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A food business using shared kitchen space needs records for kitchen charges, ingredients, packaging and sales settlements.

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Food entrepreneurs using the commissary kitchen

A food business using shared kitchen space needs records for kitchen charges, ingredients, packaging and sales settlements. Separate personal transfers from operating income and keep supplier receipts with the month they support. Tidwell can help organize those records before adding payroll or comparing the margin of different products.

  • City runs the McFarland Commissary Launchpad, a pilot giving local food entrepreneurs access to a permitted commercial kitchen at Veterans Hall ($40/hour or $400 for 20 hours).

Sources: mcfarlandcity.org: food entrepreneurs using the commissary kitchen

A passed school bond and West Kern Avenue work

The failed and passed school proposals are different measures, and the street closure describes a separate city project. A trade business should keep the district, worksite and contract number attached to each job. Review actual authorizations before committing staff, then connect approved field hours to the relevant project ledger.

  • McFarland Unified School District: Measure L (2016) failed. Bond amount: $110 million.
  • McFarland Unified School District: Measure B (2020) passed. Bond amount: $30,000,000.
  • McFarland Street Infrastructure Project (W. Kern Ave. full closure Garzoli Ave. to 11th St., Oct 5-19, 2026). Source status (2026): Current project; road closure October 2026. Agency: City of McFarland.

Sources: californiacityfinance.com: a passed school bond and West Kern Avenue work; californiacityfinance.com: a passed school bond and West Kern Avenue work; mcfarlandcity.org: a passed school bond and West Kern Avenue work

Population, distance and meeting options

McFarland's population is 14,222 (ACS 2024). Census PEP records population change of +3.8% from 2020 to 2025; this uses a different Census series from the ACS count.

McFarland is about 81.8 miles from our Atascadero office, measured in a straight line. We work remotely, with meetings at our Atascadero office by arrangement.

Sources: Census ACS 2024: population; Census Gazetteer 2025: straight-line distance; Census PEP 2025: change since 2020

Sources for local construction and population

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