BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — 17 homeless encampments, along with 38 tons of debris, were removed in southeast Bakersfield during a multi-agency operation. It ended with eight people arrested and three dogs seized.
The Bakersfield Police Department said on Wednesday, July 29th, 2026, the Bakersfield Police Department’s Impact Unit, along with Bakersfield City Public Works, Code Enforcement, Rapid Response, Animal Control, and Arson Division, as well as Kern County Mental Health, conducted an encampment clean-up operation in a large vacant lot near the area of Madison Street and East Belle Terrace in southeast Bakersfield.
Bakersfield police said before the operation, Flood Ministries went to the area to provide resource options to those experiencing homelessness, but none accepted these services…