UPDATE: POSTPONED to October 27, 7 p.m. — A public hearing before the Kern County Planning Commission will be held on Thursday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m. regarding this development. The hearing is in the Board of Supervisors Chambers (first floor; 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield; free parking in adjacent structure, across the street from Rabobank Center).

By Patric Hedlund, TME

A thick pamphlet hit many Mountain Community mailboxes last Friday. Tejon Ranch Company is moving forward with its Grapevine housing project.

The packet features large pictures with few facts. They told of 10,000 to 12,000 homes to be built at the northern base of the Grapevine, south of the Tejon Ranch Industrial Complex. The photo above is one of the ‘concept’ images from the pamphlet.

The target market for the project is working people with…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

Click here to view the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for this project.

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Tejon Ranch PR packets in local mailboxes show this image of a young couple in a modest neighborhood—with drought-free east coast lawns.

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