Their plan has drawn nationwide attention and sparked vociferous debate in California over whether the ultra-rich should be building cities, and whether agricultural land should be sacrificed for h…
A map of proposed residential development is displayed as California Forever CEO Jan Sramek, left, talks to a reporter during a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, at Veterans Memorial Building in Rio Vista, Calif. California Forever unveiled details of its proposed ballot initiative at the press conference.
The “California Forever” project, which would see a city rise from farmland near Fairfield, is financially backed by Silicon Valley venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Michael Moritz, and fellow billionaires LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and businesswoman Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
In a text message, a rancher said a Flannery property lawyer was “bullying the last of the property owners,” according to a court filing. The rancher went on to say he had talked with another owner who agreed the “remaining property owners should be in agreement on what we would want to sell our properties” so the lawyer could not “play owners against owners.” The rancher concluded by saying, “I think we should have a meeting in the next two weeks to talk.
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