California Forever in Solano County, explained (2023)

After spending half a decade discreetly buying land, Flannery Associates LLC has acquired more than 50,000 acres and is ready to move on with its idea of creating a new city in Solano County. Something it's currently calling California Forever. ABC10 is looking into Flannery Associates and what it wants to do in Solano County. Here's what we know so far.

[pwr-ultima]

Beware of the wolf wearing a sheep's clothing

[pasolumination]

Walkable cities are a lovely European reality for people with European sensibilities in their lives, biggest if which is 'less is more'. American sensibilities are diametrically opposed to that concept so we will forever build place that have fences, walls, places to store your consumer goods and things that attempt to impress your neighbors but ultimately bond you to debt, taxes, insurance, rent on storage and so forth. Everything everywhere is too corrupt for this project to be what the founders envision. I LOVE California and hope the less is more ideology needed to drive the walkable cities and shared outdoor spaces concept home. The challenge is that California is in America

[JeanFitzpatrick-flgy]

Bring this guy in and ask him what his solutions are for existing cities like Folsom for traffic mitigation, which
our current leaders are not managing very well.

[willowsloughdx]

Where does "California Forever" expect to find water for this huge project? Fairfield stuck their straw into the Delta in the 1990's and they won't be able to sick in another.

[mayranck]

How could anyone miss Travis Air force base? It's a secret. So what is the real reason to purchase land near Travis Air force base. This Kid is so full of himself. No ethics. Ex harrasing farmers to sell then turning around and sueing. Wolf in a robot clothes. All he wants and needs is for the zonging law to change to benefit him Nothing for the public.

[happydayz]

What does the EPA have to say? I had to pay for relocating native salamanders. Who’s going to foot the bill to relocate all the species that live on this land? And don’t you care about displacing the animals and birds that call that land their home?

[larrywong]

it doesn't make sense why they invest so much money on this project, smells fishy

[mayranck]

No water. So the cost of water will be extremely expensive.

[bargdaffy]

That is basically how Walt Disney bought the land in Orlando for Disney World.

[kathleentrinity]

What will be the impact on wildlife that need broad areas to roam and move with the seasons? Also, what will be the impact on water? As with the Tejon Projects, this type of development pretends that people will remain in the new city. The fact is that it will draw and send out traffic as people commute to jobs outside the area.
Those who love California need to look into this project. Once the farmlands and wilderness is gone, they're gone forever. The developers are interested only in massive profits...something to keep in mind when they give the sales pitch.

[junior]

Don’t be fooled, this guy is getting his strings pulled from the top. Suing these poor farmers smh

[TheLiamster]

I think this is a great project and I hope it gets built

[mayranck]

This is still Solano county. Not a city.

[TheRoamingHazard]

This is garbage. These resources should be put toward the existing cities in the area. There is NO shortage of unused or poorly used space in the existing surrounding developed areas. Want to throw some money around then fix up the existing cities like Vallejo, Fairfield, etc.

[asarualim]

l hope they build it. Sometimes it seems like we let small minded concerns prevent progress and experimentation. Even if it is an abject failure, we will learn much from the experience and the need is real. The best part is, they are using private money so if the project goes tits up it won't cost the tax payer a dime.

[weworks]

Something’s doesn’t feel right about this.and just by looking at “him”.hard pass NO ! “utopian Society” right Lol.

[RacerX]

Who will pay for the roads to get in and out? Where will they get the water? How much are these supposedly affordable housing?

[albertoblanco]

Also they disabled the comments section on their account.

[thomasdwyer]

its a area that will need sea walls sonner or later whitch is douable

[Oscar_Vaughn_Doom]

Gotta call a spade, a spade. This sounds like a scam. People work from home now. People rarely commute like they used to.