^ whoa dewd, like yeah, why wouldn't they be? pssh, tech bros lol.
ie., Other investors are ... Daniel Gross (who ran AI and search projects at Apple after it acquired his search engine, Cue).
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Tech Billionaires Launch California ‘Utopia’ Website: See Renderings, New Details
Written by Joe Burn
Updated at Sep. 01, 2023
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California Forever said it was working on opening offices in Vallejo, Fairfield and Vacaville.
The group also said it would be:
meeting with elected officials in Solano County;
mailing a survey to every Solano County household; and
forming a "community advisory board" of Solano County citizens.
It asked people to "send any nominations" for the board to
community@californiaforever.com.
The group claimed it was committed to five design principles:
"Create good paying local jobs"
"Build walkable neighborhoods and new paths to homeownership"
"Help solve regional infrastructure needs"
"Protect and support Travis Air Force Base"
"Protect Solano's open space and prime agricultural lands"
Flannery also announced a number of “experts” it said it had enlisted to build the project.
They include:
Gabriel Metcalf, the former president and CEO of the Bay Area urban policy group San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), who has a master’s degree in city planning from the University of California Berkeley
B.H. Bronson Johnson, an engineer who previously worked on San Francisco projects including Lennar/Wilson Meany’s development at Treasure Island; the Candlestick Point redevelopment project; the Hunters Point Shipyard redevelopment; and the Pier 70 Special Use District project
Jay Primus, who worked for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency from 2007 to 2013 and led its parking program, SFpark
Site Lab Urban Studio, which worked on the Stonestown Galleria overhaul and the SFMTA Potrero Yard Modernization Project
Transportation consultants Fehr & Peers
more:
https://sfstandard.com/2023/08/31/te...s-new-details/
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