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Mike Garcia: “The community had no input, they had no voice. The…”

Featuring: Mike Garcia, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 27

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Mike Garcia Warns Against 'Rushing' Energy Storage Facility Development

Published | Video Starts at 03:31

And it's got a Brightline west plan nearby, a new rail line, as well as California's high speed rail right by this best facility in La county. And in the end, The community had no input, they had no voice. The government was running with scissors, and the La county officials were able to put this best facility in a location that, frankly, is probably the absolute worst location that they could have chosen. So, again, I want to thank the chairman for this good bill. Overall, it does a lot of amazing things. And I especially want to make sure that, I want to reiterate that these battery storage facilities are good. (03:31–03:46)

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Asserts that the community had no input in the decision to place the BESS facility, which was placed in a poor location by LA county officials.

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