{"id":23369,"date":"2026-06-03T20:37:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/in-first-california-city-overwhelmingly-votes-to-permanently-ban-datacenters\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T20:37:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:37:55","slug":"in-first-california-city-overwhelmingly-votes-to-permanently-ban-datacenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/in-first-california-city-overwhelmingly-votes-to-permanently-ban-datacenters\/","title":{"rendered":"In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While many US city councils have passed moratoriums, Monterey Park is first where residents have voted on a ban<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/viewer.gutools.co.uk\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Residents in Monterey Park, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/california\">California<\/a>, became the first in the US to vote on a permanent ban on datacenters on Tuesday, and early results indicate a resounding victory for the prohibition.<\/p>\n<p>While many cities and counties have already passed temporary or indefinite moratoriums via their local governments, Monterey Park would be the first to do so through a ballot initiative.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/03\/california-monterey-park-datacenters-ban\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4e5749a81532c23398eb891576c96d6ae8079019\/0_0_2498_1998\/master\/2498.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=90247e48d1d71728d7c0b0a682a14f31\" title=\"In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters\" \/>While many US city councils have passed moratoriums, Monterey Park is first where residents have voted on a ban<br \/>\nSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email<br \/>\nResidents in Monterey Park, California, became the first in the US to vote on a permanent ban on datacenters on Tuesday, and early results indicate a resounding victory for the prohibition.<br \/>\nWhile many cities and counties have already passed temporary or indefinite moratoriums via their local governments, Monterey Park would be the first to do so through a ballot initiative. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While many US city councils have passed moratoriums, Monterey Park is first where residents have voted on a ban Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Residents in Monterey Park, California, became the first in the US to vote on a permanent ban on datacenters on Tuesday, and early results indicate a resounding &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/in-first-california-city-overwhelmingly-votes-to-permanently-ban-datacenters\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23369"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}