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Sep 12, 2026

IndieHOST
27:14
But like if it's 20 miles outside Minneapolis or 15 miles from Spokane, is it really helping anybody? Not really.
IndieHOST
27:24
Monterey Park, California stands out for being the first in the nation to enact a permanent ban passed by voters.
IndieHOST
27:31
Again, voting harder.
IndieHOST
27:33
Occasionally it does work.
IndieHOST
27:35
But watch how they get around that.
IndieHOST
27:37
Again, they'll go to the line of Monterey Park, buy the next property over, and build the whole thing to be able to pollute into Monterey Park.
IndieHOST
27:46
Just to fuck with them now.
IndieHOST
27:50
Trump unashamedly centers industry talking points in his executive order.
PropagandaHOST
42:20
There was cross-cultural communication and a creative political power.
PropagandaHOST
42:24
In Monterey Park, they were organizing like patrols that they were able to stand up within an hour.
PropagandaHOST
42:31
Why? Because they already know each other.
PropagandaHOST
42:34
We're already connected.
PropagandaHOST
42:37
And you know what Monterey Park did? They made sure a data center couldn't come.
PropagandaHOST
42:40
Because it was already organized.
PropagandaHOST
42:46
You can't pit our communities against each other if we already communicate with each other.
IndieHOST
33:05
But, like, if it's twenty miles outside Minneapolis or fifteen miles from Spokane, is it really helping anybody? Not really.
IndieHOST
33:14
Monterey Park, California, stands out for being the first in the nation to enact a permanent ban passed by voters.
IndieHOST
33:21
Again, voting harder.
IndieHOST
33:23
Occasionally, it does work.
IndieHOST
33:25
But watch how they get around that.
IndieHOST
33:28
Again, they'll go to, like, the s- the line of Monterey Park, buy the next property over, and build the whole thing to be able to pollute into Monterey Park just to fuck with them now.
IndieHOST
33:40
Trump unashamedly centers industry talking points in his executive order.
IndieHOST
33:45
What a shock.
Kristen SchwabHOST
5:04
Companies say we need more of them to keep up with demand for computing and AI.
Kristen SchwabHOST
5:09
Local communities are mostly saying, "Thanks, but no thanks." Monterey Park on the east side of LA County, it's become the first city in the US to ban data centers.
Kristen SchwabHOST
5:19
That's been entirely due to the efforts of a group of residents called No Data Center Monterey Park.
Kristen SchwabHOST
5:26
KCRW's Brandon Reynolds has the story.
Brandon ReynoldsCORRESPONDENT
5:29
Last December, Monterey Park residents started organizing against a proposed two hundred and eighteen thousand square foot data center.
Brandon ReynoldsCORRESPONDENT
5:36
While the city was in favor of the project because of the five million dollars in tax revenue it was supposed to bring in each year, residents were more concerned about would it be taking out, a lot of water for one and enough electricity to power forty thousand homes.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
5:50
That's like twice the entire city of Monterey Park per year.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
5:54
It's just coming from this one site.
Brian MerchantGUEST
27:02
And so it is really interesting the way that sort of the opposition has sort of spread across the country with completely diverse political coalitions.
Brian MerchantGUEST
27:17
So I most closely have tracked the No Data Centers Monterey Park movement and group that is here just outside of Los Angeles.
Brian MerchantGUEST
27:29
where residents of this city, Monterey Park, found that their city council had approved without their knowledge a data center that would be located within their city premises.
Brian MerchantGUEST
27:41
And so they were one of the early groups to sort of organizing data.
Brian MerchantGUEST
27:46
a campaign to block it.
Kristen SchwabHOST
4:08
Local communities are mostly saying thanks, but no thanks.
Kristen SchwabHOST
4:13
Monterey Park on the east side of L.A. County, it's become the first city in the U.S. to ban data centers.
Kristen SchwabHOST
4:19
That's been entirely due to the efforts of a group of residents called No Data Center Monterey Park.
Kristen SchwabHOST
4:25
KCRW's Brandon Reynolds has the story.
Brandon ReynoldsCORRESPONDENT
4:28
Last December, Monterey Park residents started organizing against a proposed 218,000 square foot data center.
Brandon ReynoldsCORRESPONDENT
4:36
While the city was in favor of the project because of the $5 million in tax revenue it was supposed to bring in each year, residents were more concerned about what it'd be taking out.
Brandon ReynoldsCORRESPONDENT
4:45
A lot of water, for one, and enough electricity to power 40,000 homes.
Prague BalianSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
4:50
That's like twice the entire city of Monterey Park per year.
CarmenAUDIENCE
4:13
Hi, good morning.
KleinHOST
4:13
Good morning from Monterey Park.
AllyHOST
4:15
Oh.
KleinHOST
4:15
You are the 20th caller.
Thomas777GUEST
28:57
Ramirez silently entered the house, and when she peeked her head off, he shot her and killed her instantly.
Thomas777GUEST
29:04
Within an hour of this attack, Ramirez assaulted another Asian woman, Veronica Yu, in Monterey Park.
Thomas777GUEST
29:14
he shot her twice with the same 22 and she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Thomas777GUEST
29:21
Um, two days later or 10 days later on the 27th, forgive me, Ramirez entered another home.
Thomas777GUEST
32:10
And it was also after the March 27th incident, the police determined a serial killer was responsible.
Thomas777GUEST
32:17
But again, contrary to the narrative of satanic panic, this information was deliberately suppressed.
Thomas777GUEST
32:26
there was no mention of the ritual aspects and this is important because again it contradicts the narrative which has become the the dominant narrative may 14 1985 uh ramirez attacked another couple in monterey park once again he used the 22 uh caliber pistol um in this case a man six six-year-old man in bill doy He reached for his own personal defense weapon.
Thomas777GUEST
32:58
Ramirez got the drop on him and shot him in the face.
Izin AkabawuHOST
6:09
As with most legislation, a majority of the bills have failed to pass, though many are still pending.
Izin AkabawuHOST
6:15
This summer, voters in Monterey Park, east of Los Angeles, overwhelmingly backed the nation's first permanent ban on data centres.
Izin AkabawuHOST
6:29
Number five, Americans are getting vaccine guidance in an unusual way this fall.
Izin AkabawuHOST
6:37
As summer ends, we're heading into another fall and winter season where people can get sick.
Kenny BakerGUEST
29:01
Now you
Jack BennyHOST
29:02
follow Garvey right through Monterey Park, Wilmar, and then you
Don WilsonHOST
29:06
go...
Don WilsonHOST
29:06
These thrilling directions will be continued next Sunday night.

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