Local leaders have vowed to block the project — backed by tech billionaires like LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.
The artistic renderings from Flannery Associates and its parent company, dubbed “California Forever,” included idyllic sketches of children riding bikes on tree-lined streets, kayakers traversing a calm river and people fishing along a beautiful waterway with mansions stacked on a scenic, hilly backdrop.
The project’s organizers – backed by tech titans including LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen – acknowledged local skepticism about the city, admitting their activities had “understandably, created interest, concern, and speculation.”
“Now that we’re no longer limited by confidentiality, we are eager to begin a conversation about the future of Solano County – a conversation with all of you,” the group said.show workers installing solar panels and local residents of futuristic city eating food under umbrellas in a town square area.The idealized renderings are a far cry from the current reality on the ground in Solano County, where.
Local officials told The Post that the 55,000 acres the group has acquired consist of mostly dry, inhospitable farmland beset by harsh winds, turbines and abandoned gas wells.Flannery had already infuriated local leaders by snapping up huge chunks of land around the critical Travis Air Force Base – and doing so with such secrecy that lawmakers feared China might be behind the purchases.
Even after the group’s deep-pocketed investors were revealed, US Rep. John Garamendi and others ripped Flannery’s “strong-arm mobster techniques” to wrest property from unwilling landowners and raised concern about a city’s potential impact on Travis, a key local economic driver and national military hub.
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