Like I said -- really hard to comply with 91.119 when you have to stay that low.
Unlikely, then, that there is "controlled airspace designated to the surface" for either airport, no less both, in which case SVFR isn't an option at all. Are they both surrounded by dashed magenta lines (like a Class D except magenta instead of blue)? Perhaps you can share the location so we can look at the chart.
If it's Class D, it should be to the surface. But if the other one lacks controlled airspace to the surface, then an SVFR transition isn't possible. How about telling us where you're going so we can look on the chart? But no matter what, the idea of rooting around VFR (Special or not) at low altitude in 2 miles visibility makes my skin crawl. For me, that's time to switch on the TFR's (that's "terrain following radar", not "temporary flight restriction"), use the nav radar to see where I'm going, and hope nobody else is out there doing the same thing.
Then it's not going to be possible to do without violating some regulation. Since L45 lacks controlled airspace to the surface, you can't get SVFR in there. As a result, while you could get a SVFR departure from KBFL, you'd have to exit the D-space below 700 AGL so you'd be below the E-space upon exit or else you'd violate 91.155 by being VFR in E-space with less than 3sm visibility. However, that is clearly a congested area, so while you would be 91.155-legal by being 1 mile/clear-of-clouds in that G-space below the E-space after exiting the D-space, you'd be violating 91.119(b) by being less than "1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft." Consider it a "being between a rock and a hard place" when you're caught between two regulations like that -- just not possible to avoid breaking one reg or the other. If you were instrument-rated, you'd have other options, but not as a VFR-only pilot.
Not over a congested area below 700 AGL. 91.119 still applies to SVFR operations, and I don't think the FAA would have much trouble convincing an ALJ or the NTSB that Bakersfield CA is a "congested area".
Then how do you get back down below 700 AGL once you're out of the D-space unless the vis is above 3 miles all the way down to 700 AGL?
Exactly -- once you're up there, you can get out of the D-space into E-space (assuming the tops are below the top of the D-space) but then you can't get down through "a few thousand feet thick" layer of sub-3-mile visibilities in E-space down to 700 AGL.
I don't know. Looks like on satellite there might be a little sliver of "other than congested" on the southeast corner of L45.
And this is where good ADM comes in. Instead of teaching the student he can legally fly in this weather once he gets his license, the question is should he still go anyone even if it is legal.
