Billionaires From Silicon Valley Have Spent $800 Million on Land in NorCal to Start a “Green City”

Finally, the secret’s out: Flannery Associates LLC is made up of numerous Silicon Valley billionaires who want to use the land to start a new “green city” they are calling “California Forever.”

U.S. Representative Mike Thompson who represents the county told the press, “The FBI, the Department of Treasury, everyone has been doing work trying to figure out who these people are. Their secrecy has caused a lot of problems, a lot of time, and a lot of expense.”

Apparently, they thought that secrecy was necessary to avoid speculation until they had enough land to tell the world their real plan. Essentially, the billionaires feared that if people in Solano County knew it was them, they would have stopped selling them the land they wanted.

The county lies just 60 miles northeast of San Francisco and 35 miles southwest of Sacramento, California’s capital city, and directly next to the Travis Air Force Base.

However, while the group claims that their plan is to build tens of thousands of new houses, something that California desperately needs, many worry that the real idea is “to create a city for the elite.”

Congressman Thompson met with Flannery Associates and was less than impressed with their lack of understanding of the county, as well as the financials of the project. Apparently, in the meeting, the Silicon Valley investors expected to be praised for their project, but Thompson reported that they don’t even have a solid plan yet.

The rural county is currently home to 450,000 people, many of whom are farmers and specifically live in the area because of its rural and natural charm. And although the California Forever project claims they will build houses for the middle class, residents are doubtful that they’ll be able to afford the new “elite” homes.

Rio Vista Mayor Ron Kott explained his opinion to the press, “If it’s done correctly, I think there’s a lot of opportunities for the county. Their tax revenue base will increase quite a bit. So there’s going to be a big windfall from that. Property values would probably go up around here as well even further. And so I think from those perspectives it’s good.”

U.S. Representative John Garamendi stated, “You big wealthy Silicon Valley billionaires, you’re party to all of this. This is the kind of people you are? This is how you want to operate? What they’ve managed to do is to totally poison the well.”

Princess Washington, mayor of Suisun City, said she thinks the California Forever plan is not the way to improve the state: “Economic blight is everywhere. So why do you need to spend upwards of a billion dollars to create a brand new city when you have all these other things that can be achieved throughout the Bay Area?”

One mother from Solano County stated, “Instead of watching our kids leave, we have the opportunity to build a new community that attracts new employers, creates good paying local jobs, builds homes in walkable neighborhoods, leads in environment stewardship, and fuels a growing tax base to serve the county at large.”

And the group is working hard to do so by emailing surveys and promoting the project throughout the county. The campaign will likely take months, if not years, and there is no way to know yet if California Forever will actually be built.