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Baldwin Park adopts one-year urgency moratorium on new data centers, citing water concerns

Baldwin Park City Council · April 16, 2026
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Summary

The city approved an urgency ordinance (one-reading) extending a moratorium on approval, establishment or operation of data centers—councilmembers cited potential risks to the San Gabriel Valley Basin and the ordinance passed unanimously.

Baldwin Park’s City Council on Wednesday approved an urgency ordinance extending a moratorium on the approval, establishment or operation of data centers within city limits. The ordinance was approved on an urgency basis (single reading) and passed unanimously 3–0.

Councilmember Emmanuel J.…

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