Daily Business Report: May 7, 2026
California will soon have more than 300 data centers — but where will they get their water?
by Steven Rodas | Inside Climate News
The new data center proposed for a quiet city about 115 miles east of San Diego came across people’s radars in different ways.
For patrons of the deli on West Aten Road, it was the white “Not In My Backyard” signs jutting out of lawns.
For local irrigation district workers, it was something called an “electric service application.”
By Katy Grimes | California Globe
A 2025 Cal Poly research paper revealed that California lettuce growers now spend 12.6% of their total production costs on regulatory compliance.
The Cal Poly study, which updated prior analyses in 2006 and 2017, titled “Two Decades of Change: Evolving Costs of Regulatory Compliance in the Produce Industry,” was authored by agribusiness professors Lynn Hamilton and Michael McCullough and commissioned by the Monterey County Farm Bureau. It examines a large-scale commercial lettuce operation (over 1,000 acres) in the Salinas Valley.
Historic Little Italy church throws stones at State Street bike lane
By Drew Sitton | Times of San Diego
Opponents of San Diego’s growing bike lane network have criticized the lanes for slowing traffic, commandeering parking, and driving away foot traffic to local businesses.
A new voice joined that opposition.
A Little Italy church says a freshly-installed bike lane in front of its church doors is preventing churchgoers from accessing the place of worship, as well as hearses from parking in front of the church for pallbearers to load and unload coffins following funeral services.
