Monterey Park
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Sep 12, 2026
AI vs the People - The Fight Over Data Centers
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27:14IndieHOST
But like if it's 20 miles outside Minneapolis or 15 miles from Spokane, is it really helping anybody? Not really.
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27:24IndieHOST
Monterey Park, California stands out for being the first in the nation to enact a permanent ban passed by voters.
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27:31IndieHOST
Again, voting harder.
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27:33IndieHOST
Occasionally it does work.
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27:35IndieHOST
But watch how they get around that.
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27:37IndieHOST
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.
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27:46IndieHOST
Just to fuck with them now.
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27:50IndieHOST
Trump unashamedly centers industry talking points in his executive order.
Black love, brown Pride: What the Barrio Athletics Club / Leimert Park Fiaco teaches us about political power
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42:20PropagandaHOST
There was cross-cultural communication and a creative political power.
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42:24PropagandaHOST
In Monterey Park, they were organizing like patrols that they were able to stand up within an hour.
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42:31PropagandaHOST
Why? Because they already know each other.
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42:34PropagandaHOST
We're already connected.
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42:37PropagandaHOST
And you know what Monterey Park did? They made sure a data center couldn't come.
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42:40PropagandaHOST
Because it was already organized.
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42:46PropagandaHOST
You can't pit our communities against each other if we already communicate with each other.
Data Center Fights, Gaza Ethnic Cleansing, More Deportations to Africa | IndieNewsNow LIVE! 09-08-26
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33:05IndieHOST
But, like, if it's twenty miles outside Minneapolis or fifteen miles from Spokane, is it really helping anybody? Not really.
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33:14IndieHOST
Monterey Park, California, stands out for being the first in the nation to enact a permanent ban passed by voters.
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33:21IndieHOST
Again, voting harder.
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33:23IndieHOST
Occasionally, it does work.
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33:25IndieHOST
But watch how they get around that.
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33:28IndieHOST
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.
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33:40IndieHOST
Trump unashamedly centers industry talking points in his executive order.
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33:45IndieHOST
What a shock.
Canada taxes back
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5:04Kristen SchwabHOST
Companies say we need more of them to keep up with demand for computing and AI.
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5:09Kristen SchwabHOST
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.
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5:19Kristen SchwabHOST
That's been entirely due to the efforts of a group of residents called No Data Center Monterey Park.
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5:26Kristen SchwabHOST
KCRW's Brandon Reynolds has the story.
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5:29Brandon ReynoldsCORRESPONDENT
Last December, Monterey Park residents started organizing against a proposed two hundred and eighteen thousand square foot data center.
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5:36Brandon ReynoldsCORRESPONDENT
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.
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5:50speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's like twice the entire city of Monterey Park per year.
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5:54speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's just coming from this one site.
The Next Wave of Anti-Tech Action is Already Happening
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27:02Brian MerchantGUEST
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.
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27:17Brian MerchantGUEST
So I most closely have tracked the No Data Centers Monterey Park movement and group that is here just outside of Los Angeles.
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27:29Brian MerchantGUEST
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.
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27:41Brian MerchantGUEST
And so they were one of the early groups to sort of organizing data.
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27:46Brian MerchantGUEST
a campaign to block it.
Canada taxes back
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4:08Kristen SchwabHOST
Local communities are mostly saying thanks, but no thanks.
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4:13Kristen SchwabHOST
Monterey Park on the east side of L.A. County, it's become the first city in the U.S. to ban data centers.
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4:19Kristen SchwabHOST
That's been entirely due to the efforts of a group of residents called No Data Center Monterey Park.
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4:25Kristen SchwabHOST
KCRW's Brandon Reynolds has the story.
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4:28Brandon ReynoldsCORRESPONDENT
Last December, Monterey Park residents started organizing against a proposed 218,000 square foot data center.
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4:36Brandon ReynoldsCORRESPONDENT
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.
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4:45Brandon ReynoldsCORRESPONDENT
A lot of water, for one, and enough electricity to power 40,000 homes.
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4:50Prague BalianSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's like twice the entire city of Monterey Park per year.
HOUR 4- Old Peoples Secrets, Klein Ally Show Therapy and MORE
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4:13CarmenAUDIENCE
Hi, good morning.
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4:13KleinHOST
Good morning from Monterey Park.
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4:15AllyHOST
Oh.
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4:15KleinHOST
You are the 20th caller.
The Complete Richard Ramirez Series w/ Thomas777
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28:57Thomas777GUEST
Ramirez silently entered the house, and when she peeked her head off, he shot her and killed her instantly.
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29:04Thomas777GUEST
Within an hour of this attack, Ramirez assaulted another Asian woman, Veronica Yu, in Monterey Park.
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29:14Thomas777GUEST
he shot her twice with the same 22 and she was pronounced dead on arrival.
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29:21Thomas777GUEST
Um, two days later or 10 days later on the 27th, forgive me, Ramirez entered another home.
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32:10Thomas777GUEST
And it was also after the March 27th incident, the police determined a serial killer was responsible.
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32:17Thomas777GUEST
But again, contrary to the narrative of satanic panic, this information was deliberately suppressed.
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32:26Thomas777GUEST
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.
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32:58Thomas777GUEST
Ramirez got the drop on him and shot him in the face.
Pentagon pulls classified documents; Trump’s super PAC money; healthy desserts; and more
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6:09Izin AkabawuHOST
As with most legislation, a majority of the bills have failed to pass, though many are still pending.
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6:15Izin AkabawuHOST
This summer, voters in Monterey Park, east of Los Angeles, overwhelmingly backed the nation's first permanent ban on data centres.
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6:29Izin AkabawuHOST
Number five, Americans are getting vaccine guidance in an unusual way this fall.
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6:37Izin AkabawuHOST
As summer ends, we're heading into another fall and winter season where people can get sick.
Jack Benny - Buckingham Benny
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29:01Kenny BakerGUEST
Now you
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29:02Jack BennyHOST
follow Garvey right through Monterey Park, Wilmar, and then you
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29:06Don WilsonHOST
go...
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29:06Don WilsonHOST
These thrilling directions will be continued next Sunday night.
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