The company’s application remains largely similar to its original plan, but instead of the project becoming a new city in unincorporated Solano County, the mega-development could now be located largely within Suisun City, if city and county leaders eventually approve the annexation deal. Rio Vista leaders have also expressed interest in annexing a portion of California Forever’s plan, but those details have yet to be publicly unveiled.
Suisun City leaders have said they are exploring annexation to grow the city’s tax base and solve a structural deficit. Officials in Rio Vista also want to expand their tax base, but aim to preserve the city’s character as a quaint, river-side town.
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Now that the application is complete, Prebula said he will spend the next month holding meetings with staff and Suisun City officials to start an environmental impact report, and eventually, the public will be able to read and comment on it.
Is there any good summary of who California Forever are/what they want? I can't really tell from the article. They want to start a new city from scratch but why? And how will they fund it?
Is there any good summary of who California Forever are/what they want? I can't really tell from the article. They want to start a new city from scratch but why? And how will they fund it?
Their view on “why” is that it’s almost impossible to get anything done in terms of improving/building LA or SF (cf the million dollar bathroom), so it makes more sense to build a new city where...
Their view on “why” is that it’s almost impossible to get anything done in terms of improving/building LA or SF (cf the million dollar bathroom), so it makes more sense to build a new city where you have pre-reformed zoning and better urban design baked in from the start.
California Forever - Wikipedia Wiki does a good job of running down the history. As for the "why" I don't know. I don't have positive opinions based on what I've read.
From what I know, it's a bunch of billionaires, so I assume the funding comes from... Well, themselves...? I don't know much, but there have been other posts about them and this whole initiative.
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Is there any good summary of who California Forever are/what they want? I can't really tell from the article. They want to start a new city from scratch but why? And how will they fund it?
Their view on “why” is that it’s almost impossible to get anything done in terms of improving/building LA or SF (cf the million dollar bathroom), so it makes more sense to build a new city where you have pre-reformed zoning and better urban design baked in from the start.
California Forever - Wikipedia
Wiki does a good job of running down the history.
As for the "why" I don't know. I don't have positive opinions based on what I've read.
They want to do something ambitious and make a ton of money doing it.
From what I know, it's a bunch of billionaires, so I assume the funding comes from... Well, themselves...? I don't know much, but there have been other posts about them and this whole initiative.
One thing that is clear is they bought a lot of land and they want to sell it for a profit after it has been rezoned and developed