$800 Million Project’s “First Look” A lot like Midjourney A.I.
A Silicon Valley company named California Forever, backed by billionaires including LinkedIn’s co-founder and Steve Jobs’ widow, has acquired enough land to proceed with plans for a high-tech “city of yesterday” near San Francisco.
The company, led by CEO Jan Sramek, has spent over $800 million in a years-long campaign acquiring 53,000 acres in Solano County. Despite a recently dropped $510 million lawsuit against local landowners, details about the project, which promises a green smart municipality, remain vague.
Critics express concerns about logistical, legal, and governmental uncertainties, while some worry about the proximity of the proposed city to Travis Air Force Base and potential national security issues. The project envisions a walkable community with homes, a solar energy farm, orchards, and parks.
Basically, what other countries have been doing for decades (sometimes centuries) is now the pet project of a bunch of rich Americans who would rather buy up 53,000 acres for their own personal 1950s Disneyland than fix the cities and towns that have been crumbling into dust for years.
But I don’t want to get into the rage I feel about an insane amount of money being used to create something that already exists in plenty of other places. Instead, I want to…
