This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. asthma. Many Latino families also live in neighborhoods already facing cumulative impacts from industrial uses and transportation corridors.
For a buildout of this scale, Council must exercise due diligence by holding a public study session on cumulative public health impacts. At a minimum, the City must ensure: robust outreach proportionate to the scale of development; an independent cumulative impacts analysis across all projects; comprehensive air pollution modeling from backup power sources; legal assurances on water quality and use; clear enforcement mechanisms; full disclosure of electricity demand and ratepayer risks; ongoing public health monitoring; and enforceable local hire and community benefits.
The City Manager’s memorandum outlines a historic expansion tied to 2,000 MW of new transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. Yet it states no additional Council follow-up is expected beyond annual reports, no board or commission input is planned, and public outreach consists only of posting the item on the April 21, 2026 agenda. That is not meaningful engagement for a decision of this magnitude.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact.
While the City actively markets San José to industry and meets with dozens of developers, residents especially those most impacted are left out of the process.
This imbalance is unacceptable for decisions with long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, and utility costs.
Residents deserve a public study session before the City moves forward. If safeguards are sufficient, they should withstand public scrutiny and independent analysis. Anything less fails both the spirit of Measure I and the communities it was designed to protect.
Tatiana Villaseñor Carrillo
Residence 95112
Permanent address 95133
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Jennifer Hirsch, 95014
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 Signed,
Jennifer Hirsch
95014
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record.
Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Jiro Claveria, 95054
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Andrea Luna, 95123
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record.
Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Jennifer Wright, 95112
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Harsha Gorti, 95037
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[1] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Cynthia Toscano, 95122
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
For what? Technology that is slowly killing us and will be the end of humanity eventually.
Measure I was approved by voters in 2022 to transform public decision-making. Under Charter Section 608 [1] and the Equity Values and Standards Council Policy [2] the City is obligated to center equity, accountability, and meaningful community engagement in its decisions. To date there have been no public study sessions on the cumulative public health impacts of bringing 2,000 MW of data centers online in San José. For a buildout of this scale and consequence, Council must exercise proper due diligence by holding a public study session on the cumulative public health impacts.
At a minimum, the City must address the following:
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record.
Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Melissa Le-Lewis, 95126
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Justin Sinn, 95124
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[1] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Ryan Nguy, 95111
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Rachael Chamberlain, 95139
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Donna Hamane, 94089
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 Donna Hamane
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record.
Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Elizabeth Munoz, 95111
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 Sent from my iPhone
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
David Madrigal, 95122
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Katherine Carranza, 95112
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record.
Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Shreya Vasanth Kumar, 95118
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Claudia Medina, 95122
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. noise, and heat - Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence. A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long- term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems. Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Aditya Parige, 95135 --- [1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 Adi Parige
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission, and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026, meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Lisa Ascarie, 95112
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record.
Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Jolene Barnett, 95136
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 Sent from my iPhone
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record.
Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Alex M Contreras, 95111
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 Sent from my iPhone
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Hana Tello, 95126
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Lindsay Silva, 95046
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Hector Guardado, 95148
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Sincerely,
Chen Jiang
San Jose, CA 95138
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Kaitlyn Howden, 90504
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Amy Guzules, 95123
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[1] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Please reject this proposal to build a new data center in the corresponding area. This proposal does not serve the community but inhibit its residents and ability to grow.
Ciera Coronado, 90504
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Sanee Nashashibi, 95119
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[1] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record.
Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Celeste Lawrence, 95138
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 Sent from my iPhone
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This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Stephanie Chung, 95050
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record.
Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Brynn Angelo, 95666
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
lori McQuiddy, 95119
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record.
Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Florence Anderson, 95119
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 Sent from my iPhone
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
- Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Jasmine Zamora Salas, 95407
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 - Jasmine Zamora
review
- A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements
- Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing - Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers - Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat - Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards
- A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long- term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Pedro Arenas, 95112
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/63862781418282934 2 This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Aymie Dang, 95134
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Sreenivas Andra, 95148
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This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
All the best,
Kenia Carreon, 95136
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Deven Mendoza, 95125
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
roberto uribe, 95050
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 In Warm Regards,
Roberto Uribe
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record.
Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Michelle Alcantar, 95116
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 Sent from my iPhone
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record.
Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Rene Duan, 95123
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
Public health has to be accorded a high priority. Fresh and clean water is not a free and unlimited resource, and it should be reserved for people's use rather than data centers. As sources of fresh water deplete and California continues to suffer through a drought, it seems particularly foolish to use water in this way. Similarly with air pollution and noise pollution. These all have public health impacts and must not be ignored.
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record.
Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Franklin Lee, 95129
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https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 --
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Thanks,
Changho Choi
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Wai Leung, 95110
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Suman Somasundar, 95123
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Fatima Panes, 95111
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 Fatima M. Panes
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Annie Abundiz, 95127
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Stephen Whalen, 95119
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Kenya Bautista, 95126
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 Kenya Bautista Barcenas
(she/her/hers)
CSU Stanislaus '23
Communication Studies
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Sincerely,
Noelle Andrade (Thousand Oaks neighborhood, 95136)
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
- Robust public outreach proportionate to the scale of this historic buildout - An independent cumulative impacts analysis covering all proposed and anticipated data center projects, rather than fragmented project-by-project review - A comprehensive study of air pollution from all backup power sources, fuel types, annual testing hours, outage scenarios, and emergency operating assumptions with clear mitigation requirements - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record.
Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Gina Rose Montarano, 94116
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates - Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting
after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficien t,
then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. An
ything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Sun Liu, 95148
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[1] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. cost risks to ratepayers
Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Bayley Mah, 95135
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342 NO MORE DATA CENTERs!
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve.
Sasha Klamm, 95120
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. - Legal assurances regarding water quality and water use, including risks tied to closed-loop system blowdowns, failures, and backup water sourcing
- Clear penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and accountability for violations of public health mandates
- Full public disclosure of projected electricity demand, transmission and distribution upgrades, and any long-term cost risks to ratepayers
- Baseline and ongoing public health monitoring for nearby communities, including impacts related to air quality, noise, and heat
- Concrete job guarantees for permanent jobs, with local hire and labor standards - A community benefits framework with enforceable public accountability, not vague promises of economic growth
The memorandum from the City Manager’s office makes clear that the City is advancing a historic buildout tied to 2,000 MW of new regional transmission capacity and a growing pipeline of large-load projects. At the same time, it states that no additional City Council follow-up is expected beyond annual status reports, that no board or commission input is associated with this action, and that the entirety of the stated public outreach is that the memorandum will be posted on the City Council agenda website for the April 21, 2026 meeting. That is not meaningful public outreach for an item of enormous consequence.
A buildout of this scale demands public engagement proportionate to its impact. It is not enough to market San José to industry, hold press events, attend conferences, and meet with more than 50 potential developers while residents are treated as an afterthought and receive only an agenda posting after key frameworks are already underway. That imbalance is unacceptable, especially for infrastructure and land use decisions with potentially long-term consequences for public health, environmental quality, neighborhood conditions, and utility systems.
Residents deserve a dedicated public study session before San José moves further down a path that could lock in major pollution and public health burdens. If the City believes its safeguards are sufficient, then those claims should withstand public scrutiny, independent analysis, and questioning on the record. Anything less would fail both the spirit of Measure I and the public the Council is sworn to serve. This is not what we want for our city.
Diana Nguyen, 95111
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[1]
https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/95973/638574336991130000 [2] https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/114681/638627814182829342