"Billionaires Unveil Detailed Plan for New Urbanist Utopia in Solano County"

TL;DR
In Solano County, California, a group of tech billionaires, including Michael Moritz, Reid Hoffman, and Laurene Powell Jobs, have spent $900 million on farmland to build a city of 400,000, causing upheaval among local farmers who have been approached by a company called Flannery Associates. The company's attempts to buy up farmland have sparked feuds and suspicions among the locals, who are skeptical about the idea of paving over ranches to address San Francisco's urban housing problems.
- The Farmers Had What the Billionaires Wanted The New York Times
- Billionaire backers of new California city reveal proposed map and details WBNS 10TV
- California Forever unveils more detailed plan, ‘legally binding’ commitments for proposed new Solano County city NewsNation Now
- California Forever pitches urbanist utopia in Solano County - San Francisco Business Times The Business Journals
- Locals Shut Out of Billionaires' Unveiling of New City Plans The Daily Beast
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