATES ISSUED CERTIFICATES PHYTOSANITARY 0 7 Cattle & Calves $318 (Note: Destination countries ranked by number of Phytosanitary Certificates issued; does not equate to a specific value.) 8 Potatoes $112

9 Alfalfa $101 Exports are booming in Kern County with nuts and fruits capturing world markets! (2017 Kern County Agricultural Crop Report) Crop County Agricultural Kern (2017 10 Apiary $93

For every 100 jobs linked directly to the agricultural TOP 10 COMMODITIES EXPORTED FROM KERN COUNTY

industry, an additional 134 jobs are created in the local economy. Every dollar generated by value-added 1. Grapes 2. Almonds 3. Pistachios 4. Oranges 5. Potatoes ag leads to another $1.47 generated by the region’s non-agriculture economy. ■ 6. Carrots 7. Cot ton 8. Lemons 9. Tangelos 10. Citrus

(JobsEQ®, Data as of 2018Q3) County Kern (2017 Report) Crop Agricultural

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51 52 Equality of Opportunity Project Opportunity of Equality mobility of its students by the ranked #3 forCSUB the upward Affairs Public CSUB courtesy Photo three-fifths. top the to distribution income the of fifth bottom the from moved who 1990s late the in enrolled who students U.S. measured study The Project Opportunity of Equality the by students CSUB public. the of needs safety and welfare the anticipating and technologies emerging and in innovation way the leading are that fields technical critical enter to ready graduates produce to standards meet programs that assures accreditation The Technology and Engineering for Accreditation the by Board accredited been have sciences engineering and engineering, electrical engineering, in computer degrees bachelor’s new (CSUB’s) Bakersfield’s University, State California Workforce & Education ranked #3 for the upward mobility of its its of mobility upward the for #3 ranked .

help students transition back into society upon release, effectively reducing recidivism. recidivism. reducing effectively release, upon society into back transition students help to designed is (ISEP) Program Education Student Incarcerated The college. the from degrees associate them awarded that program education a prison-based of graduates Facility Correctional City California the from inmates Twenty-five profession. chosen in their ajob earn them of 100% and wage living regional the attain Taft College’s Stars Workforce Strong Colleges Community Taft College’s high diploma. school their with graduate they time the by and/or certificates degrees associate’s earn to opportunity the have will students of cohorts grade, ninth in the begin that pathways into courses packaging By high schools. County in Kern pathways into organized courses BC program, College Early its Through growth. economic regional County’s Kern to industries sections-key industry agriculture and logistics, manufacturing, petroleum, including automation, use that in industries careers management technical for students prepare will Courses employees. future EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT &EDUCATION WORKFORCE 2019-2020 KERN COUNTY MARKET OVERVIEW & MEMBER DIRECTORY &MEMBER OVERVIEW MARKET COUNTY KERN 2019-2020 dental hygiene program earned a Gold Star recognition from the California the from recognition Star aGold earned program hygiene dental dental hygiene program boost their earnings by 264%; 94% of students students of 94% 264%; by earnings their boost program hygiene dental as faculty profiles, student retention rates, and alumni job prospects. prospects. job alumni and rates, retention student profiles, faculty as well as metrics, and factors organizational and financial, academic, BestCommunityColleges.com College Community Coso Cerro U.S. Department Department U.S. the from data life student and financial, academic, in California Taft College college districts in California to offer a Baccalaureate of of aBaccalaureate offer to in California districts college 15 community only of one is (BC) College Bakersfield critical workforce training to Kern County’s current and and current County’s Kern to training workforce critical BC Automation. in Industrial Sciences Applied and alumni. alumni. and of Education Niche’s #10 in Niche’s ranked . The ranking was based on a rigorous analysis of of analysis arigorous on based was ranking . The will implement dual and concurrent enrollment enrollment concurrent and dual implement will along with millions of reviews from students students from reviews of millions with along program.” Students who participate in in participate who Students program.” . The ranking was based on sixty-six sixty-six on based was ranking . The ranked #8 in California according to to according in California #8 ranked 2019 Best Community Colleges Colleges Community Best 2019 have become the first first the become have is providing ■

Photo courtesy CSUB Public Affairs K-12 BREAKDOWN

Total Enrollment (K-12) 189,949

School Districts 49 Four Year Universities

Average Class Size 24 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD Elementary Schools 159 Undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate in Education Leadership degrees

Middle/Junior High Schools 44 EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY—EDWARDS AFB High Schools 34 World’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace Charter Schools 12 FRESNO PACIFIC (EEd-Data, 2018) 2017, UNIVERSITY—BAKERSFIELD Teaching certification, undergraduate and graduate degrees HIGHEST EDUCATION ATTAINED UNIVERSITY OF LAVERNE—BAKERSFIELD HIGHEST EDUCATION ATTAINED KERN Undergraduate and graduate degrees

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX—BAKERSFIELD No Diploma 25.8% Teaching certification, undergraduate and graduate degrees High School Graduate 28.1%

Some College or Associate’s Degree 23.4% Community Colleges

Bachelor’s Degree 7.3% & Trade Schools

Graduate or Professional Degree 5.0% BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE

(JobsEQ®, 2019Q3) Certificates and associates degrees

CALIFORNIA AERONAUTICAL ANNUAL EARNINGS UNIVERSITY Certificates and training

HIGHEST EDUCATION ATTAINED KERN BAKERSFIELD CERRO COSO COMMUNITY COLLEGE Certificates and associates degrees, No Diploma $19,132 $21,068 honor programs SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COLLEGE High School Graduate $30,035 $32,089 Certificates and associates degrees

Some College or Associate’s Degree $35,667 $36,423 SANTA BARBARA BUSINESS COLLEGE Certificates and associates degrees Bachelor’s Degree $60,300 $60,861 TAFT COLLEGE Certificates and associates degrees Graduate or Professional Degree $75,040 $75,364 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2013-2018 American Community Estimates) Survey 5-Year WESTEC Safety certifications Photo courtesy CSUB Public Affairs

Employment & Training Centers

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KERN COUNTY REGIONAL OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAM

53 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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KERN EDUCATION PLEDGE

No single OUR PLEDGE program or Kern Education Pledge signatories consists of all 47 public school institution can districts in Kern County, the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, CSU Bakersfield, the Kern Community College District, Taft College single-handedly and community partners. Signatories have pledged to: solve the • Meet regularly, recognizing that work is generational complex, and requires long-term stakeholder commitment. large-scale, • Work together within an environment of co- education and learning and collaboration. workforce • Share best practices, services and resources. readiness • Commit to innovation and possibility thinking to challenges achieve greater outcomes for all students. facing our • Share student data to set baseline measures and community. monitor progress toward achieving collective goals.

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Accounting Firms Agriculture / Food Processing BARBICH HOOPER KING DILL HOFFMAN Geoffrey B. King BLACKWELL LAND, LLC 5001 E. Commercenter Drive, Suite 350 Leon Elwell, CPA Bakersfield, CA 93309 1340 7th Street P.O. Box 11171 THE MARCOM GROUP INCORPORATED David Plivelich Wasco, CA 93280 Bakersfield, CA 93389-1171 1100 Mohawk Street, Suite 170 (661) 393-7238 (661) 631-1171 Bakersfield, CA 93309 www.blackwellco.com www.bhkcpas.com (661) 489-4444 Specializing in lavender. Barbich Hooper King Dill Hoffman is a full-service firm serving businesses and individuals, with expertise in agriculture and www.themarcomgroup.com wineries, medical and dental, not-for-profits, real estate and Specializing in advertising, branding, design and website GIUMARRA VINEYARDS construction, employee benefit and pension plan administration, development. employee benefit plan audits, and special districts. Jeff Giumarra 11220 Edison Highway SABA AGENCY DANIELLS PHILLIPS VAUGHAN & BOCK Edison, CA 93307 Cathy Berthiaume Nancy Belton (661) 395-7000 P.O. Box 11570 300 New Stine Road www.giumarravineyards.com 5329 Office Center Court, Suite 220 Bakersfield, CA 93309 Specializing in grapes, potatoes, and citrus. Bakersfield, CA 93309 (661) 834-7411 (661) 326-0393 www.dpvb.com GRIMMWAY FARMS www.sabaagency.com Specializing in serving the owner managed business. Dana Brennan Specializing in advertising, print, website development, graphic P.O. Box 81498 design, and electronic and social media. O’DELL CROSS, Bakersfield, CA 93380 (661) 855-8530 A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION WILLIS & WILLIAMS DESIGN STUDIOS [email protected] CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS Mike Willis www.grimmway.com Nicolette Cross, CPA, CEO Jen Williams 5001 California Avenue, Suite 212 Specializing as a grower, packer, processor, and shipper of carrots 1703 Forrest Street and other organic vegetables. Bakersfield, CA 93309 Bakersfield, CA 93304 (661) 716-1160 (661) 324-2337 www.odellcrosscpa.com blog.willisdesign.com Airports Specializing in full-service accounting, auditing and tax. www.willisdesign.com MOJAVE AIR AND SPACE PORT Specializing in print and web design. Karina Drees Advertising Agencies 1434 Flight Line Advertising Agencies Mojave, CA 93501 eMEDIA & Promotional Products (661) 824-2433 Erin Henderson www.mojaveairport.com 5016 California Avenue, Suite 6 Specializing in aerospace and industrial development. Bakersfield, CA 93309 PROFORMA SOLUTIONS (661) 323-0800 Beckie Diltz 3434 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 170 [email protected] Architecture Firms Bakersfield, CA 93301 www.emediams.com (661) 633-1117 Specializing in creative advertising and media placement. ORDIZ-MELBY ARCHITECTS [email protected] Danny Ordiz www.bakersfield.proforma.com 5500 Ming Avenue, Suite 280 Specializing in print, promotional, marketing and social media. Bakersfield, CA 93309 (661) 832-5258 www.ordizmelby.com Specializing in institutional, medical, and commercial buildings.

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Attorneys MOTOR CITY AUTO CENTER Kim Blesener HAGAN LAW GROUP, LLP 3215 Pacheco Road Kristin Hagan Bakersfield, CA 93313 2031 F Street (661) 836-6750 | (661) 836-9604 Fax KERN SCHOOLS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Bakersfield, CA 93301 www.motorcitywest.com Deanna Blaise (661) 215-4980 Specializing in GMC, Buick, and Lexus. P.O. Box 9506 [email protected] Bakersfield, CA 93389 www.hagan-law.com Banks / Credit Unions / (661) 833-7989 Specializing real estate, land use and civil litigation. Financial Institutions www.ksfcu.org Specializing in financial services. KLEIN, DeNATALE, GOLDNER, COOPER, BANK OF AMERICA ROSENLIEB & KIMBALL, LLP Andy Stanley MECHANICS BANK Chris Hamilton Global Commercial Banking Kym Moore 4550 California Avenue, 2nd Floor Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3800 Riverlakes Drive Bakersfield, CA 93309 5021 California Avenue, Suite A Bakersfield, CA 93312 (661) 401-7755 Bakersfield, CA 93309 (661) 833-7204 www.kleinlaw.com (661) 634-3970 www.mechanicsbank.com KDG provides the most advanced legal services in the San Joaquin Valley, ranging from business litigation and transactions to www.baml.com Specializing in full-service community banking. specialized representation for bankruptcy, employment, estate Specializing in independent full-service banking including small planning, construction, intellectual property and real estate matters. business loans. MERRILL LYNCH WEALTH MANAGEMENT Greg Meister Audio Visual BANK OF THE SIERRA 5080 California Avenue, Suite 102 Event Productions Larry Velasquez Bakersfield, CA 93309 8500 Ming Avenue (661) 326-7708 Bakersfield, CA 93311 www.local.ml.com/bakersfield_ca FREESTYLE EVENT SERVICES, INC. (661) 654-6397 | (661) 376-1953 Cell Mike Broida Specializing in personalized wealth management plans, 401(k) www.bankofthesierra.com implementation, cash management, investment income, asset 1030 Carrier Parkway Avenue growth, and tax reduction strategies. Specializing in independent full service banking including small Bakersfield, CA 93308 business loans. (661) 324-1234 MID STATE DEVELOPMENT CORP. www.freestyleevents.com COLATRUGLIO WEALTH Keith Brice Specializing in liaudio/visual, event lighting, power distribution, MANAGEMENT GROUP 1631 17th Street specialty rentals, DJ entertainment. Frank J. Colatruglio, CFA, CFP Bakersfield, CA 93301 5060 California Avenue, Suite 1100 (661) 322-4241 MEDIA SOLUTIONS, INC. Bakersfield, CA 93309 www.msdcdc.org Morgan Kirk (661) 326-5748 Specializing in commercial real estate funding and 504 SBA loans. 1201 24th Street B110-234 [email protected] Bakersfield, CA 93301 Specializing in wealth management. PACIFIC WESTERN BANK (661) 665-6084 Michele McClure www.msieventproductions.com FARM CREDIT WEST 11120 Stockdale Highway, Suite 101 Specializing in live event productions – audio visual. Mike Moore Bakersfield, CA 93311 19628 Industry Parkway Drive (661) 378-1681 Automobile Dealers Bakersfield, CA 93389 [email protected] (661) 399-7360 www.pacificwesternbank.com JIM BURKE FORD LINCOLN [email protected] Specializing in business financing and executive banking. Dan Hay www.farmcreditwest.com 2001 Oak Street Specializing in agriculture finance. TRI COUNTIES BANK Bakersfield, CA 93301 Greg Gill (661) 328-3600 5201 California Avenue, Suite 102 www.jimburkeford.com Bakersfield, CA 93309 Specializing in automobile sales and services. (661) 325-9321 www.tcbk.com Specializing in commercial lending.

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VALLEY REPUBLIC BANK Children’s Health Care KLASSEN & SMITH CONSTRUCTION, INC. Geraud Smith Robert Smith 5000 California Avenue, Suite 110 VALLEY CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE 1101502 Mill Rock Way, Suite 170 Bakersfield, CA 93309 Tim Curley Bakersfield, CA 93311 (661) 371-2000 9300 Valley Children’s Place (661) 282-8048 www.valleyrepublicbank.com Madera, CA 93636 www.klassensmith.com Specializing in local, responsive and reliable community banking (559) 353-8610 Specializing in construction. services. www.valleychildrens.org Specializing in children’s health care. PAC-VAN, INC. Business Consulting Tom Svare 2801 E. Brundage Lane Computer / Bakersfield, CA 93307 BUSINESS INITIATIVES (661) 324-0060 Sue Watson Internet Services www.pacvan.com 4149 Pinewood Lake Drive CARNEY’S BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY CENTER Specializing in modular buildings, mobile offices and storage Bakersfield, CA 93309 equipment. (661) 301-7162 Rick Kreiser 2001 Westwind Drive www.businessinitiatives.com Bakersfield, CA 93301 REYNEVELD CONSTRUCTION Specializing in improving organizational effectiveness and conflict Willy Reyneveld resolution. (661) 327-0030 www.carneys.com 2911 Landco Drive Bakersfield, CA 93308 PROVIDENCE STRATEGIC CONSULTING Specializing in design, installation, and support of business- class networks. (661) 859-0224 Tracy Leach 2600 F Street Specializing in full-service concrete construction. Bakersfield, CA 93301 Construction (661) 327-1698 Contractors - Electrical www.provconsult.com BAYMARR CONSTRUCTORS, INC. Specializing in strategic communications and government and Patrick Howes A-C ELECTRIC COMPANY public affairs . 6950 McDivitt Drive Daren Alexander Bakersfield, CA 93313 2921 Hangar Way YANKEE COMMUNICATIONS (661) 395-1676 Bakersfield, CA 93308 Jimmy Yee [email protected] (661) 410-0000 5001 California Avenue, Suite 211 www.baymarrconstructors.com www.a-celectric.com Bakersfield, CA 93309 Specializing in concrete/tilt-up construction. Specializing in electrical engineering, construction automation, (661) 861-8100 and service. [email protected] COLOMBO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY www.yankeecommunications.us Lana Martinez-Spalinger BRAUN ELECTRIC Specializing in governmental relations and communications. 3211 Rio Mirada Drive David Howlett Bakersfield, CA 93308 3000 E. Belle Terrace Chambers of Commerce (661) 316-1042 Bakersfield, CA 93307 www.colomboconstruction.com (661) 617-5050 Specializing in commercials, promotional, training, safety, and Specializing in general construction, construction management, GREATER BAKERSFIELD CHAMBER process videos. and design-build. Nick Ortiz 1725 Eye Street | P.O. Box 1947 Bakersfield, CA 93303 GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Contractors - General (661) 327-4421 Brent Fogg 3005 James Road www.bakersfieldchamber.org GRIFFITH COMPANY Bakersfield, CA 93308 Walt Weishaar Specializing in providing leadership for a healthy business community. (661) 399-3361 1128 Carrier Parkway Avenue www.graniteconstruction.com Bakersfield, CA 93308 Specializing in general engineering/aggregate and asphalt (661) 392-6640 materials sales. www.griffithcompany.net Specializing in paving, concrete and underground utility.

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JOHNSON CONTROLS Digital Printing KERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Jason Culver BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE 1328 34th Street C CERRO COSO COMMUNITY COLLEGE Bakersfield, CA 93301 ICON COMPANY, LLC PORTERVILLE COLLEGE Erik Bautista (559) 593-8013 Tom Burke 801 20th Street www.johnsoncontrols.com 2100 Chester Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 Specializing in energy efficiency, sustainability, and building Bakersfield, CA 93301 (866) 811-4266 environments. (661) 336-5104 www.iconprintingsolutions.com www.kccd.edu Specializing in printing and marketing services. S.C. ANDERSON, INC. Specializing in university transfer, basic skills, and workforce Chris Wilson training education for students at the lower division undergraduate 2160 Mars Court KWIK SIGNS, INC. college level. P. O. Box 81747 Christina Springstead Bakersfield, CA 93380 7101- D Rosedale Highway KERN COUNTY (661) 392-7000 Bakersfield, CA 93308 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS www.scanderson.com (661) 589-0450 Mary Barlow 1300 17th Street General contractor / design builder / construction manager. www.kwiksigns.net Bakersfield, CA 93301 Specializing in banners for real estate, safety, and events. SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION (661) 636-4000 www.kern.org Tim Profitt Education 4241 E. Brundage Lane Specializing in services to school districts. Bakersfield, CA 93307 BAKERSFIELD ADULT SCHOOL (661) 588-0552 | (661) 588-0264 Fax TAFT COLLEGE Mark Wyatt www.superiorconstuctiononline.com Dr. Debra S. Daniels 501 S. Mt Vernon Avenue 29 Cougar Court Specializing in general contracting in all types of construction for Bakersfield, CA 93307 the ag, oil, industrial, medical and retail industries. Taft, CA 93268 (661) 835-1855 (661) 763-7748 www.bas.kernhigh.org www.taftcollege.edu Contractors - Specializing in adult education. Discover the Difference! Steel Fabricators UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, PCL INDUSTRIAL SERVICES KERN COUNTY CAMPUS Mark Pittser Nora Dominguez 1500 South Union Avenue 10800 Stockdale Hwy Bakersfield, CA 93307 Bakersfield, CA 93311 (661) 832-3995 (661) 861-6802 www.pcl.com www.laverne.edu Specializing in full-service heavy industrial contracting. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Specializing in bachelor and masters degrees in business and BAKERSFIELD education, credentials, doctorate in organizational management, small business development resources, corporate employee tuition Corporate Mark Novak discounts, and on-site degree programs. WASC Accredited . 9001 Stockdale Highway Office Furniture Bakersfield, CA 93311 WESTEC (661) 654-2441 Bill Rector TANGRAM INTERIORS www.csub.edu P.O. Box 1210 Alison Hickman Specializing as Kern County’s only regionally comprehensive Shafter, CA 93263 7415 Meany Avenue state university. (661) 387-1055 Bakersfield, CA 93308 Specializing in workforce training. (661) 978-9209 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, www.tangraminteriors.com BAKERSFIELD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND Specializing in furniture / flooring / technology / healthcare / PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION higher education. Dr. Angappa Gunasekaran 9001 Stockdale Highway BDC 131 Bakersfield, CA 93311 (661) 654-2184 www.csub.edu Specializing as Kern’s only regionally comprehensive state university.

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Employment / Training / Energy Producers - Recruitment Services Oil, Gas, Cogeneration, Wind and Solar CONTINENTAL LABOR & STAFFING RESOURCES 8MINUTE SOLAR ENERGY Shannon Grove Tom Buttgenbach, Ph.D. 900 Mohawk Street, Suite 120 CHEVRON 5455 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2010 Bakersfield, CA 93309 Patty Canessa Los Angeles, CA 90036 (661) 635-0335 9525 Camino Media, Room A-2050 (323) 525-0900 www.clri.us Bakersfield, CA 93311 www.8minute.com (661) 654-7155 Specializing in staffing and safety since 1993. Specializing in solar development. www.chevron.com PINNACLE RECRUITMENT SERVICES Specializing in energy development and production. Laura Hill 1701 Westwind Drive, Suite 130 E&B NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Bakersfield, CA 93301 Amy Roth (661) 635-0335 1600 Norris Road www.pinnaclerecruitmentservices.com AERA ENERGY LLC Bakersfield, CA 93308 (661) 679-1700 Specializing in customized search efforts to fill your most sensitive Cynthia Pollard and difficult to fill positions. 10000 Ming Avenue | P.O. Box 11164 www.ebresources.com Bakersfield, CA 93389-1164 Specializing in oil exploration and production. VOLT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS (661) 665-5000 Sofia Espinoza www.aeraenergy.com FIRST SOLAR 4560 California Avenue, Suite 100 Specializing in oil and gas production. Jack Pigott Bakersfield, CA 93309 135 Main Street, 6th Floor (661) 395-0135 BERRY PETROLEUM COMPANY, LLC San Francisco, CA 94105 [email protected] Maddy Symm (415) 935-2512 www.volt.com 5201 Truxtun Avenue www.firstsolar.com Specializing in accounting and finance, administrative, engineering Bakersfield, CA 93309 Specializing in alternative energy. IT and light industrial services. (661) 378-5592 www.berrypetroleum.com GLASSPOINT SOLAR WORKLOGIC HR LEGAL SOLUTIONS Specializing in oil production across California, Utah, and Colorado. Katie Struble David Blaine 5060 California Avenue, Suite 900 5016 California Avenue BHE RENEWABLES, LLC Bakersfield, CA 93309 Bakersfield, CA 93309 (415) 778-2800 (661) 588-8118 Paulette Rush 15637 Avenue A www.glasspoint.com [email protected] Rosamond, CA 93560 Specializing in solar for the gas and oil industry. www.worklogiclegal.com (661) 749-0936 Specializing in human resource consulting and employment law counseling. [email protected] MACPHERSON ENERGY COMPANY Specializing solar development. MACPHERSON OIL COMPANY UNITED STAFFING ASSOCIATES Tim Lovley 24118 Round Mountain Road Chris Digirolamo CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORPORATION LLC 1401 Airport Drive Joe Ashley Bakersfield, CA 93308 Bakersfield, CA 93308 10800 Stockdale Highway (661) 368-3909 (661) 843-8460 Bakersfield, CA 93311 www.macphersonenergy.com www.unitedwestaff.com (661) 529-4465 Energy—power generation, O&G, E&P. Specializing in blue collar and medical staffing. www.crc.com Specializing in oil and gas exploration and production. MARATHON Nicole Parra 19100 Ridgewood Parkway San Antonio, TX 78259 (210) 626-6000 Specializing in refining, marketing and transportation.

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MARICOPA SUN, LLC BSK ASSOCIATES JEH RANCH Jeffrey Roberts ENGINEERS & LABORATORIES Morgan Strong 1396 West Herndon, Suite 101 On Man Lau, P.E., G.E. 10421 Round Mountain Road Fresno, CA 93711 700 22nd Street Bakersfield, CA 93308 (559) 436-0900 Bakersfield, CA 93301 (661)889-3969 | (661) 808-5900 Cell Specializing in land for utility scale solar development. (661) 327-0671, ext. 206 www.jehranch.com www.bskassociates.com Specializing in outdoor event venues. RECURRENT ENERGY Specializing in providing analytical chemistry, construction Jesse Prier observation, ecological services, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, and Enterprise Software 300 California Street, 7th Floor water resources management. San Francisco, CA 94104 (415) 675-1500 DeWALT CORPORATION PEACEKEEPER ENTERPRISES, LLC www.recurrentenergy.com Jeffrey Gutierrez Noah Mapstead Specializing in solar development. 1930 22nd Street 2600 M Street Bakersfield, CA 93301 Bakersfield, CA 93301 sPOWER (661) 323-4600 (661) 869-1725 Nikki Olofson www.dewaltcorp.com peacekeeper.com 2180 South 1300 East, Suite 600 Providing creative and pragmatic civil engineering, land surveying, Specializing in mobile workflow and business intelligence. Salt Lake City, UT 84106 utility location and 3D scanning and modeling solutions for residential, commercial, institutional, energy and industrial land (801) 679-3514 development. Financial Services www.spower.com Specializing in sustainable energy. KRAZAN & ASSOCIATES CENTRAL VALLEY FUND Byron “Kip” Williamson Brad Triebsch WESTERN STATES 2205 Coy Avenue 1590 Drew Avenue, Suite 110 PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION Bakersfield, CA 93307 Davis, CA 95618 Suzanne Noble (661) 837-9200 (530) 757-7004 901 Tower Way, Suite 300 www.krazan.com www.cvfcapitalpartners.com Bakersfield, CA 93309 Specializing in geotechnical and environmental engineering. Specializing in management buyouts, recapitalizations, acquisitions, (661) 321-0884 intergenerational transfers, and growth capital. www.wspa.org Represents the interest of the men and women working in the petroleum industry in the west, while promoting policies that are Forklift Dealerships socially, economically and environmentally responsible. MADLAND TOYOTA-LIFT Mary Madland Engineering Firms McINTOSH & ASSOCIATES 4400 State Road Roger McIntosh Bakersfield, CA 93308 AUTOMATED CONTROL 2001 Wheelan Court (800) 836-3745 & TECHNICAL SERVICES Bakersfield, CA 93309-4975 www.madlandtoyota.com David Morton (661) 834-4814 Specializing in full service forklift dealings, such as sales, service, 315 30th Street | P.O. Box 82191 [email protected] parts and rentals. Bakersfield, CA 93380-2191 www.mcintoshassoc.com (661) 399-2200 Specializing in civil engineering, land surveying, land development, Global Communications www.a-cautomated.com photogrammetry, and landscape design. Specializing in complete industrial automation services, including: control system engineering, systems integration, instrumentation, AT&T and electrical construction. Entertainment 5555 E. Olive Avenue, Room 108 Fresno, CA 93727 BAKERSFIELD CONDORS (619) 200-3019 PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY www.att.com Matthew Riley Specializing in communication services, including wireless, high P.O. Box 1806 speed Internet access, home entertainment/digital television, Bakersfield, CA 93303 residential and business phone service. (661) 324-7825 www.bakersfieldcondors.com Specializing in sports entertainment.

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CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS Lisa Ludovici 270 Bridge Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 783.4945 www.spectrum.com

Specializing in telecommunications and mass media. CITY OF McFARLAND COUNTY OF KERN Mayor Manuel Cantu Ryan Alsop VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 401 W. Kern Avenue 1115 Truxtun Avenue, 5th Floor Danna Diamond McFarland, CA 93250 Bakersfield, CA 93301 15505 Sand Canyon Avenue, D201 (661) 792-3091 (661) 868-3198 Irvine, CA 92618 www.mcfarlandcity.org [email protected] (949) 286-7202 www.co.kern.ca.us/cao/ www.verizon.com CITY OF RIDGECREST Specializing in state government affairs. Ashlin Mattos Healthcare Providers 100 W. California Avenue Ridgecrest, CA 93555 ADVENTIST HEALTH BAKERSFIELD Government Agencies - (760) 499-5061 Sharlet Briggs www.ridgecrest-ca.gov City / County 2615 Chester Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 (661) 395-3000 www.adventisthealth.org Specializing in hospital/healthcare.

CITY OF SHAFTER BAKERSFIELD FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER Jim Zervis Laurie Howlett CITY OF ARVIN 336 Pacific Avenue 4580 California Avenue Mayor Jose Gurrola Shafter, CA 93263 Bakersfield, CA 93309 200 Campus Drive (661) 746-5000 (661) 327-4411 Arvin, CA 93203 www.shafter.com www.bfmc.com (661) 854-3134 Specializing as a provider network/medical group. www.arvin.org CITY OF TAFT Craig Jones CBCC - COMPREHENSIVE BLOOD CITY OF BAKERSFIELD 209 East Kern Street & CANCER CENTER Jacqui Kitchen Taft, CA 93268 Pritesh Patel 1715 Chester Avenue (661) 763-1222 6501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 www.cityoftaft.org Bakersfield, CA 93309 (661) 326-3733 (661) 322-2206 www.bakersfieldcity.us CITY OF TEHACHAPI [email protected] Greg Garrett www.cbccusa.com CITY OF CALIFORNIA CITY 115 South Robinson Street Specializing in cancer and blood diseases and the world’s only Comprehensive Cancer Center with a freestanding Cyberknife Center. Mayor Chuck McGuire Tehachapi, CA 93561 21000 Hacienda Boulevard (661) 822-2200 DIGNITY HEALTH BAKERSFIELD California City, CA 93505 www.tehachapicityhall.com BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (760) 373-8661 MERCY HOSPITAL [email protected] CITY OF WASCO Ken Keller www.californiacity.com Tilo Cortez 420 34th Street 746 8th Street Bakersfield, CA 93301 Wasco, CA 93280 (661) 327-1792 (661) 758-7214 www.bakersfieldmemorial.org www.ci.wasco.ca.us Specializing in tertiary hospital services.

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HOUCHIN COMMUNITY BLOOD BANK Hotels Insurance Brad Bryan 11515 Bolthouse Drive BAKERSFIELD MARRIOTT BUSTOS INSURANCE AGENCY Bakersfield, CA 93311 AT THE CONVENTION CENTER Patrick Bustos (661) 323-4222 Mayra Chavez 2200 Oak Street www.hcbb.com 801 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 Specializing in being the sole provider of a safe, adequate blood Bakersfield, CA 93301 (661) 327-1621 supply from volunteer blood donors for the purpose of saving the lives of the residents of Kern County. (661) 323-1900 www.bustosinsurance.com www.bakersfieldmarriott.com Specializing in business and workers compensation and group health and providing auto, home and life insurance. Specializing in corporate and leisure travel, lodging, catering, and all meeting and function needs. FIRST SOLUTIONS INSURANCE SERVICES COURTYARD & SPRINGHILL Jackie McCarville KAISER PERMANENTE SUITES BY MARRIOTT 4550 California Avenue, Suite 105 David Womack Hilary Rutherford Bakersfield, CA 93309 5055 California Avenue, Suite 240 3801 Marriott Drive (661) 325-3005 Bakersfield, CA 93309 Bakersfield, CA 93308 Specializing in employee benefits, individual life, health, annuities (661) 864-3392 (661) 377-4000 and senior plans. www.kp.org/kerncounty www.marriott.com HUB, INTERNATIONAL COMPANY Specializing in providing high quality, affordable health care in an Specializing in lodging needs. easy and convenient manner with a personal touch. Eric Barthel DOUBLETREE BY HILTON - BAKERSFIELD 4800 Stockdale Highway, Suite 201 MERCY HOSPITAL Carlos Navarro Bakersfield, CA 93309 Bruce Peters 3100 Camino Del Rio Court (714) 308-6013 TRUXTUN CAMPUS Bakersfield, CA 93308-6247 www.hubinternational.com 2215 Truxtun Avenue (661) 323-7111 Specializing in employee benefits and healthcare consulting. Bakersfield, CA 93301 www.bakersfield.doubletree.com (661) 632-5000 Specializing in corporate and leisure travel, lodging, catering, and TOLMAN & WIKER INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC SOUTHWEST CAMPUS all meeting and function needs. Jeremy Moreno 400 Old River Road 5001 California Avenue, Suite 150 Bakersfield, CA 93311 HOMEWOOD SUITES BY HILTON Bakersfield CA 93309 (661) 663-5000 BAKERSFIELD (661) 616-4700 www.mercybakersfield.org Nicole Kirkland www.tolmanandwiker.com Specializing in healthcare. 1505 Mill Rock Way Specializing in commercial property & casualty insurance and Bakersfield, CA 93311 employee benefits. OMNI FAMILY HEALTH (661) 664-0400 Francisco L. Castillon www.bakersfield.homewoodsuites.com Labor 4900 California Avenue, Suite 400B Specializing in corporate and leisure travel, lodging, and all meeting Bakersfield, CA 93309 and function needs. BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL (661) 630-2052 John Spaulding www.omnifamilyhealth.org Indian Tribal Nations 200 West Jeffrey Street Specializing in primary state-of-the-art healthcare. Bakersfield, CA 93305 TEJON INDIAN TRIBE (661) 323-7957 Home Builders Octavio Escobedo Specializing in providing essential coordination and support to the 1731 Hasti Acres Drive, Suite 108 work of its affiliated national and international unions. Bakersfield, CA 93309 TOWERY HOMES (661) 834-8566 DBA TOWERY COMMERCIAL Media / Publishing Matt Towery P.O. Box 81866 ROSAMOND NEWS & eNEWS Bakersfield, CA 93312 John Joyce (661) 633-1110 Homes 2969 Sierra Highway | P.O. Box 848 (661) 615-6634 Commercial Rosamond, CA 93560 www.toweryhomes.com (661) 256-0149 Specializing in local Rosamond, CA community news of great Specializing in residential and commercial building. people and public legal notices for Kern County.

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TBC MEDIA GOODWILL INDUSTRIES Printing / Digital / THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN OF SOUTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA KERN BUSINESS JOURNAL Jake Slayton Direct Mail Services BAKERSFIELD LIFE MAGAZINE 4901 Stine Road WWW.BAKERSFIELD.COM Bakersfield, CA 93313 Mark Nessia (661) 837-0595 P.O. Box 440 www.thegoodwill.org Bakersfield, CA 93302 Specializing in providing work opportunities and skills development 1707 Eye Street to people with barriers to employment. SIERRA PRINTERS Bakersfield, CA 93301 Jon Van Alstyne (661) 395-7500 Steven Van Alstyne Office Furnishings, 901 19th Street www.bakersfield.com Equipment and Supplies Bakersfield, CA 93301 Specializing in providing Kern County residents with the most complete source of local news and information. (661) 322-6128 STINSON’S www.sierraprinters.com Ben Stinson Specializing in commercial printing and direct mail services. Mineral Mining 4500 Stine Road Office Furniture Showroom TREK IMAGING GOLDEN QUEEN MINING COMPANY, LLC Bakersfield, CA 93313 Valarie Canfield 15772 K Street (661) 323-7611 3700 Easton Drive Mojave, CA 93501 www.stinsons.com Bakersfield, CA 93309 (661) 824-4300 Specializing in office products and office furniture. (661) 325-2695 www.goldenqueen.com www.trekimaging.com Specializing in metals and mineral mining. Specializing in printing, copying, promotional products and wide Partners format equipment. RIO TINTO BORATES Mary Beth Garrison AMERICA’S JOB CENTER OF CALIFORNIA 14486 Borax Road Teresa Hitchcock Real Estate - Boron, CA 93516 1600 E. Belle Terrace Commercial (760) 762-7230 Bakersfield, CA 93307 www.riotintominerals.com (661) 336-6849 www.amerciasjobcenterofkern.com THE ABBEY COMPANY Specializing in being a leading supplier of borates and, servicing Tim Davis more than 2,400 direct customers worldwide. www.etronline.com 5500 Ming Avenue, Suite 485 Specializing in employment and training. VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY Bakersfield, CA 93309 (661) 398-8400 John Hunt KERN COUNTY BOARD OF TRADE theabbeyco.com P.O. Box 22800 Megan Person Bakersfield, CA 93390 2101 Oak Street Specializing in office and medical real estate. (661) 835-4800 Bakersfield, CA 93301 www.vulcanmaterials.com (661) 868-8131 ASU COMMERCIAL Mark Smith Apecializing in construction materials, including sand and gravel, [email protected] asphalt, ready mix concrete. 11601 Bolthouse Drive, Suite 110 www.kerncountyboardoftrade.com Bakersfield, CA 93311 Non - Profit (661) 862-5454 Photographers www.asucommercial.com Organizations Specializing in office, industrial, retail, agriculture, land and TONY MORENO PHOTOGRAPHY multi-family real estate. BAKERSFIELD ARC, INC. Tony Moreno Jim Baldwin 12310 Backdrop Court COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL 2240 South Union Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93306 David Williams, SIOR Bakersfield, CA 93307 (661) 703-0572 10000 Stockdale Highway, Suite 102 (661) 834-2272 www.tonymoreno.com Bakersfield, CA 93311 www.barc-inc.org Specializing in photography and video. (661) 631-3800 BARC…Giving People Purpose™ since 1949. www.colliers.com/bakersfield Specializing in office, industrial, retail, land and investment properties.

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CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD | JACO OIL COMPANY Real Estate - Residential PACIFIC COMMERCIAL REALTY ADVISORS Lee Jamieson Wayne Kress P.O. Box 82515 COLDWELL BANKER PREFERRED, REALTORS® 5060 California Avenue, Suite 1000 Bakersfield, CA 93380-2515 MING AVENUE OFFICE Bakersfield, CA 93309 (661) 393-7000 9100 Ming Avenue, Suite 100 (661) 633-3819 Specializing in convenience stores, and petroleum products. Bakersfield, CA 93311 www.paccra.com (661) 836-2345 Specializing in commercial, industrial and office properties. COFFEE ROAD OFFICE 3820 Coffee Road, Suite 1 MAJESTIC REALTY CO. Bakersfield, CA 93308 John Hunter (661) 616-3600 WONDERFUL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT 13191 Crossroads Parkway N. www.cbbakersfield.com John Guinn City of Industry, CA 91746 Specializing in 30 years of local real estate experience. (562) 948-4326 4805 Centennial Plaza, Suite 100 www.majesticrealty.com Bakersfield, CA 93312 (661) 829-8102 | (661) 369-5176 Specializing in commercial real estate and development. Real Estate - Residential / www.wonderfulrealestateco.com Commercial THE MOGHAREBI GROUP Specializing in industrial development. Mark J. Bonas BAKERSFIELD ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ® 1430 Truxtun Avenue, 5th Floor Kim Schaefer Bakersfield, CA 93301 2300 Bahamas Drive (661) 369-7100 | (661) 330-1283 Bakersfield, CA 93309 www.mogharebi.com (661) 635-2300 TEJON RANCH COMPANY Specializing in multi-family investment sales. www.bakersfieldrealtor.com Joe Rentfro P. O. Box 1000 Specializing in real estate trade association. OLIVIERI COMMERCIAL GROUP, INC. Tejon Ranch, CA 93243 Anthony Olivieri (661) 248-3000 9810 Brimhall Road www.tejonranch.com Bakersfield, CA 93312 Specializing in a diversified real estate development and (661) 327-1200 Main | (661) 617-1850 Direct agribusiness company committed to responsibly using its land www.oliviericommercial.com and resources to meet the housing, employment and lifestyle needs of Californians. Specializing in sale and leasing of commercial real estate. MARCOM REAL ESTATE TRACY RANCH, INC. Kym Plivelich Real Estate - Developers, Mike Frey 1100 Mohawk Street, Suite 170 Investors, Property Owners 7540 Tracy Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93309 Buttonwillow, CA 93206 (661) 319-6978 (661) 764-5865 www.marcomrealestate.com BOLTHOUSE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC www.tracyranch.com Specializing in providing comprehensive real estate services to Bruce Davis home buyers and sellers. 11601 Bolthouse Drive, Suite 200 Specializing in agriculture real estate. Bakersfield, CA 93311 (661) 323-4005 TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY Security Systems / www.bolthouseproperties.com Brad Cox Services 315 30th St. | 2221 Rosecrans Ave., #200 Specializing in diversified real estate development, including premier office, retail, and industrial properties. El Segundo, CA 90245 SITREP SECURITY SOLUTIONS (310) 363-4707 Salvador Leal CASTLE & COOKE CALIFORNIA, INC. www.trammellcrow.com 1707 Eye Street, Suite 201 Laura Whitaker Specializing in mixed-use and master planning. Bakersfield, CA 93301 10000 Stockdale Highway, Suite 300 (661) 241-0619 Bakersfield, CA 93311 www.sitrepsecurity.com (661) 664-6500 Specializing in security, executive protection, and estate protection. [email protected] www.castlecooke.com Specializing in the development of master planned communities and commercial and retail centers.

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TEL-TEC SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. GOLDEN EMPIRE TRANSIT DISTRICT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY Morgan Clayton Karen King Rob Duchow 5020 Lisa Marie Court 1830 Golden State Avenue 3701 Pegasus, Suite 114 Bakersfield, CA 93313 Bakersfield, CA 93301 Bakersfield, CA 93308-2559 (661) 397-5511 (661) 324-9874 (661) 393-1501 www.tel-tec.com www.getbus.org www.socalgas.com Specializing in burglary, fire, access control and camera systems. Specializing in public transportation utilizing compressed natural gas vehicles for clean air. Warehouse / Distribution TRANS-WEST TRANS-WEST SECURITY SERVICES, INC. Travel Agencies ADVANCE BEVERAGE COMPANY, INC. TRANS-WEST SERVICES, INC. Bill Lazzerini TRANS-WEST SPECIAL SERVICES, INC. UNIGLOBE GOLDEN EMPIRE TRAVEL 5200 District Boulevard Brooke Antonioni Ray W. Watson, Jr. Bakersfield, CA 93313 President/CEO 9201 Camino Media, Suite 200 (661) 833-3783 8503 Crippen Street Bakersfield, CA 93311 Specializing in beer distribution including Budweiser and Bud Light. Bakersfield, CA 93311 (661) 323-1213 (661) 834-0711 www.uget.com B&B SURPLUS, INC. www.trans-west.net Specializing in corporate travel, meetings and incentives, and Michael Georgino vacations. Specializing in private security, armed /special details, and janitorial/ maintenance service. 7020 Rosedale Highway Bakersfield, CA 93308 Utility Companies (661) 589-0381 Title / Escrow Specializing in steel and pipe warehouse and distribution. Companies CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE Kevin McCusker UNITED STATES COLD STORAGE CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY 3725 S. H Street Randy Dorrell Tasha Thompson Bakersfield, CA 93304 6501 District Boulevard 4015 Coffee Road, Suite 100 (661) 837-7200 Bakersfield, CA 93313 Bakersfield, CA 93308-5024 www.calwater.com (661) 832-COLD (661) 410-4700 Specializing in urban water service. www.uscold.com www.chicagotitle.com Specializing in cold storage. Specializing in residential, refinance, commercial, ag, oil and gas real estate transactions. Waste Processing TICOR TITLE COMPANY Joe Armas CLEAN HARBORS BUTTONWILLOW, LLC 10000 Stockdale Highway, Suite 101 Marianna Buoni Bakersfield, CA 93311 P.O. Box 787 PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY (661) 847-7000 Buttonwillow, CA 93206 Denise Newton www.ticortitle.com (661) 762-6236 1918 H Street [email protected] Specializing in residential, refinance, commercial and agriculture real estate transactions. Bakersfield, CA 93301 www.cleanharbors.com (661) 398-5950 Specializing in hazardous and non-hazardous waste treatment, www.pge.com storage and disposal. Transportation Specializing in gas and electric services along with energy efficiency. WASTE MANAGEMENT, KERN COUNTY BNSF RAILWAY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON Josh Mann Jennifer Fitzgerald ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 416 N. Dennison Road 740 E. Carnegie Drive Jey Lacey Tehachapi, CA 93561 San Bernardino, CA 92408 6040 B North Irwindale Avenue (661) 223-3441 (909) 386-4020 (559) 625-7175 Specializing in waste and recycling. www.BNSF.com Irwindale, CA 91702 Specializing in railway transportation. www.sce.com/ebd

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8MINUTE SOLAR ENERGY BAKERSFIELD ASSOCIATION BRAUN ELECTRIC CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS Energy Producers - Oil, Gas, OF REALTORS® Media Global Communications Cogeneration, Wind and Solar Real Estate – Residential/ Commercial BSK ASSOCIATES ENGINEERS CENTRAL VALLEY FUND A & LABORATORIES Financial Services BAKERSFIELD CONDORS Engineering Firms THE ABBEY COMPANY PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY CHEVRON Entertainment Energy Producers - Oil, Gas, Real Estate - Residential/ BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION Cogeneration, Wind and Solar Commercial TRADES COUNCIL BAKERSFIELD FAMILY Labor A-C ELECTRIC COMPANY MEDICAL CENTER CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY Healthcare Providers Title/Escrow Companies Contractors - Electrical BUSINESS INITIATIVES Business Consulting ADVANCE BEVERAGE BAKERSFIELD MARRIOTT CITY OF ARVIN Government Agencies - COMPANY, INC. AT THE CONVENTION CENTER BUSTOS INSURANCE AGENCY Hotels Insurance City/County Warehouse/Distribution

ADVENTIST HEALTH BANK OF AMERICA C CITY OF BAKERSFIELD Banks/Credit Unions/Financial Government Agencies - BAKERSFIELD Institutions City/County Healthcare Providers CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORPORATION LLC AERA ENERGY LLC BANK OF THE SIERRA Energy Producers - Oil, Gas, CITY OF CALIFORNIA CITY Banks/Credit Unions/Financial Government Agencies - Energy Producers - Oil, Gas, Cogeneration, Wind and Solar Institutions City/County Cogeneration, Wind and Solar CALIFORNIA STATE AMERICA’S JOB CENTER BARBICH HOOPER KING UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD CITY OF McFARLAND Government Agencies - OF CALIFORNIA DILL HOFFMAN Education Accounting Firms City/County Partners CALIFORNIA STATE ASU COMMERCIAL BAYMARR CONSTRUCTORS, INC. UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD CITY OF RIDGECREST Construction Government Agencies - Real Estate – Commercial SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND City/County PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AT&T BERRY PETROLEUM CO., LLC Education Energy Producers - Oil, Gas, Global Communications CITY OF SHAFTER Cogeneration, Wind and Solar Government Agencies - CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE City/County AUTOMATED CONTROL Utility Companies & TECHNICAL SERVICES BHE RENEWABLES, LLC Energy Producers - Oil, Gas, Engineering Firms CARNEY’S BUSINESS CITY OF TAFT Cogeneration, Wind and Solar Government Agencies - TECHNOLOGY CENTER City/County Computer/Internet Services B BLACKWELL LAND, LLC Agriculture/Food Processing CASTLE & COOKE CITY OF TEHACHAPI B&B SURPLUS, INC. Government Agencies - CALIFORNIA, INC. Warehouse/Distribution City/County BNSF RAILWAY Real Estate - Developers, Transportation Investors, Property Owners BAKERSFIELD ADULT SCHOOL CITY OF WASCO Education Government Agencies - BOLTHOUSE DEVELOPMENT CBCC - COMPREHENSIVE City/County COMPANY, LLC BLOOD & CANCER CENTER BAKERSFIELD ARC, INC. Real Estate - Developers, Healthcare Providers Non - Profit Organizations Investors, Property Owners

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CLEAN HARBORS DOUBLETREE BY HILTON – GRANITE CONSTRUCTION KAISER PERMANENTE BUTTONWILLOW, LLC BAKERSFIELD COMPANY Healthcare Providers Waste Processing Hotels Construction KERN COMMUNITY COLATRUGLIO WEALTH E GREATER BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE DISTRICT, MANAGEMENT GROUP CHAMBER BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE, Banks / Credit Unions / Chambers of Commerce E&B NATURAL RESOURCES CERRO COSO COLLEGE, Financial Institutions MANAGEMENT PORTERVILLE COLLEGE Education Energy Producers - Oil, Gas, GRIFFITH COMPANY Contractors – General COLDWELL BANKER, Cogeneration, Wind and Solar PREFERRED REALTORS® KERN COUNTY Real Estate – Residential eMEDIA GRIMMWAY FARMS BOARD OF TRADE Agriculture/Food Processing Partners Advertising Agencies COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL Real Estate – Commercial H KERN COUNTY F SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS CONTINENTAL LABOR Education FARM CREDIT WEST HAGAN LAW GROUP, LLP & STAFFING RESOURCES Attorneys Employment/Training/ Banks/Credit Unions/Financial KERN SCHOOLS FEDERAL Recruitment Services Institutions HOMEWOOD SUITES BY CREDIT UNION Banks/Credit Unions/Financial HILTON BAKERSFIELD FIRST SOLAR Institutions COLOMBO CONSTRUCTION Hotels COMPANY Energy Producers - Oil, Gas, Construction Cogeneration, Wind and Solar HOUCHIN COMMUNITY KLASSEN & SMITH BLOOD BANK CONSTRUCTION, INC. FIRST SOLUTIONS Construction COUNTY OF KERN Healthcare Providers Government Agencies - INSURANCE SERVICES City/County Insurance HUB, INTERNATIONAL KLEIN, DeNATALE, GOLDNER, COOPER, ROSENLIEB FREESTYLE EVENT COMPANY COURTYARD & SPRINGHILL Insurance & KIMBALL, LLP SUITES BY MARRIOTT SERVICES, INC. Attorneys Hotels Audio Visual Event Production I KRAZAN & ASSOCIATES CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD | G Engineering Firms PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ICON COMPANY, LLC Digital Printing REALTY ADVISORS GIUMARRA VINEYARDS KWIK SIGNS, INC. Real Estate – Commercial CORPORATION Digital Printing Agriculture/Food Processing J D M GLASSPOINT SOLAR JACO OIL COMPANY DANIELLS PHILLIPS Energy Producers - Oil, Gas, Real Estate - Developers, MACPHERSON ENERGY VAUGHAN & BOCK Cogeneration, Wind and Solar Investors, Property Owners COMPANY, MACPHERSON Accounting Firms OIL COMPANY GOLDEN EMPIRE JEH RANCH Energy Producers - Oil, Gas, DeWALT CORPORATION TRANSIT DISTRICT Entertainment Cogeneration, Wind and Solar Engineering Firms Transportation JIM BURKE FORD LINCOLN MADLAND TOYOTA-LIFT DIGNITY HEALTH GOLDEN QUEEN MINING Automobile Dealers Forklift Dealership BAKERSFIELD, BAKERSFIELD COMPANY, LTD. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Mineral Mining JOHNSON CONTROLS MAJESTIC REALTY CO. MERCY HOSPITAL Contractors – General Real Estate – Commercial Healthcare Providers GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA Non - Profit Organizations

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MARATHON OLIVIERI COMMERCIAL ROSAMOND NEWS & eNEWS TEJON INDIAN TRIBE Energy Producers - Oil, Gas, GROUP, INC. Media/Publishing Indian Tribal Nations Cogeneration, Wind and Solar Real Estate – Commercial S TEJON RANCH COMPANY THE MARCOM GROUP OMNI FAMILY HEALTH Real Estate - Developers, Healthcare Providers Investors, Property Owners INCORPORATED S.C. ANDERSON, INC. Advertising Agencies Contractors – General ORDIZ-MELBY ARCHITECTS TEL-TEC SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. Architecture Firms Security Systems/Services MARCOM REAL ESTATE SABA AGENCY Real Estate – Residential/ Advertising Agencies Commercial P TICOR TITLE COMPANY Title/Escrow Companies SIERRA PRINTERS MARICOPA SUN, LLC PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC Printing/Digital/Direct Mail Energy Producers - Oil, Gas, COMPANY Services TOLMAN & WIKER INSURANCE Cogeneration, Wind and Solar Utility Companies SERVICES, LLC Insurance Brokers & Agents SITREP SECURITY SOLUTIONS McINTOSH & ASSOCIATES PACIFIC WESTERN BANK Security Systems / Services Engineering Firms Banks/Credit Unions/Financial TONY MORENO PHOTOGRAPHY Photographers Institutions SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MECHANICS BANK EDISON ECONOMIC Banks/Credit Unions/Financial PAC-VAN, INC. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TOWERY HOMES Institutions Construction Utility Companies DBA TOWERY COMMERCIAL Home Builders MEDIA SOLUTIONS, INC. PCL INDUSTRIAL SERVICES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Audio Visual Event Productions Contractors - Steel Fabricators GAS COMPANY TRACY RANCH, INC. Real Estate - Developers, Utility Companies Investors, Property Owners MERCY HOSPITAL PEACEKEEPER Healthcare Providers ENTERPRISES, LLC sPOWER Enterprise Software Enery Producers - Oil, Gas TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY Real Estate-Developers and MERRILL LYNCH Cogeneration, Wind and Solar Investors WEALTH MANAGEMENT PINNACLE RECRUITMENT Banks/Credit Unions/Financial SERVICES STINSON STATIONERS Institutions Employment/Training/ Office Furnishings, Equipment TRANS-WEST, TRANS-WEST Recruitment Services and Supplies SECURITY SERVICES, INC., MID STATE DEVELOPMENT TRANS-WEST SERVICES, CORPORATION PROFORMA SOLUTIONS SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION INC. & TRANS-WEST SPECIAL Banks/Credit Unions/Financial Advertising Agencies & Construction - General SERVICES, INC. Institutions Security Systems/Services Promotional Products T THE MOGHAREBI GROUP PROVIDENCE STRATEGIC TREK IMAGING Real Estate - Commercial Printing/Digital/Direct Mail CONSULTING TAFT COLLEGE Services Business Consulting MOJAVE AIR AND SPACE PORT Education Airports TRI COUNTIES BANK R TANGRAM INTERIORS Banks/Credit Unions/Financial MOTOR CITY AUTO CENTER Corporate Office Furniture Institutions Automobile Dealers RECURRENT ENERGY Energy Producers - Oil, Gas, TBC MEDIA - THE BAKERSFIELD Cogeneration, Wind and Solar CALIFORNIAN, KERN BUSINESS U O JOURNAL, BAKERSFIELD LIFE REYNEVELD CONSTRUCTION MAGAZINE, BAKERSFIELD.COM UNIGLOBE GOLDEN O’DELL CROSS CPA Construction Media/Publishing EMPIRE TRAVEL Accounting Firms Travel Agencies RIO TINTO BORATES Mineral Mining

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Children’s Health Care KERN COUNTY UNITED STAFFING ASSOCIATES Waste Processing Staffing Agency VALLEY REPUBLIC BANK Investors, Property Owners Banks/Credit Unions/Financial WESTEC UNITED STATES COLD STORAGE Institutions Education WORKLOGIC HR Warehouse/Distribution LEGAL SOLUTIONS VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. WESTERN STATES Employment/Training/ UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, Global Communications PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION Recruitment Services KERN COUNTY CAMPUS Energy Producers - Oil, Gas, Education VOLT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS Cogeneration, Wind and Solar Employment/Training/ Y Recruitment Services WESTSIDE WASTE V YANKEE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC. Business Consulting VALLEY CHILDREN’S VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY Waste Processing Mineral Mining HEALTHCARE WILLIS & WILLIAMS W DESIGN STUDIO Advertising Agencies WASTE MANAGEMENT, WONDERFUL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT Real Estate - Developers,

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