Data centers

Thanked the council for both votes and told the opposing developer that money cannot buy community.

A 40-year resident who said Perris has paid its dues with warehouses and shouldn't add data centers.

Supported prohibiting data centers, saying Perris has done more than its fair share as a regional logistics hub and deserves a more balanced future.

Cited National Library of Medicine research on data-center health impacts and noted 40% of residents losing medical benefits under HR 1.

Called data centers unethical, citing environmental harm, surveillance uses, higher electric bills and displacement of residents.

Opposed data centers, citing water and electricity strain, few permanent jobs, diesel backup generator emissions and 'forever chemicals.'

Urged the council to choose Option One and follow Monterey Park's example of a voter-locked ban.

Called the ban the only rational option, citing Virginia electricity rate increases of over 200% near data center clusters.

Cited a Linking Institute study showing a rural data center using half a million gallons of water per day, questioning where the water would come from.

Argued data centers contradict the city's stated valuing of life, saying higher utility bills hit the poorest hardest and increase crime.

Said AI isn't wanted, citing grid strain, higher bills and the region's already-worst-in-nation air quality.

A lifelong resident worried about his grandmother's water and electricity bills and the strain on Lake Matthews, a major regional water source.

Supported complete prohibition regardless of AI use, citing cost, noise, air and ground pollution.

A labor and environmental justice organizer from Los Angeles who urged cancellation of surveillance contracts, arguing genuine safety comes from housing, food and healthcare.

With CCAEJ, warned data centers would raise temperatures and pollution, feeding a cycle of wildfires in an area that just had one.

Spoke for her whole family against data centers, citing rising power bills and urging a Monterey Park-style ban prioritizing people.

Called a permanent ban the only solution for a working-class city, citing environmental racism and questioning siting cooling facilities in deserts.

Argued constant noise would destroy nearby property values — 'like a hairdryer blowing in your ear 24/7.'

A Perris resident who said data center developers prey on low-income, marginalized communities and urged a permanent, not temporary, ban.

In complete opposition, urging funds go to youth and schools instead and noting schools near data center sites.

Proposed greening existing warehouses with vines and rooftop gardens, and supported the Option One citywide ban.

Cited Monterey Park's roughly 90% vote to ban data centers, urging the council to listen to the community.

Thanked Nava for the ban motion, urged the community keep showing up, warned about parcel-hub loopholes, and floated a future warehouse ban.

With Inland Valley Alliance, said data centers waste water, recalled the region being used as 'guinea pigs' with warehouses, and urged strong ban language in an election year.

With the Democratic Socialists of America, argued data centers are a net negative on jobs and will raise everyone's bills, urging an outright ban.

A high school student who told a story of livestock stillbirths near a Texas data center and worried about water scarcity and health effects.