A Silicon Valley-backed initiative to build a green city for up to 400,000 people in Solano County has qualified for the Nov. 5 ballot, elections officials said Tuesday.
JANIE HAR Associated PressCalifornia Forever's initiative to build a green city for up to 400,000 people in Solano County near Travis AFB has qualified for the Nov. 5 ballot.
The registrar is scheduled to present the results of the count to the county Board of Supervisors in two weeks, at which point the board can order an impact assessment report. Sramek, who has the backing of wealthy investors such as philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, disclosed that the campaign spent $2 million in the first quarter of 2024.
Opposition includes conservation groups and some local and federal officials who say the plan is a speculative money grab rooted in secrecy. Sramek outraged locals by covertly purchasing more than $800 million in farmland and even suing farmers who refused to sell.
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