‘California Forever' plan moves forward

California Forever – the group aiming to build a new city in Solano County – moved one big step closer to making their dream a reality Tuesday. The group announced that it has secured more than enough signatures to get the initiative on the November ballot. But as Jodi Hernandez reports, the group still has an uphill battle.

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[robertstark]

Affordable housing but only for San Francisco tech millionaires.

[williamryan]

Look at the track record of failing urban areas surrounding the land. They haven't been able to fix the existing issues and they want to build more? How about demonstrating the ability to fix current social issues like narcotics trafficking, homelessness, mentally ill roaming the streets, little of no police and fire response to crime, real estate speculation, lack of water in drought cycles. damage to sensitive wildlife lile Grizzly Island and the Delta.Travis Airforce base? What about that?

[BeoAndBu]

That lad really believed those billionaires wanted to help low income people

[Danny-bdch]

Nothing but two lane roads for miles in the area. Guess who will pick up the tab for widening the roads. It is already a cluster f on highway 12.

[michaelwells]

You can build- We just ain’t gonna give you any Water 😮

[alexlopez]

Horrible idea. Why would you build a city on top of another one? Horrible idea.

[rbrink]

The Solano County Registrar of Voters had to release a notice about California Forever's deceptive tactics to get signatures.

[elizabethreid]

The term " Affordable Housing ", is a marketing term. Think about that.

[zsqbjem]

Let's look how this came about. Developers purchased land in secret over a period of years. They took landowners to court to force them to sell their land. They say they will pay their 'fair share' in improvements to infrastructure. After their 'fair share' the balance belongs to Solano county citizens. What is their 'fair share'? No one knows. Problems of water supply, sewage and garbage to the estimated 40, 000 homes and businesses has not been thoroughly work out. What if their 'fair share' doe not cover ten yrs down the road?
Developers state this is targeted for 'middle class' with houses starting at the low $400Ks. A $500K house in Solano county is about 1600sq/ft and one bath maybe two. This is without upgrades. Anyone who has bought a house before knows there are bidding wars. When we purchased in Vacaville we were outbid 5 times. Bay area people are desperate to leave the bay area. I can't blame them. Fairfield, Vacaville and other communities in Solano county are building houses as fast as they are sold and built. Even before they are built. In Vacaville alone there are at least 6-8 subdivisions in the building stages right now with another 3-4 in the ground breaking stage.
Another thing the citizens of Solano county need to remember is people who live in the bay area are far more liberal in their politics. You only need to look at Arizona to see what happens when a massive swing to liberal ideology takes place. Sanity went to insanity quickly.
We will be voting NO for this project.

[californianorma]

Sure, hold a vote.

I am glad to come up and campaign AGAINST 🙏🏽

Ohlone, Patwin, Miwok.

Green? How is cement greener than open farmland 😮

[tycchock]

When have you ever heard of a BILLIONAIRE spending billions of their
dollars to help the lower class???
If they honestly wanted to make a positive impact on the residence
such as myself, they would work with the existing cities in Solano
County to achieve their same goals.
They could also work to build more affordable housing in their
own communities so workers wouldn't have to commute from
Solano County to their jobs in the peninsula.
VOTE NO IN

[tonygonzalez]

You mean the hands were greased just right for their signature 😊

[nothankyou]

You can't make this up. They really are that stupid.

[kaylagarcia]

I would check and see whom exactly owns the land in this NEW County before you start investing in a REZONING IS it Bonafide American Land? Is it land now owned by A Foreign Entity Like China? IF it is outside Travis Air Force Base I believe that land has been SOLD and No longer American Soil so why invest in it? It will pull in Chinese Steele anyway I AM VERY SUSPICIOUS of motives and intentions of this MOVEMENT. I hope someone looks into the ownership of this land before Contraversy is drawn up all in a ploy to DUPE Americans out of MORE Money. 🤷 #NeverFearTruth

[nooshinscorner]

This needs to be nipped in the bud. That land is too close to Travis Airforce Base and perfect for foreign spies. It wil have its own infrastructure which includes underground piping, electricity, and gas. It will have a police force. Only if I hear a high ranking military guy give the green light who believes that this will not pose a threat to our national security, would I vote for it.

[Mlogan]

When was the last time a group of billionaires got together and decided to do something beneficial that favored the working class? I can't

[RagingBull-golo]

I am a strong proponent of more housing being built including walkable and transit-oriented places, but I am not supporting this proposed development as it's sprawl being built way too close to the Travis Air Force Base, agricultural lands will be gobbled up, water consumption will increase, and the economies of the surrounding communities nearby will be affected. With transit in Solano County being poor in which BART has no plans of expanding into Solano anytime soon traffic on I-80 and major roads nearby will worsen. If their proposed city ends up being on the November ballot and gets voted down, those Silicon Valley billionaires should sell the lands and use the concepts of their proposed city to redevelop the areas around the VTA Light Rail stations which are mostly sprawling office parks, strip malls, and gigantic lots (parking or undeveloped lands) which believe it or not is one of the main reasons why the system itself has poor ridership and if that happens I will consider supporting the company.

[wanderinglife]

How about send all homeless to that county. 😎😎😎

[DNNY-JAMES]

If you build it, the homeless will come.

[suppajess]

And I bed about 19, 000 of those signatures were people who were fooled by the idiots standing in front of all the stores spreading lies and grabbing signatures under false pretenses.