Perez is running for reelection for another four-year term. She represents County District 5, which includes portions of downtown and eastern Bakersfield.
A Kern County public meeting dramatically deviated from the agenda when Supervisor Leticia Perez accused district attorney staff of attempting to 'illegally' search her office. Perez said that around 9 a.m. Friday, Kern County district attorney investigators arrived at her office in downtown Bakersfield. The investigators, Perez said, tried to “make illegal entry” by requesting the county administrative staff to give them access to her office while it was locked and empty.
About an hour into the public meeting, Perez once again interrupted the meeting to announce her office was in the process of being searched. “The D.A. has arrived at my office with a warrant to search my office … so I'll be heading up to have to deal with that right now, and I'm very, very sorry about that,” Perez said shortly before rising from her chair and walking out. With one supervisor seat vacant and Perez gone, the situation caught Kern County Chairman David Couch off-guard.
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