1. United States
  2. Calif.
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Data centers transparency and anti-corruption

To: Gov. Newsom, Sen. Wahab, Asm. Ahrens

From: A verified voter in Sunnyvale, CA

September 8

Ban data centers development for three years. Remove all subsidies and tax breaks for all datacenters now. Require full EIR publically available online for 6 months before votes. No NDAs allowed for public officials at state local or national level for AI and data center development. The Brown Act applies. Environmental Impacts Must follow EIR process and also provide forecasts for and ongoing publication of their use of water, power, pollutants, noise and light emmitted. First use of power and water goes to residents and farmers. No previous power or water agreement can be cancelled in favor of data centers. A trusted third party appointed by must monitor for impacts and dangers to public and audit weekly. No datacenters without closed loop systems for water and transition to clean power planned and completed within one year for old and at start of service for new. Power use must not raise prices for consumers. Reform to reduce industry influence on regulatory agencies needs to be draft and approved. Executive compensation and influence Public Utilities must adopt $500,000 per exec caps on total comoensation( stock, salaries, bonuses in whatever form. Lobbying for industry is banned for five years after leaving company or official jobs. If prices have been impacted by data center use, that must be reversed to earlier lower prices and datacenters will be charged at the higher rate. No socialism for the capitalists. The consumers must be reimbursed extra costs already incurred by the development of data centers and prioritize over data centers. No public official at state, local county or other level can own AI stocks, trade on prediction markets, own or trade crypto currency, or act on trades or purchases based on what they monitor, regulate, sit on committees or otherwise influence in their official capacity. Even the appearance of corruption must be avoided.

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