Data center moratorium

Speaking for the Amador Data Community Center Action Group, she asked the board for a third time to agendize a temporary data center moratorium and study, listing many California jurisdictions that have done so.

She outlined what the community group will do if the board keeps declining to act — records requests, expert review, public forums, surveys, and petitions focused on the Buena Vista project and countywide policy.

Asked the board for a temporary countywide pause on new or expanded data center approvals until permanent land use rules are in place.

Urged a pause and a rule that all connected project components — power, cooling, water, batteries — be evaluated together, not permit by permit.

Supported the pause, citing orderly planning and lessons from Calaveras, Imperial, and Alameda county moratoria.

Foothill Conservancy's director argued 40 MW equals the power use of all Amador homes combined and called for at least a one-year moratorium.

Fiddletown resident supporting a 45-day-plus moratorium, asking about EIR status, energy and water impacts, and mitigation commitments.

Supported the moratorium and questioned whether data centers mine residents' intellectual property and enable surveillance.

Served on the general plan citizens' committee; said the current plan can't handle this issue and corrected details on JVID water sources.