Space occupied by an IRS customer service center in Visalia at the Tulare/Akers Professional Center is on a list of federal leases to be terminated. Photo via mdgre.com

In addition to laying off federal workers, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is also taking aim at leases for federal offices — and three Central Valley locations are on the list.

Politico reported that the Public Buildings Service at the General Services Administration, which manages federal building, was instructed to terminate leases that allow for an early exit.

Commercial real estate information company CoStar estimates that one in 10 active federal commercial real estate leases were canceled.

Offices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency in Madera and Bakersfield were listed on the DOGE website as part of a mass modification of government leases. The lease for an IRS customer service center in Visalia is the largest of the local cuts in terms of rent.

The IRS building is located at 5300 W. Tulare Ave. in the Tulare/Akers Professional Center in Visalia. It is 3,936 square feet and costs $208,585 to lease annually, according to the DOGE website. Tulare County owns the space. A message left for Tulare County’s public information officer was not returned Tuesday.  

The Farm Service Agency office in downtown Madera at 425 N. Gateway Dr. is on the chopping block, according to the DOGE website. The 3,858-square-foot building is leased annually for $115,740. A spokesperson for Oberti-Alessini Investments, which owns the office property, said Tuesday morning they did not have any information to share at this time. 

Bakersfield’s Farm Service Agency office is located at 5080 California Ave. The building is 7,306 square feet and has an annual lease cost of $145,158. DP Tower II LP is the lessor of the building. 

The Kern County Farm Service Agency did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

The USDA’s Farm Service Agency administers farm commodity programs and loans, with a “special emphasis on providing loans to beginning, minority and women farmers and ranchers,” according to the “Agency History” page on its website.

The DOGE website, as of Tuesday afternoon, listed an estimated savings to taxpayers of $105 billion. One target for cuts has been federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and contracts.