Keep Bakersfield Beautiful (KBB) welcomes and encourages all visitors of our online communities to contribute comments which are related to responsibilities of and topics pertaining to KBB. This KBB Social Media account is operated by the City of Bakersfield (City) and posts are made by a City of Bakersfield staff member. The following postings/comments are prohibited:
a. Comments not topically r
elated to the administrator’s posting;
b. Content that violates City policy, including abusive, harassing, intimidating, vulgar, obscene and offensive communications, communications that defame or libel others, and communications that infringe upon the privacy rights of others;
c. Disparaging communications or jokes that are based on race, national origin, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law;
d. Communications of any copyrighted materials, trade secrets, proprietary information, or any other highly sensitive confidential information;
e. Solicitation of others for commercial ventures or religious, social or political causes; or
f. Comments or communications that violate the Brown Act. Please Note: Keep Bakersfield Beautiful and The City of Bakersfield reserve the right to remove content that is deemed in violation of KBB and/or City policy or any applicable law. Any participants on the KBB’s official social media sites who are in continual violation of the posting/commenting guidelines may be permanently removed from KBB’s site. In general, individual complaints, concerns, and service requests may not be addressed through social media. Concerns, complaints, and requests concerning KBB should be directed to the KBB office and/or the City Public Works Department – Solid Waste Division or the appropriate City department. Posts or comments are not considered delivery of notices or requests to KBB and/or the City, and it is not a substitute for public comment at KBB and/or City meetings or other public forums. Further, all comments posted by a member of the public are the opinion of the poster only, and publication of a comment does not imply endorsement of, or agreement by KBB and/or the City, nor do such comments necessarily reflect the opinions of Keep Bakersfield Beautiful and/or the City of Bakersfield.
