“By-Right” Zoning: What It Means and Why It Was Created to Protect Communities Like Imperial Valley

The phrase "by-right development" appears frequently in the…

The Court Has Ruled. The Law Is Clear. It’s Time to Build.

At some point, the arguments run out and the decision remains.…

The Environmental Case FOR the IVDC: What the Opposition Doesn’t Want You to Calculate

The environmental case against the Imperial Valley Data Center…

The Mining Moratorium Connection: How Blocking Lithium Also Blocks Data Centers

Centro Climatico del Valle and its affiliated organizations…

Imperial Valley vs. Coachella Valley: Why the Data Center Belongs Here

Imperial Valley and Coachella Valley share a geography —…

Farmworker Families and Construction Wages: Where the Money Actually Goes

The $20 million monthly payroll value of the IVDC's construction…

Katherine Burnworth and the Politics of Blocking Jobs That Aren’t Hers to Block

Katherine Burnworth is a City of Imperial council member. The…

Why the County Approved and the City Opposed: A Jurisdictional and Political Analysis

The jurisdictional structure of the IVDC dispute is fundamental…

Luis Olmedo, CTR, and the $83 Million That Changed How We Should Think About CEQA Opposition

The Desert Sun's investigation into Comite Civico Del Valle's…

Why Tech Giants Actually Care About Water: The IVDC’s Recycled Water System as a Competitive Asset

The largest technology companies in the world have made public…