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Civic issues
Topics getting the most attention in Imperial County, California public meetings, ranked by how frequently they come up.
Updated CEQA regulations
The county wants to modernize its local environmental review rules, but critics say the changes make appeals harder for residents and remove a layer of protection by letting developers appeal the level of environmental analysis to the Board. The vote was pushed a week for fine-tuning.
April 7 lot merger controversy
Residents are still upset about last week's chaotic meeting over a lot merger tied to a 330-megawatt data center. One speaker filed a formal Brown Act demand to void the vote, saying the public was silenced on the data center, and another described being arrested. The Board defended its staff but the controversy isn't going away.