Data center moratorium

Supported the 45-day moratorium though she wished it were longer; warned about Prop 45 on the ballot and suggested the city look to San Jose's environmental protections and community outreach standards.

Argued the ordinance's urgency findings are legally flawed because exempting Phase 1 undercuts the claimed emergency; urged no further contract negotiations with AVAIO during the moratorium.

Said the 45-day moratorium took an enormous community fight and urged the council to protect children and the future; promised continued community pressure.

Declared that 77,000 residents are saying no to data centers and called the Phase 1 exemption meaningless — comparing it to cutting smoking from three packs a day to one.

Called the moratorium's timing — days before an election, excluding Phase 1 — a political tactic, and said the council hears but doesn't listen to residents' demands.

Said nothing residents do changes anything, called council members cowards, and demanded a 90-day moratorium on all phases, vowing to return until a full data center ban.

Spoke in English and Spanish, saying the council is lying for votes since Phase 1 is already approved, criticizing handpicked advisory committee members, and urging residents to vote against Adams and Kobata.

Demanded a 90-day moratorium on all phases and called on the council to remedy its admitted mistake by banning data center development in Pittsburg.

Speaking for the Western Steel Council and construction labor groups, urged a no vote, arguing standards can be developed without a moratorium and citing Santa Clara's decision to update permitting instead.

Cited a 5,500-gallon diesel spill at a New Jersey data center and asked for a 90-day phase-one pause and moratorium on phases two and three.

Requested a 90-day moratorium, a supplemental project-level EIR, health risk assessment, and public release of air quality analyses.

Said residents can't revisit phase one is a 'farce,' accused the council of conflicts of interest including the mayor's PG&E board seat, and demanded a moratorium.

Demanded a written official moratorium referenced by the mayor at the NAACP forum, and listed anti-data-center candidates for the November election.

Zoom commenter asking again for the data center on a future agenda and a 45-day moratorium like Richmond's, plus a town hall with the council.

Demanded a three-year moratorium, criticized the chamber clearing, and questioned why council candidates supported worker safety in Martinez but not Pittsburg residents.

Demanded the data center return as an agenda item and a three-year moratorium, citing 27,500 petition signatures and unanswered questions about PUSD funding, water, e-waste and phased EIRs.

Urged a moratorium, arguing the developer targets low-income communities, and delivered part of his remarks in Spanish.

Called for an immediate three-year moratorium, framed health impacts as violence, and warned of electoral consequences.

Said trust was broken when the public was cleared from chambers, called the advisory committee 'too little, too late,' and demanded a moratorium on all phases and a ban on data centers, promising to keep showing up.

Demanded an immediate moratorium on all data center phases and played a recording of data center noise; later asked the council not to cut Small World Park or Buchanan Pool in the budget.