The Kern County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to forward 27 census tracts for Opportunity Zone 2.0 review — 15 in Bakersfield plus one each in Arvin, California City, Delano, McFarland, Ridgecrest, Shafter, and Wasco, and seven in unincorporated areas including Boron, Buttonwillow, Lamont, Mojave, Oildale, Rosamond, and the Taft-Maricopa region. The nominations head to California's GO-Biz and then to the federal government. The state will take public comment on all its nominations next month before forwarding recommendations to Treasury.
Original reporting by Sarah Whitfield for Opportunity Zone Invest, an independent OZ 2.0 research site. Facts are drawn from the primary sources cited above per our editorial standards. Nothing here is tax, legal, or investment advice.
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