Monterey Park City Council Regular Meeting
Monterey Park City Council held a public hearing and voted on Items 11B, 12A, and 12B to extend the city's temporary moratorium on data centers and call a special municipal election placing a citywide data center prohibition before voters.
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Monterey Park City Council Regular Meeting
Monterey Park City Council · March 4, 2026
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- Clip 1 · 26:50 Monterey Park City Clerk Board & Planning Staff Procedural auto captions, uncheckedMoratorium Zoning
The Monterey Park City Clerk reads the resolutions calling a special municipal election to submit a citywide data center prohibition ordinance to voters.
"consideration and possible action to call for a special election on June 2nd, 2026 and adding a proposition to the ballot prohibiting data center citywide. So, let me just tell you guys how many speaker cards I got so you guys can regulate the time and know that more speaker cards come in throughout the night. Uh, so 12 A I currently have 55"
- Clip 2 · 1:17:08 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
A Monterey Park resident urges the City Council to extend the interim moratorium and adopt a permanent zoning prohibition on data centers.
"or are you back home avoiding accountability and watching? Bluey, tonight, I'm asking the council to vote yes. Yes to extending the moratorum. Yes to a June 2nd special election for a city wide ban on data centers. Yes to a city ordinance that permanently bans data centers from being built in the city. And on that ballot, and we're also asking to close two loopholes, prevent"
- Clip 3 · 4:21 Monterey Park City Council Member Elected Official Opposed auto captions, uncheckedMoratorium Zoning
Monterey Park City Council members deliberate on municipal siting standards, utility capacity, and the recorded ordinance action.
"we have multiple items um regarding the data center tonight, 12 A, 12B, and 11B. If you want to speak on each item, fill out a separate card for each item. Um, I will then call speakers by name indicated on the speaker card for each agenda item and you uh would come up to the podium, speak into the mic. Um, and"
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