California Forever in Solano County | Explained
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- čas přidán 21. 01. 2024
- After discreetly buying land for years, Flannery Associates LLC has acquired more than 50,000 acres and is ready to move on with its idea of creating a new city.
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Thanks for sharing. People really need to be informed about this.
I can tell from the comments that most people don't have a clue about where this is and what is proposed. The media is NOT helpful. They want to hype the controversy. This guy wants his kids to grow up in a community without cars dominating every aspect of life. I wish him success.
Without cars? In the middle of nowhere?
So just sell his own car and walk or maybe that fascist not only doesn't want his own car but also doesn't want you to have a car. Typical fascist
Everything you need is in the city, why would you need a car? @@arxligion
Yes, but the problem is that they're wanting to take farmland to do it. For a risk. I want good urbanism, but good urbanism within. I grew up in a rural to suburbia transition area. It's easier to say how much good it would bring, but you have no idea the impact that it actually has.
It was mostly woodland and farmland, they had to dynamite parts of it. You have no idea how devastating environmentally it is. I seen so many animal carcasses.
In a way, at least this is just farmland. It'll be a little less devastating. And if it's going on our farmlands how are we going to feed the people?
I always wonder this question because I see fewer and fewer farmland and yet we have more and more demand for resources. We may have a housing crisis today but tomorrow we may have something for worse. A food crisis.
I'd be impressed if they can build this new city without use of cars, trucks, bull dozers, fork lifts, etc. I think the guy is on a very powerful stimulant
Aain, no real questions from the media. After nearly seven years of secrecy, this billionaire group is showing artsy images as their "plan", but none of these are real architectural/engineering drawings.
What the media should be asking:
-Why did this group work in secrecy for so many years, instead of coordinating with the county planning process, like most developers.
-This investor group has ZERO experience in RE and land development. Why do they think this will succeed?
-How much will the taxpayers be investing in main roads and other infrastructure ?
-Why are they suing the local landowners who refused to sell their land, for $500 million???
And so on.
That Guy is ex-trader from Wall Street. This fact saying about more... California Forever - Big Fake Project.
they're billionaires for a reason. I don't think they really owe anyone a reason. I'm sure they can find a legal way around anything.
where is the trash going ??in ur back yard?tons pf trash daily have to go somewhere
I feel sorry for the people that unwittingly gave away their land already to this charlantan.
They knew what they were doing, they wanted the money
0:55 They want to recreate a vision of old school communities that’s we’ve destroyed everywhere else.
where is the garbage dump going??in ur back yard
This is going to be a gentrification of farmlands. Who'll be able to afford to live in their utopia? Will it be the displaced tech employees of Silicon Valley or the local residents of Rio Vista and Fairfield?
tech retirees, I reckon
No migrants? How mean??
I'll move there
where is the garbage dump going???
This immigrant is more American than 90% of journalists. I say, invite him to be a US citizen and let him build and do stuff and make a better future. Apparently regular old Americans forgot how to do good things and make a better future by working hard and doing difficult things, rather than just blocking and complaining other people who are TRYING!
where is the garbage dump going??in ur back yard??tons of trash daily have to go somewhere
I wouldn't trust Sramek twice as far as I could throw him. He was anything but transparent until he was found out. Way too close for comfort to Travis. He's railroaded old local ranchers off their land. This guy is NOT YOUR FRIEND. Be very careful what you wish for, Solano Co. There won't be any turning back with this turkey once he gets his foot in the door.
Yes. And ZERO experience as a land developer. And why are they suing local landowners who refused to sell to them, for $500 million??
I think the planner from UC Berkeley has the best idea, spend the money in the other cities of the state, very good interviewer. Why gobble ranchland where there are plenty of cities around and who's going to live there, Mr. Roger's neighborhood. The entrepeneur gives himself away by saying " we want to build the city of yesterday " . Silicon Valley is a US jewel but it creates a euphoric vision in these entrepreneurs that they can change everything from scratch.
Unfortunately progressive urbanism doesn't pass through city council in many places. Still today there are complains over bike lanes, people still aren't ready to admit that walkable cities are the future.
always farm land where will the food come from an where will the garbage go???
This is showing, that we are tired of the normal community structure.
It’s a lovely design, but I wonder local & national engineering & building codes will allow California Forever to really be built as envisioned.
There's no National zoning laws. That's the property of the states and the local municipality. If the land is unincorporated and not belonging to any municipality in particular, then the developers can build whatever they want and even have the place incorporated as a city. In California any unincorporated area that can demonstrate the ability to pay for their own Municipal services can incorporate as a municipality.
If the land belonged to municipality in opposition all they have to do is Zone it out of existence.
@@luisarroyo1368 I’m not talking about zoning, I’m talking about engineering codes that dictate how wide streets must be, how widely corners have to be rounded at street intersections, and how wide lanes must be. I’m also talking about the International Building Code, which among other things requires that buildings over two floors high have at least two separate stairways. Mandates of modern building & engineering codes explain why new urban construction usually looks much bigger, blockier, and spread out than than the pre-World War 2 cityscapes we love in cities like Philadelphia, Boston & San Francisco.
Sounds like he wants to build a more Davis version of Davis. Just not based on school and students being the population. There are a lot of bikes in Davis for anyone not familiar with the area.
Why would this guy move to Fairfield if he wanted to live in a more bike friendly city! 😂 Oh wait, because he probably bought a mansion outside of Fairfield in Green Valley so he wouldn’t have to deal with congested city life!
Why is East Solano Plan not accepting comments on their posts? Their posts state millions of gallons of water are being wasted on people who have invested money on farms. These are only sections of this land that are irrigated. Most of the land is used for grazing and uses rain for watering. The only people 'needing' this city are the people from the bay area. Solano county has had so many businesses close. Look at the Solano Mall. I don't understand how the investors think their businesses will fair any better. My vote is "NO".
Billionaires ???? Over open farm land ??? … Stay away
The fact that the city planner said it has the potential for 400,000 people means a big vote NO for me!
There are millions of Chinese Seniors waiting to reunite with their Children in America
The city of yesterday??? Sounds like Make America Great Again!!!!
Indeed. America was better before the invention of the car.
will someone PLEASE ask this question "where is the garbage going"???? new dump? use the neighboring cities dump?? i havent heard anyone address this problem tons of trash daily have to go somewhere will it go in ur back yard theres lots of empty lots in every city in Ca
Is this another idea ready to fail like the high speed rail that will most likely never take off
This is sketchy and it’s obvious they tried to hide their motives to avoid pushback
I’m glad I own a house there it’s going to skyrocket 😎
I do think investors and developers should be revitalizing the main streets and downtowns that are already falling apart. Building within the infrastructure and community that is already in place. However, as long as boomers are in control of the government positions local, state and federal; this country and its communities within will continue to crumble. Infrastructure is crumbling, housing is lacking, education is failing etc. and the boomers constantly stand in the way of anything new. As other countries progress forward in innovation and future thinking we will continue to fall behind.
Look for lawsuits from the developers when this voted down. No way they have put out millions of dollars of secret and hostile investment and advertising without a fight. When it comes to what the voters want it doesn't matter. It's how much money are they willing to spend fighting against this.
“And we would like to control the land next to Travis AF Base”, said in an attempt to slyly slid it in? 😉😮 ☹️
They think we’re a bunch of rubes who just fell off the proverbial “Turnip Truck”.
"Tomorrow land"? LoL😀 Go 4 it.
A lot of the proposed project is on farm land. Let's get real here. We need farm land to grow our food as a stable source to sustain life. However, here in California I wonder what farm industry has offer to the community other than a breeding ground for homeless encampments and the only job offered are for undocumented migrants. Giving a choice of transforming to all these unsightly encampments and enriching the locales with high-tech jobs, guess the choice is obvious. I'm just amazed that people seem to hold on to delusional thoughts on the cons rather than the pros.
Name it Collinsville
Can't we just send a few million migrants there as soon as they build this utopia? Are they going to make their own solar panels in the new city and create jobs? Are they going to mine their own minerals in an environmentally friendly way?
Build back better!!!!!!!!!
how else would you build it from up to the ground?😂 ppl trip me out with how they talk
Who’s believes this guy when he says it’s for the middle class?? 😂there is no middle class the way California is going fright now
Bitcoin City
HOA ??????
We need more homes!
Kayaks in the dessert
Just days before Flannery Associates revealed itself, my husband and I put a deposit on a lot and started building a house in a new Rio Vista neighborhood that abuts the proposal. As I write, we’re a week from moving so the issue is very personal. Initially I was in favor of the project but the more I learn, the more I lean towards a no vote in November. The ballot measure Flannery has put forth asks Solano county voters to void a law that requires new development to happen under the jurisdiction of existing municipalities. Why do they need to do their own thing?