California Forever in Solano County | Explained

After discreetly buying land for years, Flannery Associates LLC has acquired more than 50,000 acres and is ready to move on with its idea of creating a new city.

[hlondon]

It is interesting that none of the people who were FORCED TO SELL their long-held family farm property have not been interviewed. There is far more to this troubling story than what is reported in this video. It is very sad what has happened.

[eh]

Aain, no real questions from the media. After nearly seven years of secrecy, this billionaire group is showing artsy images as their "plan", but none of these are real architectural/engineering drawings.

What the media should be asking:
-Why did this group work in secrecy for so many years, instead of coordinating with the county planning process, like most developers.
-This investor group has ZERO experience in RE and land development. Why do they think this will succeed?
-How much will the taxpayers be investing in main roads and other infrastructure ?
-Why are they suing the local landowners who refused to sell their land, for $500 million???

And so on.

[JH-nrfc]

This is sketchy and it’s obvious they tried to hide their motives to avoid pushback

[nancychace]

I wouldn't trust Sramek twice as far as I could throw him. He was anything but transparent until he was found out. Way too close for comfort to Travis. He's railroaded old local ranchers off their land. This guy is NOT YOUR FRIEND. Be very careful what you wish for, Solano Co. There won't be any turning back with this turkey once he gets his foot in the door.

[silverhercules]

Need a bill to stop the company from buying land next to the military base and stealing by forcing farmers to sell their land !!!

[pwr-ultima]

This is going to be a gentrification of farmlands. Who'll be able to afford to live in their utopia? Will it be the displaced tech employees of Silicon Valley or the local residents of Rio Vista and Fairfield?

[JeanFitzpatrick-flgy]

I feel sorry for the people that unwittingly gave away their land already to this charlantan.

[omegaforce]

Who’s believes this guy when he says it’s for the middle class?? 😂there is no middle class the way California is going fright now

[youtubetroll]

no how about rebuilding Gary Indiana, or

[franciscosaldana]

I think the planner from UC Berkeley has the best idea, spend the money in the other cities of the state, very good interviewer. Why gobble ranchland where there are plenty of cities around and who's going to live there, Mr. Roger's neighborhood. The entrepeneur gives himself away by saying " we want to build the city of yesterday " . Silicon Valley is a US jewel but it creates a euphoric vision in these entrepreneurs that they can change everything from scratch.

[zhuzhou]

This immigrant is more American than 90% of journalists. I say, invite him to be a US citizen and let him build and do stuff and make a better future. Apparently regular old Americans forgot how to do good things and make a better future by working hard and doing difficult things, rather than just blocking and complaining other people who are TRYING!

[Imgonnaswingby]

This is showing, that we are tired of the normal community structure.

[tomchristianson]

I can tell from the comments that most people don't have a clue about where this is and what is proposed. The media is NOT helpful. They want to hype the controversy. This guy wants his kids to grow up in a community without cars dominating every aspect of life. I wish him success.

[Me]

0:55 They want to recreate a vision of old school communities that’s we’ve destroyed everywhere else.

[SteveFoster-nb]

Why is East Solano Plan not accepting comments on their posts? Their posts state millions of gallons of water are being wasted on people who have invested money on farms. These are only sections of this land that are irrigated. Most of the land is used for grazing and uses rain for watering. The only people 'needing' this city are the people from the bay area. Solano county has had so many businesses close. Look at the Solano Mall. I don't understand how the investors think their businesses will fair any better. My vote is "NO".

[SteveFoster-nb]

Look for lawsuits from the developers when this voted down. No way they have put out millions of dollars of secret and hostile investment and advertising without a fight. When it comes to what the voters want it doesn't matter. It's how much money are they willing to spend fighting against this.

[realmuzik]

Sounds like he wants to build a more Davis version of Davis. Just not based on school and students being the population. There are a lot of bikes in Davis for anyone not familiar with the area.

[stanyu]

It’s a lovely design, but I wonder local & national engineering & building codes will allow California Forever to really be built as envisioned.

[nickbono]

The fact that the city planner said it has the potential for 400, 000 people means a big vote NO for me!

[hyphydan]

There are millions of Chinese Seniors waiting to reunite with their Children in America