âFailure to prepare is preparing to fail.â Thatâs a quote from John Wooden, one of the greatest coaches in college basketball history. Unfortunately, Coach Wooden's words aptly describe Alameda County's decade long failure to develop a comprehensive policy for the siting of utility scale solar facilities in the East County. The task is not impossible. Contra Costa County started working on a comprehensive solar policy seven years after Alameda County began its work, and Contra Costa County finished its policy a year ago. Santa Clara County adopted a solar policy in 2010. After he voted to approve the gigantic Aramis industrial solar plant on March 4, 2021, Supervisor David Haubert said he wanted a county solar policy to determine where any new solar facilities should be sited that would pose the least conflict with the environment ⦠but not yet. First, he wants to decide whether to approve the other large solar facility in the âpipeline,â called the Sunwalker project.