| 13.0% |
Air Quality-Poor air quality, air
pollution |
| 6.8% |
Youth activities-Lack of P.M.
activities/lack of activities for adolescents(6.2); no water/amusement
parts(0.6) |
| 6.4% |
Gang activity |
| 5.8% |
Neighborhoods-blighted-lack of
revelopment(2.1); Southeast & east blocks-Lack of Southeast and East
Bakersfield development(2.5); vacant buildings downtown/stripmalls(1.2) |
| 5.6% |
Sprawl-Urban
sprawl/uncontrolled development/residential encroachment on ag land;
Fragmented city boundaries/too much -new development(3.9); lack of NE dev.
plan(0.3); farm land conversion (1.2); lack of SW/SE balance (0.1) |
| 4.9% |
Schools-Underperforming K-12;
educational achievement below state avg.(3.3); lack of variety UC (0.4);
not enough vocational(0.7); limited high tech ed.(0.1); Drop out rate-high
schools(0.4) |
| 4.4% |
Planning poor-Hwy 58/Freeways to
nowhere; Poor downtown (East-West) freeway, failure to follow 2010
Plan(3.3); lack of planning for growth(1.1) |
| 4.0% |
Jobs-Lack of jobs with
competitive salaries(2.1); wages low(0.8); Unemployment high rate(1.1) |
| 3.8% |
Litter(2.2);
graffiti(1.6) |
| 3.7% |
Traffic-Some congested roads; traffic
flow; lack of freeway(3.4); stop lights not syncronized(0.3) |
| 3.0% |
Airport (small) & air service |
| 2.9% |
Drug traffic |
| 2.8% |
Public transportation-poor/not enough
downtown |
| 2.6% |
Image poor/Negative perception by
outsiders/Hick town/poor self image |
| 2.4% |
City County
Cooperation(1.4);county islands, duplication of services(0.3);
Government-unresponsive-lack of open processes(0.5); lack of visionary
leadership by elected officials(0.1); annexation(0.1) |
| 2.3% |
Road maintenance-potholes |
| 2.1% |
Weather- too hot |
| 2.1% |
Crime |
| 1.8% |
Racial bias |
| 1.7% |
Water supply-Potential for limited
water supply(0.5); Water contamination/environmental contamination(1.0);
water (0.2) |
| 1.6% |
Shopping-lack of upscale
and other department stores |
| 1.6% |
Trees-lack of
in parking lots/Northeast |
| 1.3% |
Poverty |
| 1.1% |
Police-low in low income areas/Sheriff
response time |
| 1.0% |
Cultural events-Lack of cultural
events and facilities |
| 0.9% |
Gas Prices-High gas prices |
| 0.9% |
Homeless -Too many homeless |
| 0.9% |
Teen pregnancy High rate teen
pregnancy |
| 0.8% |
Landscape on freeways & streets is
inadequate(0.1); entrance to city (0.5); Rosedale Highway(0.2) |
| 0.8% |
Economic base-Low diversity of
economic base |
| 0.7% |
Resources-Uneven distribution of
resources ($ public/private investment) redevelopment funds not used
properly |
| 0.7% |
Child Care-Not enough affordable child
care/especially off hours & emergency |
| 0.6% |
Parking-downtown |
| 0.5% |
Entertainment diversity - lack of |
| 0.4% |
Hot enough large malls |
| 0.4% |
Special interests too powerful |
| 0.4% |
Oildale |
| 0.3% |
Jobs-teens Small job market for teens |
| 0.3% |
Curfew-too early |
| 0.3% |
Vision-lack |
| 0.3% |
Dumping ground for L.A. |
| 0.3% |
Laws-unenforcement-Lack of curfew
laws, prosecute minors, school attendance |
| 0.3% |
Leadership-Cultural Diversity |
| 0.2% |
Downtown needs facelift, new
buildings, etc |
| 0.2% |
Recreation facilities Lack of
recreational facilities |
| 0.2% |
Hospitals-emergency
services/overcrowding/long wait in emergency |
| 0.2% |
Grocery stores in S/E not enough |
| 0.1% |
Pro Sports Lack of pro-sports teams |
| 0.1% |
Small-Bakersfield is too small |
| 0.1% |
Safety |
| 0.1% |
High tech companies-lack of |
| 0.1% |
Voter turnout-low |
| 0.1% |
East-West-Segregation East-West,
Brown-white |
| 0.1% |
Ghetto areas |
| 0.1% |
Health insurance-Lack of affordable
health insurance & service |
| 0.1% |
Recycling program-no |
| 0.1% |
High speed rail |
