The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to consider a temporary moratorium on new data center approvals at its meeting on Sept. 1, 2026, according to the published agenda.
The agenda item describes an ordinance imposing a temporary moratorium prohibiting the processing and approval of new data center uses within the unincorporated county, to allow for evaluation of public health, environmental and fiscal impacts and the enactment of further measures, according to the agenda.
The matter is relevant to residents of unincorporated Mendocino County because, according to the agenda, it would pause the county’s processing and approval of new data center project applications while officials evaluate potential public health, environmental and fiscal effects.
- Meeting: Mendocino County Board of Supervisors
- Date: Sept. 1, 2026
- Location: Mendocino, California
- Agenda item: Temporary moratorium on processing and approval of new data center uses in the unincorporated county
- Stated purpose, per the agenda: allow evaluation of public health, environmental and fiscal impacts and enactment of further measures
According to the agenda, the Board of Supervisors is scheduled to take up the moratorium item during its Sept. 1, 2026 meeting. The published agenda does not indicate the outcome of the item, as the meeting has not yet occurred.
Residents seeking more information or wishing to comment on the proposed moratorium can review the full agenda and meeting details through the Mendocino County Legistar system, and may attend the Sept. 1, 2026 Board of Supervisors meeting to participate in the public process, according to the published meeting record.
Official source: the published record