California Forever spent five years secretly buying tens of thousands of acres of ranch land before abruptly sparking an angry uproar among Solano County’s citizenry by filing a $510 million …
California Forever CEO Jan Sramek talks during a press conference at Veterans Memorial Building in Rio Vista, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. California Forever unveiled details of its proposed ballot initiative at the press conference. A prominent conservation group on Thursday came out against a plan backed by Silicon Valley billionaires for a new, utopian city the size of Vallejo in Solano County.
The project, California Forever, was birthed in 2017, led by former Wall Street trader Jan Sramek. It gained financial backing from billionaire venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Michael Moritz, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and businesswoman Laurene Powell Jobs.
In response to the Land Trust’s new opposition to the project, California Forever said in a statement Thursday that it is keeping its plan to 17,500 acres, safely away from sensitive environments including the San Francisco Bay Delta and Suisun Marsh. Braddock said Thursday in a phone interview that the decision to oppose the project came after careful analysis, and weighing the proposal against the trust’s mission to protect land and water for future generations.
California Forever said its project has already attracted commitments from employers and will also include building California’s biggest solar farm. Its proposed ballot initiative, the company said, provides an opportunity to “lift up our collective communities from Vallejo to Dixon and Fairfield to Rio Vista.”Dear Abby: I blew off the teacher's concerns, and now I feel so guilty about my sonThey had a ‘fling’ in Vegas and he promised to help her get a job at Tesla.
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