Vail data center

Said the advisory committee was a smokescreen, demanded a 90-day moratorium, and described a Sterling, Virginia data center generator failure that drove residents from their homes.

Called the advisory committee a response to backlash rather than genuine transparency, questioned the 19 hand-picked members, and urged a 90-day moratorium.

Demanded a 90-day moratorium, said residents have a right to attend meetings, cited his own asthma from nearby construction dust, and warned incumbents would face voters.

Challenged the 'football field' distance claim, said the project is not fully approved given outstanding permits, and criticized the committee's membership.

Supported a 90-day moratorium, called 45 days insufficient given land already sold, and asked for mixed-use alternatives like recreation and event space.

Described the data center as an insult to black and brown working-class communities and said the community was never given time or choice before the land deal.

Urged a 90-day moratorium on all phases and an eventual ban, and suggested a hospital or true technology park instead.

Asked the city to calculate the cost of breaching the contract and redirect toward a recreation center or local businesses, and threatened future legal action over health impacts.

Called the 45-day moratorium a sham since Phase 1 is already approved, questioned the committee's independence, and asked if members would live a football field from a data center.

A young speaker said no one wanted the data center, citing student protests and yelling from the audience, and asked the council to breach the contract.

Claimed the soil management plan wasn't submitted to the CEC before the docket closed and that the CEQA analysis was therefore invalid.

A Pittsburg native demanding a 90-day moratorium, citing a 28,000-signature petition and alleging the mayor's recusal confirmed a real conflict of interest.

Questioned why a hand-picked committee replaced a formal commission and asked for a two-year moratorium with stronger zoning language.

Demanded a 90-day moratorium and an outright ban, saying the community has opposed the project for four months.

Said officials only support the data center for financial reasons and disputed claims that it was approved before the current council took office.

Criticized council members telling voters they had no choice on the data center, cited $30,000 in campaign contributions from data center-supporting groups, and demanded a two-year moratorium.

Spoke poetically about habitat destruction — coyotes, rabbits, hawks — saying the project sacrifices wildlife and community for 'progress.'

Called the 45-day moratorium political obfuscation given the $7 million deficit, and said a headline passing a moratorium won't save re-election campaigns.

Cited student walkouts and called data centers complicit with ICE and surveillance of Latino communities, demanding a 90-day moratorium and a ban.

Questioned the timing of the moratorium call as election-season politics and urged acceptance of legal risk to stop the project.

Submitted public records findings showing no documentation that Rancho Medanos junior high families were directly notified about the project, raising equity concerns for black and brown families.

Shared results of her informal poll showing opposition grew from 6 in 10 to 8 in 10, and criticized the lack of bilingual outreach — she got a notice but didn't realize input was still possible.

Supported a 90-day moratorium over 45, urged the council to study San Jose's data center policy framework, and asked that contract negotiations be put on hold.

The mayor of Coachella shared how his city paused and then permanently banned large-scale data centers after residents spoke up, urging Pittsburg to listen to its residents.

Asked the council to measure itself against the city's mission statement and said the rezoning destroyed the dreams of residents near the site.