City Council

20. CONSIDERATION OF AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. O2M26-4868 CALLING AN ELECTION FOR BALLOT MEASURE BANNING DATA CENTERS, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED CEQA DETERMINATION LANGUAGE – F2M26-33, O2M26-4868 At a special meeting of the Alhambra City Council held July 14, 2026 the City Council introduced ordinance No. O2M26-4868 for first reading, calling for an election on a ballot measure to ban data centers in the City. The Ordinance is attached for consideration and adoption by the Council. Additionally, a resolution is attached for the Council’s consideration, requesting that the County consolidate the election on the ballot measure with the General Election on November 2,2026. Additionally, should the Council wish to be the authors of the argument in support of the ballot measure, a draft argument is included for your consideration. The argument cannot be more than 300 words. Recommended Action: City Council, by one motion, take the following actions: 1. Find that adoption of Ordinance No. O2M26-4868 pertaining to a ban on data centers in the City is not subject to further CEQA review as the city previously adopted a van via City Council Ordinance No. O2M26-4863, for which CEQA review was undertaken and a CEQA determination was made. The proposed Ordinance No. O2M26-4868 would enact the same ban with no additional environmental impacts and as such is not a new project within the meaning of Public Resources Code Section 20165 and it can be seen with certainty that there will be no additional impacts not previously studied under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). 2. Adopt the following ordinance entitled: Ordinance No. O2M26-4868: An Ordinance of the Alhambra City Council providing for a General Municipal Election in said City to be held on November 3, 2026, providing for the consolidation of the General Municipal Election with the Statewide General Election; said election being held for a Ballot Measure 3. Adopt the following resolution entitled: Resolution No. R2M26-26: A Resolution of the Alhambra City Council requesting the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles to order the consolidation of an Alhambra General Municipal Election to consider a ballot measure banning data centers to be held on November 3, 2026 with the Statewide General Election to be held in Los Angeles County the same day, to authorize the Board Of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles to canvass the returns of said General Municipal Election and to request that the Registrar of Voters of said County be permitted to render specified services to the Election pursuant to Elections Code Section 10403. 4. Designate the City Council as the authors of the argument in support of the Ballot Measure and approve the form of the argument included with this staff report.