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Residents press supervisors to tighten BESS ordinance, oppose lithium siting near Watsonville
Summary
Multiple Watsonville-area residents urged the Santa Cruz County Board on April 28 to move forward with a firm battery energy storage (BESS) ordinance and oppose permitting lithium-based projects near Mento Road; speakers demanded independent soil testing and argued the county should not pause ordinance work in deference to developers.
Dozens of speakers during the public-comment period pressed the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors April 28 to strengthen the county—attery energy storage system (BESS) ordinance and to oppose lithium battery siting near Mento Road, Watsonville.
Linda Santos asked the board not to pause the draft BESS ordinance while a developer decides next steps. She urged the ordinance to include objective criteria for "economically unviable agricultural land," independent soils testing at the Mento…
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