Malissa Tayaba, vice chairperson of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, stepped forward from her seat Tuesday afternoon and stood before the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors and more than 150 speakers waiting their turn to deliver testimony on what has become one of the county’s most controversial solar projects.
“My tribe, along with other tribes in the region with ancestral connections to this location, voiced our concerns a multitude of times, to no avail,” Tayaba said.
Her testimony followed a presentation by Kimber Gutierrez, an associate planner for Sacramento County, who acknowledged that the construction of DESRI’s proposed Coyote Creek Agrivoltaic Ranch Project would result in significant impacts to the region’s oak woodlands and tribal cultural resources…