The Bakersfield City Council members took turns making speeches and giving gifts to outgoing councilman Chris Parlier, who served since 2014, at a December 2022 council meeting.

Every 10 years the city uses data to redraw its ward lines. The Unity Map is a redistricting map that rezoned Ward 7 with a focus on the Punjabi Sikh community. Over the last 100 years, the ...