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He assumed it would result in a sleepy suburb where, much like other cities in Solano County, residents would commute toward Silicon Valley for work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, his wife gave birth to their first child, and his perspective shifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Especially having a son, [I think about] 20 years from now — is my son, Jasper, going to find a place here?” he asked. “Jasper being born definitely makes me think about the future and take it more to heart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal from California Forever had been set to go before Solano County voters in November, but after months of controversy, testy debates between residents and millions of dollars spent on campaigning, the company \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996747/california-forever-pulls-bid-to-build-new-city-from-this-years-ballot\">announced on Monday\u003c/a> that it was pulling its initiative from the ballot. Company representatives plan to try again in two years after working with county officials to publish an environmental impact report and development agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the project’s opponents, as well as supporters who spoke to KQED, including Houston, said they welcomed the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it was the right move,” Houston said. “I think it’s a way to take in the community’s feedback, their concerns, and their input and incorporate that into the plans. I think it’s the best way to address the community’s concerns and answer their questions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the county released a \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SolanoCountyReport.pdf\">damning preliminary report\u003c/a> about the project’s impacts on the environment and cost to taxpayers, despite company representatives’ promises that it would not cost Solano residents anything. California Forever CEO Jan Sramek told KQED that he has repeatedly heard from residents who want a full environmental impact report before voting on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996987\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996987\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-57-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-57-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-57-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-57-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-57-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-57-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-57-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan Sramek, CEO of California Forever, speaks during a town hall meeting in Rio Vista on Dec. 5, 2023, for the proposed California city backed by Silicon Valley investors on farmland in eastern Solano County. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Brian Hanlon, president of the housing advocacy organization California YIMBY, said that although his organization still supports the project and its vision to bring dense housing to the state, any project should have an environmental impact report and detailed planning done before asking voters to weigh in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Conducting environmental assessments for big, new projects that could have real environmental impacts is good and appropriate,” Hanlon said. “It sounds like county leaders and California Forever are working collaboratively, in good faith, to solve the challenges. It strikes me as a positive sign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monique Lopez Feybesse, owner of Vallejo-based patisserie Tarts de Feybesse, said she was looking forward to the new city and the business opportunities that could have come with it. Pushing the ballot measure back to 2026 could delay the new city, she said, though California Forever has asserted it would have spent the next two years working on reports and developer agreements anyway.[aside postID=news_11996747 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-12_qed-1020x680.jpg']“I detest the idea of taking polar sides,” she said. “The people who I have spoken to who oppose the project are mostly of an older generation who are reluctant for change and have valid questions about the impact. On the other side, the younger generation is hopeful for changes here and looking for opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who remain skeptical about the project hope the ballot measure’s delay gives the company a chance to prove itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anthony Summers, a pastor at Healthy Vallejo Community Support Services, said he wants to stay involved with the community discussions that California Forever pledged to hold over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It gives them time to show the character of who they are by partnering with the cities,” he said. “I want some of the relationships to show that they really are serious about investing in the city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanotogether.org/post/statement-solano-together-win?utm_campaign=087fc253-f684-42c9-b418-c6ba4c0feb7c&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=029ada15-a014-4860-9c51-349cf503a8cd\">Solano Together\u003c/a>, the biggest organization opposing the project, said the company’s decision was a “win” for the people of Solano. Nate Huntington, a spokesperson for the organization, said that while they are still determining their next steps, they plan to stay involved with discussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think one key … is demanding transparency and accountability from California Forever and decision-makers,” he said. “We’ll want to continue to educate the public about what is happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Both critics and supporters of California Forever’s plan to build a city from scratch in Solano County say the company was right to pull its initiative from the November ballot.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1721771434,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":779},"headData":{"title":"After Ballot Measure for New City Is Delayed, Solano Residents Breathe a Sigh of Relief | KQED","description":"Both critics and supporters of California Forever’s plan to build a city from scratch in Solano County say the company was right to pull its initiative from the November ballot.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"After Ballot Measure for New City Is Delayed, Solano Residents Breathe a Sigh of Relief","datePublished":"2024-07-23T13:58:16-07:00","dateModified":"2024-07-23T14:50:34-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"True","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"sticky":false,"nprStoryId":"kqed-11996888","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11996888/after-ballot-measure-for-new-city-is-delayed-solano-residents-breathe-a-sigh-of-relief","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-forever\">California Forever\u003c/a> pitched residents on its ambitious plan to build a new city on eastern Bay Area farmland at a town hall meeting last December, Sam Houston was on the fence. He assumed it would result in a sleepy suburb where, much like other cities in Solano County, residents would commute toward Silicon Valley for work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, his wife gave birth to their first child, and his perspective shifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Especially having a son, [I think about] 20 years from now — is my son, Jasper, going to find a place here?” he asked. “Jasper being born definitely makes me think about the future and take it more to heart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal from California Forever had been set to go before Solano County voters in November, but after months of controversy, testy debates between residents and millions of dollars spent on campaigning, the company \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996747/california-forever-pulls-bid-to-build-new-city-from-this-years-ballot\">announced on Monday\u003c/a> that it was pulling its initiative from the ballot. Company representatives plan to try again in two years after working with county officials to publish an environmental impact report and development agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the project’s opponents, as well as supporters who spoke to KQED, including Houston, said they welcomed the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it was the right move,” Houston said. “I think it’s a way to take in the community’s feedback, their concerns, and their input and incorporate that into the plans. I think it’s the best way to address the community’s concerns and answer their questions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the county released a \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SolanoCountyReport.pdf\">damning preliminary report\u003c/a> about the project’s impacts on the environment and cost to taxpayers, despite company representatives’ promises that it would not cost Solano residents anything. California Forever CEO Jan Sramek told KQED that he has repeatedly heard from residents who want a full environmental impact report before voting on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996987\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996987\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-57-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-57-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-57-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-57-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-57-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-57-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-57-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan Sramek, CEO of California Forever, speaks during a town hall meeting in Rio Vista on Dec. 5, 2023, for the proposed California city backed by Silicon Valley investors on farmland in eastern Solano County. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Brian Hanlon, president of the housing advocacy organization California YIMBY, said that although his organization still supports the project and its vision to bring dense housing to the state, any project should have an environmental impact report and detailed planning done before asking voters to weigh in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Conducting environmental assessments for big, new projects that could have real environmental impacts is good and appropriate,” Hanlon said. “It sounds like county leaders and California Forever are working collaboratively, in good faith, to solve the challenges. It strikes me as a positive sign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monique Lopez Feybesse, owner of Vallejo-based patisserie Tarts de Feybesse, said she was looking forward to the new city and the business opportunities that could have come with it. Pushing the ballot measure back to 2026 could delay the new city, she said, though California Forever has asserted it would have spent the next two years working on reports and developer agreements anyway.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11996747","hero":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-12_qed-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I detest the idea of taking polar sides,” she said. “The people who I have spoken to who oppose the project are mostly of an older generation who are reluctant for change and have valid questions about the impact. On the other side, the younger generation is hopeful for changes here and looking for opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who remain skeptical about the project hope the ballot measure’s delay gives the company a chance to prove itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anthony Summers, a pastor at Healthy Vallejo Community Support Services, said he wants to stay involved with the community discussions that California Forever pledged to hold over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It gives them time to show the character of who they are by partnering with the cities,” he said. “I want some of the relationships to show that they really are serious about investing in the city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanotogether.org/post/statement-solano-together-win?utm_campaign=087fc253-f684-42c9-b418-c6ba4c0feb7c&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=029ada15-a014-4860-9c51-349cf503a8cd\">Solano Together\u003c/a>, the biggest organization opposing the project, said the company’s decision was a “win” for the people of Solano. Nate Huntington, a spokesperson for the organization, said that while they are still determining their next steps, they plan to stay involved with discussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think one key … is demanding transparency and accountability from California Forever and decision-makers,” he said. “We’ll want to continue to educate the public about what is happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11996888/after-ballot-measure-for-new-city-is-delayed-solano-residents-breathe-a-sigh-of-relief","authors":["11672"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_3921","news_1386","news_33689","news_27626","news_1775","news_23938"],"featImg":"news_11997000","label":"news"},"news_11996747":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11996747","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"news","id":"11996747","score":null,"sort":[1721679048000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-forever-pulls-bid-to-build-new-city-from-this-years-ballot","title":"California Forever Pulls Bid to Build New City From This Year’s Ballot","publishDate":1721679048,"format":"standard","headTitle":"California Forever Pulls Bid to Build New City From This Year’s Ballot | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated at 3:30 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996536/farmers-are-divided-over-california-forevers-plan-in-solano-county\">California Forever\u003c/a>, the billionaire-backed company behind a controversial plan to build a city from scratch in eastern Solano County, announced Monday it will pull its proposal from the November ballot and bring it back to the voters in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CEO Jan Sramek said this new timeline allows the company to clarify the details surrounding neighbors’ biggest questions about the project: What will the new city really look like, and what impact will it have on the surrounding environment?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a big decision, and at the same time, it’s just a reordering of the steps in the process,” Sramek told KQED. “There’s overwhelming support for development in east Solano, but we’ve heard from a number of people saying, ‘Why can’t you do the environmental impact report first and then have a vote?’ We can do all of that without impacting the overall timeline.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since it was introduced last year, the proposal has been at the center of a heated debate over \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991788/solano-county-supervisors-want-to-know-more-about-california-forever-before-its-on-the-ballot\">the future of Solano County\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those in favor pointed to California Forever’s promises to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986569/california-forever-says-12-start-ups-will-open-workplaces-in-its-new-city\">add 15,000 new jobs\u003c/a> to the county — where many residents commute outside the county for work — and vows that the new city would house 400,000 residents when fully built out. Opponents, however, feared those promises were merely a ploy to win over voters and noted the proposal did not include any legally binding guarantees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s be clear: California Forever knew their guarantees were not binding,” Daniela Ades, a spokesperson for local opposition group Solano Together, said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanotogether.org/post/statement-solano-together-win\">statement\u003c/a>. “Instead of taking the time to deeply engage in a transparent process of what their proposal means to the county, they decided to deceive the public to try and get the initiative passed.”[aside postID=news_11996536 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CALIFORNIAFOREVERFARMS_GC-37-KQED-2-1020x709.jpg']The decision to pull the ballot measure comes ahead of the Board of Supervisors’ meeting on Tuesday when officials were expected to submit the “East Solano Plan” to the voters this fall. Instead, the company has agreed to work with the county on zoning changes and an environmental impact report before re-submitting the proposal to voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Announcing last year that California Forever would seek a vote on the November 2024 ballot, without a full environmental impact report and a fully negotiated development agreement, was a mistake,” Supervisor Mitch Mashburn said in a statement. “Delaying the vote gives everyone a chance to pause and work together, which is what is needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those opposing the project repeatedly pointed to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991234/california-forever-releases-water-plan-but-there-are-still-some-questions\">company’s water strategy\u003c/a>, which included questions regarding plans to rely in part on imported water supplies. Company spokespeople said those questions could only be answered after voters approved the initiative. Now, the company will have to find those answers within the next two years when it conducts its environmental impact report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others were concerned about environmental impacts on the Jepson Prairie and vernal pools within the proposed city’s boundaries. A \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SolanoCountyReport.pdf\">recently published county report (PDF) \u003c/a>found that the new city could significantly change the biodiversity and environmental quality of those habitats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the company’s \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/10-guarantees\">guarantees\u003c/a> was the promise that the new city would “pay its own way through the tax revenue it generates” and would be “operated at no cost to the Solano taxpayer, except for those who live in the new community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast, Solano County’s report found that the project’s costs could exceed revenues generated by the new town, potentially leaving the county in a fiscal deficit of $103.1 million once the city was fully built out. Taxpayers could be on the hook for an additional $88.8 million for firefighting services from the Montezuma Fire Protection District, the report found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County supervisors ordered the report during their June meeting, and officials had only 30 days to compile research. Because of the quick turnaround, the report noted that its fiscal impact assessment is not comprehensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever’s ambitious plan aimed to operate outside the traditional bureaucracy, which housing advocates have criticized for slowing down housing development. Despite this new timeline, Sramek is not concerned about getting the project on the ballot in 2026 and moving forward with construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of examples in California where the process has resulted in projects that haven’t broken ground in 10 or 20 years, and I think what is encouraging here is that the county recognized it,” he said. “I think what we’ll be able to do here is the right balance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The company behind the controversial plan to build a city from scratch in eastern Solano County said it will bring the proposal back to voters in 2026.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1721689680,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":818},"headData":{"title":"California Forever Pulls Bid to Build New City From This Year’s Ballot | KQED","description":"The company behind the controversial plan to build a city from scratch in eastern Solano County said it will bring the proposal back to voters in 2026.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"California Forever Pulls Bid to Build New City From This Year’s Ballot","datePublished":"2024-07-22T13:10:48-07:00","dateModified":"2024-07-22T16:08:00-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"True","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"sticky":false,"nprStoryId":"kqed-11996747","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11996747/california-forever-pulls-bid-to-build-new-city-from-this-years-ballot","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated at 3:30 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996536/farmers-are-divided-over-california-forevers-plan-in-solano-county\">California Forever\u003c/a>, the billionaire-backed company behind a controversial plan to build a city from scratch in eastern Solano County, announced Monday it will pull its proposal from the November ballot and bring it back to the voters in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CEO Jan Sramek said this new timeline allows the company to clarify the details surrounding neighbors’ biggest questions about the project: What will the new city really look like, and what impact will it have on the surrounding environment?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a big decision, and at the same time, it’s just a reordering of the steps in the process,” Sramek told KQED. “There’s overwhelming support for development in east Solano, but we’ve heard from a number of people saying, ‘Why can’t you do the environmental impact report first and then have a vote?’ We can do all of that without impacting the overall timeline.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since it was introduced last year, the proposal has been at the center of a heated debate over \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991788/solano-county-supervisors-want-to-know-more-about-california-forever-before-its-on-the-ballot\">the future of Solano County\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those in favor pointed to California Forever’s promises to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986569/california-forever-says-12-start-ups-will-open-workplaces-in-its-new-city\">add 15,000 new jobs\u003c/a> to the county — where many residents commute outside the county for work — and vows that the new city would house 400,000 residents when fully built out. Opponents, however, feared those promises were merely a ploy to win over voters and noted the proposal did not include any legally binding guarantees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s be clear: California Forever knew their guarantees were not binding,” Daniela Ades, a spokesperson for local opposition group Solano Together, said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanotogether.org/post/statement-solano-together-win\">statement\u003c/a>. “Instead of taking the time to deeply engage in a transparent process of what their proposal means to the county, they decided to deceive the public to try and get the initiative passed.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11996536","hero":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CALIFORNIAFOREVERFARMS_GC-37-KQED-2-1020x709.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The decision to pull the ballot measure comes ahead of the Board of Supervisors’ meeting on Tuesday when officials were expected to submit the “East Solano Plan” to the voters this fall. Instead, the company has agreed to work with the county on zoning changes and an environmental impact report before re-submitting the proposal to voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Announcing last year that California Forever would seek a vote on the November 2024 ballot, without a full environmental impact report and a fully negotiated development agreement, was a mistake,” Supervisor Mitch Mashburn said in a statement. “Delaying the vote gives everyone a chance to pause and work together, which is what is needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those opposing the project repeatedly pointed to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991234/california-forever-releases-water-plan-but-there-are-still-some-questions\">company’s water strategy\u003c/a>, which included questions regarding plans to rely in part on imported water supplies. Company spokespeople said those questions could only be answered after voters approved the initiative. Now, the company will have to find those answers within the next two years when it conducts its environmental impact report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others were concerned about environmental impacts on the Jepson Prairie and vernal pools within the proposed city’s boundaries. A \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SolanoCountyReport.pdf\">recently published county report (PDF) \u003c/a>found that the new city could significantly change the biodiversity and environmental quality of those habitats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the company’s \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/10-guarantees\">guarantees\u003c/a> was the promise that the new city would “pay its own way through the tax revenue it generates” and would be “operated at no cost to the Solano taxpayer, except for those who live in the new community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast, Solano County’s report found that the project’s costs could exceed revenues generated by the new town, potentially leaving the county in a fiscal deficit of $103.1 million once the city was fully built out. Taxpayers could be on the hook for an additional $88.8 million for firefighting services from the Montezuma Fire Protection District, the report found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County supervisors ordered the report during their June meeting, and officials had only 30 days to compile research. Because of the quick turnaround, the report noted that its fiscal impact assessment is not comprehensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever’s ambitious plan aimed to operate outside the traditional bureaucracy, which housing advocates have criticized for slowing down housing development. Despite this new timeline, Sramek is not concerned about getting the project on the ballot in 2026 and moving forward with construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of examples in California where the process has resulted in projects that haven’t broken ground in 10 or 20 years, and I think what is encouraging here is that the county recognized it,” he said. “I think what we’ll be able to do here is the right balance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11996747/california-forever-pulls-bid-to-build-new-city-from-this-years-ballot","authors":["11672"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_3921","news_33689","news_1775","news_23938"],"featImg":"news_11996755","label":"news"},"news_11996536":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11996536","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"news","id":"11996536","score":null,"sort":[1721646001000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"farmers-are-divided-over-california-forevers-plan-in-solano-county","title":"Farmers Are Divided Over California Forever's Plan in Solano County","publishDate":1721646001,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Farmers Are Divided Over California Forever’s Plan in Solano County | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Will Brazelton holds many jobs: He runs a company that fixes farm fences, operates heavy machinery on construction sites, manages wildlife and pests on nearby farms, and even occasionally manages fruit stands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He does it all to keep running Brazelton Ranch, a generations-old stone fruit and citrus orchard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Farming’s in my blood, I can’t really turn away from it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just a few miles north from Brazelton’s 80-acre orchard, Rob Nickelson runs KMS Farm, named after his three daughters: Keeley, Molly and Samantha. His farm is not as old as Brazelton’s, but he loves his job. He started growing walnuts there in the late 1990s and hopes to expand his offerings to other types of nuts someday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to have farms,” he said. “It’s the basics of our society.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996541\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996541\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-62_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-62_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-62_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-62_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-62_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-62_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-62_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Brazelton, president of the Solano County Farm Bureau, poses for a photo in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The two farmers share many of the same priorities for their businesses, but they’re split on how they see a billionaire-backed company’s proposal to build a city from scratch and what it means for the future of farming in their county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nickelson is optimistic the plan will add desperately-needed housing to the area and bring a more diverse array of jobs. But Brazelton and many other skeptics worry a new city would impact his farm, along with many others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996544\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1925px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996544\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-64_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1925\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-64_qed.jpg 1925w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-64_qed-800x554.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-64_qed-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-64_qed-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-64_qed-1536x1064.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-64_qed-1920x1330.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1925px) 100vw, 1925px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to Brazelton Ranch in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996551\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996551\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-53_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-53_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-53_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-53_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-53_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-53_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-53_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brazelton poses for a photo with his dog Troy in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our community is actually a pretty small one, believe it or not, and many of the families that have been here a long time have been friends with each other for generations,” he said, adding that the company behind the plan, California Forever, didn’t make a great first impression. “They don’t actually care about the community that they’re essentially pushing out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever’s ambitious development promises to house up to 400,000 people once it’s fully built, effectively doubling the county’s population. Earlier this year, the company announced the project would also add an estimated 15,000 jobs, some of which will come from 15 companies and start-ups that recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986569/california-forever-says-12-start-ups-will-open-workplaces-in-its-new-city\">pledged to open offices\u003c/a> there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996550\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996550\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-47_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-47_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-47_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-47_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-47_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-47_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-47_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brazelton opens a gate to apricot trees at Brazelton Ranch in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaeconomy.org/report/evaluating-the-case-for-the-east-solano-plan/\">recent study\u003c/a> from business advocacy organization Bay Area Council, Solano County has the lowest ratio of jobs per resident out of the region’s nine counties. Nickelson hopes California Forever’s plan could change those statistics. He is so supportive of the company’s ballot measure, called the \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/\">East Solano Plan\u003c/a>, that he volunteered to appear in a campaign ad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not for growth for growth’s sake — I’m an environmentalist — but sometimes you gotta build,” he said. “I’ve never seen any developer put that much on the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Brazelton, it all sounds too good to be true. He has concerns about how the new city will get its water, whether the new housing will truly be affordable and whether the endangered species in the Jepson Prairie and vernal pools will be protected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996552\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996552\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-51_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-51_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-51_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-51_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-51_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-51_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-51_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apricots hang in an apricot tree at Brazelton Ranch in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It hasn’t helped, either, that California Forever’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11970610/farmers-see-uncertain-future-with-plans-for-new-city-in-solano-county\">lengthy legal fight\u003c/a> against a group of farmers who currently own some of the land it sought to purchase in 2017 has left a bitter taste in the mouth of Brazelton and many others, who have watched the families struggle financially through the expensive case. It’s what drove Brazelton’s organization, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanofarmbureau.org/\">Solano Farm Bureau\u003c/a>, to officially oppose the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexis Koefoed felt the same way and joined \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanotogether.org/\">Solano Together\u003c/a>, the most prominent organization campaigning against the plan. She owns Soul Food Farm, where she grows olives and nursery plants like chamomile, sunflowers and poppies, just a few miles away from Brazelton Ranch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a much bigger loss than just the loss of land,” Koefoed said in reference to the more than 60,000 acres California Forever has accumulated since it started buying land secretly in 2017. “It’s that the whole system of food security and food availability is now diminished.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996542\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996542\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-26_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-26_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-26_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-26_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-26_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-26_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-26_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soul Food Farm’s farm stand in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.conservation.ca.gov/dlrp/fmmp/Pages/Fast-Facts.aspx\">state’s Department of Conservation\u003c/a>, farm and grazing lands across California have decreased by about 4% between 1984 and 2018, in large part due to urbanization. And thanks to new \u003ca href=\"https://www.edf.org/ecosystems/advancing-strategic-land-repurposing-and-groundwater-sustainability-california\">groundwater regulations\u003c/a>, another 500,000 to 1 million acres are projected to go out of production by 2040. Solano County’s agricultural production makes up a little less than 1% of the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/Statistics/\">$59 billion industry\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Daniel Sumner, a professor of agriculture and resource economics at UC Davis, said Koefoed’s fears aren’t borne out in the data. Most of the land California Forever purchased is located in the Montezuma Hills and used primarily as pasture land for grazing sheep or to grow alfalfa and wheat, mostly to feed livestock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996553\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996553\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-24_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-24_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-24_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-24_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-24_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-24_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-24_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rows of olive trees at Soul Food Farm in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996546\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1831px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996546\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-33_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1831\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-33_qed.jpg 1831w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-33_qed-800x582.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-33_qed-1020x743.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-33_qed-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-33_qed-1536x1118.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1831px) 100vw, 1831px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexis Koefoed, owner of Soul Food Farm, reaches for baby olives at the farm in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to the county’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=41365\">2022 crop and livestock report\u003c/a>, processed tomatoes and nursery products — grown in other parts of the county — brought in the most money. Moreover, demand for wool and sheep meat has declined because it’s become cheaper to import those products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve paved over some of the richest, most productive farmland in the world to make Silicon Valley, which used to be considered the ‘fruit valley’ not too long ago,” he said. “But there’s no question that [the land California Forever bought] is the least agriculturally productive flat land.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996545\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996545\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-38_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-38_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-38_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-38_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-38_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-38_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-38_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Koefoed tends to her rabbits at the farm in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, the loss of agricultural land in Solano County has been much more severe over the past decade than across the state as a whole. Between \u003ca href=\"https://agcensus.library.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012-California-st06_2_001_001.pdf\">2012 (PDF)\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2022/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Level/California/st06_2_001_001.pdf\">2022 (PDF)\u003c/a>, the county lost about 20% of its farmland. If voters in November approve the East Solano Plan, Koefoed worries other farmland in Solano, including hers, could be next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of good work we need to do, which is to support all the other small farmers in this community and build better protections so this doesn’t happen again with another developer and they start looking at other land in Solano,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996547\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996547\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-25_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-25_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-25_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-25_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-25_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-25_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-25_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A greenhouse at Soul Food Farm in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sumner, who was born and raised on a farm in Solano County, said the arguments against California Forever are perhaps rooted in a desire to uphold the county’s cultural values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an emotional question for people who like the way they live. I understand that, we all understand that,” he said. “Now, do you let those people block development for everybody else? Because people are going to live somewhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Solano farmers have a huge influence in the county and their fears and concerns are center stage in the debate over California Forever's controversial plan. The data states their fears might be misplaced.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1721666602,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":25,"wordCount":1299},"headData":{"title":"Farmers Are Divided Over California Forever's Plan in Solano County | KQED","description":"Solano farmers have a huge influence in the county and their fears and concerns are center stage in the debate over California Forever's controversial plan. The data states their fears might be misplaced.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Farmers Are Divided Over California Forever's Plan in Solano County","datePublished":"2024-07-22T04:00:01-07:00","dateModified":"2024-07-22T09:43:22-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"True","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"sticky":false,"nprStoryId":"kqed-11996536","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11996536/farmers-are-divided-over-california-forevers-plan-in-solano-county","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Will Brazelton holds many jobs: He runs a company that fixes farm fences, operates heavy machinery on construction sites, manages wildlife and pests on nearby farms, and even occasionally manages fruit stands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He does it all to keep running Brazelton Ranch, a generations-old stone fruit and citrus orchard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Farming’s in my blood, I can’t really turn away from it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just a few miles north from Brazelton’s 80-acre orchard, Rob Nickelson runs KMS Farm, named after his three daughters: Keeley, Molly and Samantha. His farm is not as old as Brazelton’s, but he loves his job. He started growing walnuts there in the late 1990s and hopes to expand his offerings to other types of nuts someday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to have farms,” he said. “It’s the basics of our society.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996541\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996541\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-62_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-62_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-62_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-62_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-62_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-62_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-62_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Brazelton, president of the Solano County Farm Bureau, poses for a photo in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The two farmers share many of the same priorities for their businesses, but they’re split on how they see a billionaire-backed company’s proposal to build a city from scratch and what it means for the future of farming in their county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nickelson is optimistic the plan will add desperately-needed housing to the area and bring a more diverse array of jobs. But Brazelton and many other skeptics worry a new city would impact his farm, along with many others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996544\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1925px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996544\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-64_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1925\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-64_qed.jpg 1925w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-64_qed-800x554.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-64_qed-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-64_qed-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-64_qed-1536x1064.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-64_qed-1920x1330.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1925px) 100vw, 1925px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to Brazelton Ranch in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996551\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996551\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-53_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-53_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-53_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-53_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-53_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-53_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-53_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brazelton poses for a photo with his dog Troy in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our community is actually a pretty small one, believe it or not, and many of the families that have been here a long time have been friends with each other for generations,” he said, adding that the company behind the plan, California Forever, didn’t make a great first impression. “They don’t actually care about the community that they’re essentially pushing out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever’s ambitious development promises to house up to 400,000 people once it’s fully built, effectively doubling the county’s population. Earlier this year, the company announced the project would also add an estimated 15,000 jobs, some of which will come from 15 companies and start-ups that recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986569/california-forever-says-12-start-ups-will-open-workplaces-in-its-new-city\">pledged to open offices\u003c/a> there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996550\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996550\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-47_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-47_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-47_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-47_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-47_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-47_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-47_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brazelton opens a gate to apricot trees at Brazelton Ranch in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaeconomy.org/report/evaluating-the-case-for-the-east-solano-plan/\">recent study\u003c/a> from business advocacy organization Bay Area Council, Solano County has the lowest ratio of jobs per resident out of the region’s nine counties. Nickelson hopes California Forever’s plan could change those statistics. He is so supportive of the company’s ballot measure, called the \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/\">East Solano Plan\u003c/a>, that he volunteered to appear in a campaign ad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not for growth for growth’s sake — I’m an environmentalist — but sometimes you gotta build,” he said. “I’ve never seen any developer put that much on the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Brazelton, it all sounds too good to be true. He has concerns about how the new city will get its water, whether the new housing will truly be affordable and whether the endangered species in the Jepson Prairie and vernal pools will be protected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996552\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996552\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-51_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-51_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-51_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-51_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-51_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-51_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-51_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apricots hang in an apricot tree at Brazelton Ranch in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It hasn’t helped, either, that California Forever’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11970610/farmers-see-uncertain-future-with-plans-for-new-city-in-solano-county\">lengthy legal fight\u003c/a> against a group of farmers who currently own some of the land it sought to purchase in 2017 has left a bitter taste in the mouth of Brazelton and many others, who have watched the families struggle financially through the expensive case. It’s what drove Brazelton’s organization, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanofarmbureau.org/\">Solano Farm Bureau\u003c/a>, to officially oppose the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexis Koefoed felt the same way and joined \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanotogether.org/\">Solano Together\u003c/a>, the most prominent organization campaigning against the plan. She owns Soul Food Farm, where she grows olives and nursery plants like chamomile, sunflowers and poppies, just a few miles away from Brazelton Ranch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a much bigger loss than just the loss of land,” Koefoed said in reference to the more than 60,000 acres California Forever has accumulated since it started buying land secretly in 2017. “It’s that the whole system of food security and food availability is now diminished.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996542\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996542\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-26_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-26_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-26_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-26_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-26_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-26_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-26_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soul Food Farm’s farm stand in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.conservation.ca.gov/dlrp/fmmp/Pages/Fast-Facts.aspx\">state’s Department of Conservation\u003c/a>, farm and grazing lands across California have decreased by about 4% between 1984 and 2018, in large part due to urbanization. And thanks to new \u003ca href=\"https://www.edf.org/ecosystems/advancing-strategic-land-repurposing-and-groundwater-sustainability-california\">groundwater regulations\u003c/a>, another 500,000 to 1 million acres are projected to go out of production by 2040. Solano County’s agricultural production makes up a little less than 1% of the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/Statistics/\">$59 billion industry\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Daniel Sumner, a professor of agriculture and resource economics at UC Davis, said Koefoed’s fears aren’t borne out in the data. Most of the land California Forever purchased is located in the Montezuma Hills and used primarily as pasture land for grazing sheep or to grow alfalfa and wheat, mostly to feed livestock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996553\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996553\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-24_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-24_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-24_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-24_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-24_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-24_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-24_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rows of olive trees at Soul Food Farm in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996546\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1831px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996546\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-33_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1831\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-33_qed.jpg 1831w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-33_qed-800x582.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-33_qed-1020x743.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-33_qed-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-33_qed-1536x1118.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1831px) 100vw, 1831px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexis Koefoed, owner of Soul Food Farm, reaches for baby olives at the farm in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to the county’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=41365\">2022 crop and livestock report\u003c/a>, processed tomatoes and nursery products — grown in other parts of the county — brought in the most money. Moreover, demand for wool and sheep meat has declined because it’s become cheaper to import those products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve paved over some of the richest, most productive farmland in the world to make Silicon Valley, which used to be considered the ‘fruit valley’ not too long ago,” he said. “But there’s no question that [the land California Forever bought] is the least agriculturally productive flat land.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996545\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996545\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-38_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-38_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-38_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-38_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-38_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-38_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-38_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Koefoed tends to her rabbits at the farm in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, the loss of agricultural land in Solano County has been much more severe over the past decade than across the state as a whole. Between \u003ca href=\"https://agcensus.library.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012-California-st06_2_001_001.pdf\">2012 (PDF)\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2022/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Level/California/st06_2_001_001.pdf\">2022 (PDF)\u003c/a>, the county lost about 20% of its farmland. If voters in November approve the East Solano Plan, Koefoed worries other farmland in Solano, including hers, could be next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of good work we need to do, which is to support all the other small farmers in this community and build better protections so this doesn’t happen again with another developer and they start looking at other land in Solano,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996547\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996547\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-25_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-25_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-25_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-25_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-25_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-25_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-25_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A greenhouse at Soul Food Farm in Vacaville on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sumner, who was born and raised on a farm in Solano County, said the arguments against California Forever are perhaps rooted in a desire to uphold the county’s cultural values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an emotional question for people who like the way they live. I understand that, we all understand that,” he said. “Now, do you let those people block development for everybody else? Because people are going to live somewhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11996536/farmers-are-divided-over-california-forevers-plan-in-solano-county","authors":["11672"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_4092","news_34061","news_33689","news_34309","news_33881","news_18163","news_27626","news_34308","news_353","news_34060"],"featImg":"news_11996670","label":"news"},"news_11991788":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11991788","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"news","id":"11991788","score":null,"sort":[1719362812000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"solano-county-supervisors-want-to-know-more-about-california-forever-before-its-on-the-ballot","title":"Solano County Supervisors Want To Know More About California Forever Before It’s on the Ballot","publishDate":1719362812,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Solano County Supervisors Want To Know More About California Forever Before It’s on the Ballot | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a packed three-hour meeting Tuesday, the Solano County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to delay placing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972769/not-just-a-crazy-idea-california-forever-releases-ballot-details-for-new-bay-area-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversial proposal\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on the November ballot to build a city from scratch over what is now farmland. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The board followed the suggestion of the county administrator’s office and requested a study looking at the project’s impacts on existing cities in the area. The administrator’s office and the Solano County Department of Resource Management will compile the report and present it to the board in late July, at which time the board could decide to approve the proposed new city or place it on the November ballot.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative from the billionaire-backed California Forever company — which promises a walkable city with enough housing to eventually bring some 400,000 new residents and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986569/california-forever-says-12-start-ups-will-open-workplaces-in-its-new-city\">15,000 new jobs\u003c/a>, along with millions of dollars in down payment assistance programs for first-time homebuyers — has drawn skepticism, criticism and admiration since it was first proposed last fall. Some of the skepticism was on display Tuesday, with Supervisor Monica Brown refraining from swearing outright in her initial comments to the board, but coming close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“All of us need to know what the ‘H’ this is going to do to our community,” Brown said, adding that requesting the report “is the only option I would ever agree to.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supervisor John Vasquez said the county will hire consultants to help compile the report and added that the administrator’s office has already started to analyze the plan’s impacts. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I just want the public to know that we haven’t just been sitting here waiting for this day,” he said. “The work has already proceeded, and it has been going on for a number of months.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991978\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991978\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan Sramek (second from right), CEO of California Forever, listens to public comments during a Solano County Board of Supervisors meeting in Fairfield on June 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/news/northbay-health-announces-partnership-with-california-forever-to-accelerate\">California Forever announced a partnership \u003c/a>with the healthcare company NorthBay Health, which plans to open at least six clinics throughout the county over the next two years, including one in Rio Vista. It’s one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987138/california-forever-hands-out-500k-to-solano-nonprofits-ahead-of-november-election\">many promises\u003c/a> the company has made on its path to the November ballot as it seeks to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984830/california-forever-shells-out-2m-in-campaign-to-build-city-from-scratch\">woo potential voters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those promises have included building a new \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/news/california-forever-secures-water-for-the-first-100-000-residents-of-the-new\">wastewater treatment facility\u003c/a> to process thousands of gallons of recycled water and to build a regional sports complex with facilities for \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/news/community-working-group-to-co-design-solano-sports-complex\">almost any sport imaginable\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But several supervisors were skeptical of the company’s ability to deliver on all those promises, with Supervisor Wanda Williams particularly curious about the company’s “\u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/10-guarantees\">Ten Guarantees”\u003c/a> and how the county could hold California Forever accountable to deliver on all of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We would have to depend on California Forever and this initiative to make sure they do it themselves; we can’t force them to do it,” she said of the company’s promises. “We don’t even have an environmental impact report to understand the implications of the initiative.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991977\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991977\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees of a Solano County Board of Supervisors meeting wait in line to give public comment on the California Forever/East Solano Plan in Fairfield on June 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Undeterred by the supervisors’ skepticism, California Forever CEO Jan Sramek left the meeting optimistic of his initiative’s chances at the ballot box and said, “If the election was held today, we would win.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you look at the people who really believe in this plan, so many of them are working parents, young parents, people who have full time jobs,” he said. “Despite that, so many of them took time out of their day to come here and speak for the plan. So, we’re very confident about November.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Throughout the two hours of public comment, support and opposition to California Forever’s plan was nearly evenly split. Those in favor mentioned the need for more affordable housing, jobs, and business opportunities and said growth in the county had come to a “standstill.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Robert McGary, an ironworker and Fairfield resident, was particularly interested in California Forever’s promise to bring jobs to the county. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I have a son who is an ironworker, and he had to move out of California because he can’t afford to buy here, even though he makes a premium wage,” McGary said. “I think a lot of people [against the plan] are small minded in this — they don’t realize the future. It’s like steam engines back in the 1880s. Everybody wanted to keep their horses.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991973\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991973\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Areanna Deloney holds a sign advocating against the California Forever/East Solano Plan outside a Solano County Board of Supervisors meeting in Fairfield on June 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California YIMBY, a prominent pro-housing organization, \u003ca href=\"https://cayimby.org/news-events/statement-in-support-of-the-east-solano-plan/\">voiced its support\u003c/a> last week for the company’s project, claiming that the proposal “calls for housing densities that would rival the most walkable neighborhoods in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This endorsement came as a shock to many others in the\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> pro-housing movement\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, especially those who worry the ambitious plan could \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/IDoTheThinking/status/1803290117483930094\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">fizzle out into a collection of sleepy suburbs\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Residents who spoke in opposition raised concerns about the new city’s impacts on Travis Air Force Base, its \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991234/california-forever-releases-water-plan-but-there-are-still-some-questions\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">water rights\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the traffic it could bring and whether the housing would truly be affordable. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members from Solano Together, the leading organization opposed to the plan, came out in full force during the meeting, donning bright red stickers with the organization’s name and carrying signs reading, “No to California Forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11991234,news_11986569,news_11984830\"]Sarah Sorokin, a member of the organization, said her main concern was the loss of habitat in the Jepson Prairie and its vernal pools. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It contains species that are endemic just to these systems, and for me, I don’t see the rationale of getting rid of it,” she said. “Infill development, where there’s already infrastructure — our dollars will go much farther [there].”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite stark divisions among the meeting’s attendees, Supervisor Mitch Mashburn lauded their cordial conduct as emblematic of a functioning democracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope the world is watching, and they see what it means for people to be able to come together and participate in the democratic process,” he said. “That is the way democracy should work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mashburn has previously said he opposes the plan “on a personal level.” At Tuesday’s meeting, Mashburn said his final vote will come at the board’s next meeting in July. Regardless of how he feels, however, the supervisors will have only two options in front of them at that meeting: to approve California Forever’s plan or let the voters decide.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"If voters approve the proposed new city in November, it would initially add some 50,000 new residents on what is now exurban farmland, growing to some 400,000 over the next several decades.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1719416021,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":1202},"headData":{"title":"Solano County Supervisors Want To Know More About California Forever Before It’s on the Ballot | KQED","description":"If voters approve the proposed new city in November, it would initially add some 50,000 new residents on what is now exurban farmland, growing to some 400,000 over the next several decades.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Solano County Supervisors Want To Know More About California Forever Before It’s on the Ballot","datePublished":"2024-06-25T17:46:52-07:00","dateModified":"2024-06-26T08:33:41-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"True","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"sticky":false,"nprStoryId":"kqed-11991788","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11991788/solano-county-supervisors-want-to-know-more-about-california-forever-before-its-on-the-ballot","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a packed three-hour meeting Tuesday, the Solano County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to delay placing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972769/not-just-a-crazy-idea-california-forever-releases-ballot-details-for-new-bay-area-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversial proposal\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on the November ballot to build a city from scratch over what is now farmland. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The board followed the suggestion of the county administrator’s office and requested a study looking at the project’s impacts on existing cities in the area. The administrator’s office and the Solano County Department of Resource Management will compile the report and present it to the board in late July, at which time the board could decide to approve the proposed new city or place it on the November ballot.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative from the billionaire-backed California Forever company — which promises a walkable city with enough housing to eventually bring some 400,000 new residents and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986569/california-forever-says-12-start-ups-will-open-workplaces-in-its-new-city\">15,000 new jobs\u003c/a>, along with millions of dollars in down payment assistance programs for first-time homebuyers — has drawn skepticism, criticism and admiration since it was first proposed last fall. Some of the skepticism was on display Tuesday, with Supervisor Monica Brown refraining from swearing outright in her initial comments to the board, but coming close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“All of us need to know what the ‘H’ this is going to do to our community,” Brown said, adding that requesting the report “is the only option I would ever agree to.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supervisor John Vasquez said the county will hire consultants to help compile the report and added that the administrator’s office has already started to analyze the plan’s impacts. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I just want the public to know that we haven’t just been sitting here waiting for this day,” he said. “The work has already proceeded, and it has been going on for a number of months.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991978\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991978\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan Sramek (second from right), CEO of California Forever, listens to public comments during a Solano County Board of Supervisors meeting in Fairfield on June 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/news/northbay-health-announces-partnership-with-california-forever-to-accelerate\">California Forever announced a partnership \u003c/a>with the healthcare company NorthBay Health, which plans to open at least six clinics throughout the county over the next two years, including one in Rio Vista. It’s one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987138/california-forever-hands-out-500k-to-solano-nonprofits-ahead-of-november-election\">many promises\u003c/a> the company has made on its path to the November ballot as it seeks to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984830/california-forever-shells-out-2m-in-campaign-to-build-city-from-scratch\">woo potential voters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those promises have included building a new \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/news/california-forever-secures-water-for-the-first-100-000-residents-of-the-new\">wastewater treatment facility\u003c/a> to process thousands of gallons of recycled water and to build a regional sports complex with facilities for \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/news/community-working-group-to-co-design-solano-sports-complex\">almost any sport imaginable\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But several supervisors were skeptical of the company’s ability to deliver on all those promises, with Supervisor Wanda Williams particularly curious about the company’s “\u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/10-guarantees\">Ten Guarantees”\u003c/a> and how the county could hold California Forever accountable to deliver on all of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We would have to depend on California Forever and this initiative to make sure they do it themselves; we can’t force them to do it,” she said of the company’s promises. “We don’t even have an environmental impact report to understand the implications of the initiative.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991977\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991977\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees of a Solano County Board of Supervisors meeting wait in line to give public comment on the California Forever/East Solano Plan in Fairfield on June 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Undeterred by the supervisors’ skepticism, California Forever CEO Jan Sramek left the meeting optimistic of his initiative’s chances at the ballot box and said, “If the election was held today, we would win.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you look at the people who really believe in this plan, so many of them are working parents, young parents, people who have full time jobs,” he said. “Despite that, so many of them took time out of their day to come here and speak for the plan. So, we’re very confident about November.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Throughout the two hours of public comment, support and opposition to California Forever’s plan was nearly evenly split. Those in favor mentioned the need for more affordable housing, jobs, and business opportunities and said growth in the county had come to a “standstill.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Robert McGary, an ironworker and Fairfield resident, was particularly interested in California Forever’s promise to bring jobs to the county. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I have a son who is an ironworker, and he had to move out of California because he can’t afford to buy here, even though he makes a premium wage,” McGary said. “I think a lot of people [against the plan] are small minded in this — they don’t realize the future. It’s like steam engines back in the 1880s. Everybody wanted to keep their horses.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991973\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991973\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Areanna Deloney holds a sign advocating against the California Forever/East Solano Plan outside a Solano County Board of Supervisors meeting in Fairfield on June 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California YIMBY, a prominent pro-housing organization, \u003ca href=\"https://cayimby.org/news-events/statement-in-support-of-the-east-solano-plan/\">voiced its support\u003c/a> last week for the company’s project, claiming that the proposal “calls for housing densities that would rival the most walkable neighborhoods in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This endorsement came as a shock to many others in the\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> pro-housing movement\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, especially those who worry the ambitious plan could \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/IDoTheThinking/status/1803290117483930094\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">fizzle out into a collection of sleepy suburbs\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Residents who spoke in opposition raised concerns about the new city’s impacts on Travis Air Force Base, its \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991234/california-forever-releases-water-plan-but-there-are-still-some-questions\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">water rights\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the traffic it could bring and whether the housing would truly be affordable. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members from Solano Together, the leading organization opposed to the plan, came out in full force during the meeting, donning bright red stickers with the organization’s name and carrying signs reading, “No to California Forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","postid":"news_11991234,news_11986569,news_11984830"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Sarah Sorokin, a member of the organization, said her main concern was the loss of habitat in the Jepson Prairie and its vernal pools. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It contains species that are endemic just to these systems, and for me, I don’t see the rationale of getting rid of it,” she said. “Infill development, where there’s already infrastructure — our dollars will go much farther [there].”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite stark divisions among the meeting’s attendees, Supervisor Mitch Mashburn lauded their cordial conduct as emblematic of a functioning democracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope the world is watching, and they see what it means for people to be able to come together and participate in the democratic process,” he said. “That is the way democracy should work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mashburn has previously said he opposes the plan “on a personal level.” At Tuesday’s meeting, Mashburn said his final vote will come at the board’s next meeting in July. Regardless of how he feels, however, the supervisors will have only two options in front of them at that meeting: to approve California Forever’s plan or let the voters decide.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11991788/solano-county-supervisors-want-to-know-more-about-california-forever-before-its-on-the-ballot","authors":["11672"],"categories":["news_6266","news_8"],"tags":["news_3921","news_34061","news_33689","news_1775","news_27208","news_23938"],"featImg":"news_11991975","label":"news"},"news_11991234":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11991234","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"news","id":"11991234","score":null,"sort":[1719262829000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-forever-releases-water-plan-but-there-are-still-some-questions","title":"California Forever Releases Water Plan, but There Are Still Some Questions","publishDate":1719262829,"format":"standard","headTitle":"California Forever Releases Water Plan, but There Are Still Some Questions | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>One of the biggest questions surrounding California Forever’s ambitious proposal to build a city from scratch in eastern Solano County is about water, where it will come from and whether the company’s plan can withstand the inevitable yearslong drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the company released its \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/news/california-forever-secures-water-for-the-first-100-000-residents-of-the-new\">long-awaited plan\u003c/a>, outlining how it expects to provide water to a new city of 100,000 residents initially and that will eventually grow to serve 400,000 when it is fully built out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will be the most sustainable city on Earth,” Bronson Johnson, the company’s head of infrastructure and sustainability, said to KQED. “We are creating a diverse portfolio of water supplies. It’s what you need to manage through drought conditions and what you need to manage seasonally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever plans to use a combination of water sources to supply the needs of the new city, including tapping into groundwater and surface water rights, which the company already owns thanks to its purchase of more than 60,000 acres of farmland. Right now, the water is being used to irrigate “some marginal [almond] orchards that don’t produce very much,” according to CEO Jan Sramek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They expect the groundwater and local surface water to make up more than a quarter of the new city’s water supply and will be used for some of the drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever representatives said they also plan to import almost a third of their water supply “upriver from out-of-county sites in California,” conveying it through “existing points of diversion on the Sacramento River and its associated tributaries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water experts who have reviewed California Forever’s plan said it’s clear the company did its homework, but some vital questions remain — especially around its plan to rely on water diverted from rivers in a state where drought is so commonplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am impressed that California Forever has engaged water resource management and legal experts to evaluate the complex issues that are raised by the proposed city,” Brian Gray, a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center, said to KQED. “However, the projected short- and long-term water supplies will be tight, and there are many details that remain unresolved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Gray said it’s not uncommon for California cities to import water to serve their residents, he noted how precarious it might be for California Forever to rely so heavily on that amount of imported water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way they’re describing their imported water strategy suggests that the long-term water supplies are tenuous,” Gray said. “I’m not saying it’s impossible, but I think there’s a lot of red flags.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gray also questioned where the company could import enough surface water to make up a third of the new city’s total supply, especially because California Forever has stated it will not seek water from Lake Berryessa via Solano County’s irrigation district. They have not identified precisely any other long-term water supply source.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Company representatives said they are in “advanced talkes on numerous aquisitions” and the details will be ironed out before it releases an environmental impact report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It can’t be some loose thing in the future that we’ll acquire what we need, we actually have to have the control of that water,” he said. “We’ll acquire some amount greater than what we actually need for resilience in drought years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gray noted that water acquired from existing users in the Sacramento River basin would have to be conveyed through the California Department of Water Resources’ North Bay Aqueduct, which is currently “oversubscribed” by other cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to importing water, California Forever plans to pump groundwater from the Fairfield-Suisun and Solano Subbasins, whose 60,000-acre property sits atop. A concern there, Gray said, is that the basins could become overdrafted, like many others, over years of drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much water has been pumped from the Solano subbasin that the state’s Department of Water Resources has required local agencies to limit the amount of water landowners can use from the ground in times of drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest percentage of the new city’s water supply — about 40% — will come from what the company calls a “circular economy” of recycled water powered by water and wastewater treatment plants to be built in the new city. The recycled water won’t be used for drinking, cooking, laundry or other household uses, but instead will be put to agricultural, industrial, commercial and other uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11991588\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25%E2%80%AFPM-scaled-e1719020205883.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2201\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25 PM-scaled-e1719020205883.jpg 2201w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25 PM-scaled-e1719020205883-800x514.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25 PM-scaled-e1719020205883-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25 PM-scaled-e1719020205883-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25 PM-scaled-e1719020205883-1536x987.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25 PM-scaled-e1719020205883-2048x1316.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25 PM-scaled-e1719020205883-1920x1233.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2201px) 100vw, 2201px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11991589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26%E2%80%AFPM-scaled-e1719020231518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2180\" height=\"1431\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26 PM-scaled-e1719020231518.jpg 2180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26 PM-scaled-e1719020231518-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26 PM-scaled-e1719020231518-1020x670.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26 PM-scaled-e1719020231518-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26 PM-scaled-e1719020231518-1536x1008.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26 PM-scaled-e1719020231518-2048x1344.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26 PM-scaled-e1719020231518-1920x1260.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2180px) 100vw, 2180px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re focusing on that lower-hanging fruit,” Johnson said. “We can design those plants so that we’re able to move that recycled water where it is best used and then maintain those precious potable water supplies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever argued its new city won’t require as much water as other, more suburban cities because it will be dense by design and will not have room for lush, green lawns and sprawling golf courses. Its residents will only use 60 gallons of water per day, far less than other cities in Solano County, which average about 100 gallons each day. For reference, \u003ca href=\"https://sfpuc.org/sites/default/files/documents/Water%20Resources%20Annual%20Report%20FY%2020-21.pdf\">San Francisco residents\u003c/a> use up to 42 gallons per day, while \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofsacramento.org/-/media/SacDOU_2019_AnnualReport-Web.pdf?db=master&la=en&vs=1&ts=20201229T1935107284#:~:text=As%20of%202009%2C%20the%20City,time%20low%20of%20152%20GPCD.\">Sacramento uses about 152 gallons per day\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some experts noticed similarities between California Forever’s water plan and those of other cities that are now amending their water plans to withstand drought. David Sedlak, director of Berkeley’s Water Center, said the use of recycled water to irrigate landscape and agriculture “is a very well-established approach in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11989766,news_11987138,news_11986569\"]“The per capita water use that they use in their calculations are not very different from what is being obtained in similar developments,” he said to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An outstanding question is where the new city’s wastewater might filter out to, Sedlak said, once it has been processed in the new treatment facilities. There could be environmental issues if a river or stream becomes overly saturated with waste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Company representatives said if the initiative is approved, they will study these options in an environmental impact report to be published next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company asked at least three water engineering firms to review its plan, and company representatives have repeatedly said that the new city will not strain water access for existing cities in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Support for the company’s plan is slowly growing as residents and outsiders alike watch the project gradually take shape. California YIMBY, a powerful pro-housing advocacy group, \u003ca href=\"https://cayimby.org/news-events/statement-in-support-of-the-east-solano-plan/\">voiced their support for California Forever\u003c/a> this week, citing that more discussion must happen before the project is at its “best version” but that a better future starts with “yes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, some are unconvinced by the company’s promises. The Solano Land Trust, an open space advocate for the county, opposes California Forever’s plan, with water scarcity listed as their biggest concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we’re talking about surface water, we’re talking about water that flows right into the delta and where Solano residents are currently pulling some of our water,” said Nicole Braddock, the group’s executive director. “It’s hard to imagine how that doesn’t affect our current water sources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever’s view is that their water plan would not impact Solano’s current water situation, as they plan to use the same amount of surface water as ranches and farms have in the past, substituting any new diversions with recycled water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Braddock remains unconvinced about the ambitious project and think the acres in east Solano County are best kept for dryland farming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, they’re proposing this huge development about the size of Vacaville, which is one of our larger cities and operating it on dryland farms — basically growing food only using rainwater,” she said. “To me, [farming] is the best use of that land.”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Water remains one of the biggest mysteries surrounding the billionaire-backed initiative to build a city on what is currently Solano County farmland. The company behind the project has released its plan, but experts said some key details are missing.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1719340850,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":34,"wordCount":1409},"headData":{"title":"California Forever Releases Water Plan, but There Are Still Some Questions | KQED","description":"Water remains one of the biggest mysteries surrounding the billionaire-backed initiative to build a city on what is currently Solano County farmland. The company behind the project has released its plan, but experts said some key details are missing.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"California Forever Releases Water Plan, but There Are Still Some Questions","datePublished":"2024-06-24T14:00:29-07:00","dateModified":"2024-06-25T11:40:50-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"True","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"sticky":false,"nprStoryId":"kqed-11991234","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11991234/california-forever-releases-water-plan-but-there-are-still-some-questions","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>One of the biggest questions surrounding California Forever’s ambitious proposal to build a city from scratch in eastern Solano County is about water, where it will come from and whether the company’s plan can withstand the inevitable yearslong drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the company released its \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/news/california-forever-secures-water-for-the-first-100-000-residents-of-the-new\">long-awaited plan\u003c/a>, outlining how it expects to provide water to a new city of 100,000 residents initially and that will eventually grow to serve 400,000 when it is fully built out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will be the most sustainable city on Earth,” Bronson Johnson, the company’s head of infrastructure and sustainability, said to KQED. “We are creating a diverse portfolio of water supplies. It’s what you need to manage through drought conditions and what you need to manage seasonally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever plans to use a combination of water sources to supply the needs of the new city, including tapping into groundwater and surface water rights, which the company already owns thanks to its purchase of more than 60,000 acres of farmland. Right now, the water is being used to irrigate “some marginal [almond] orchards that don’t produce very much,” according to CEO Jan Sramek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They expect the groundwater and local surface water to make up more than a quarter of the new city’s water supply and will be used for some of the drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever representatives said they also plan to import almost a third of their water supply “upriver from out-of-county sites in California,” conveying it through “existing points of diversion on the Sacramento River and its associated tributaries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water experts who have reviewed California Forever’s plan said it’s clear the company did its homework, but some vital questions remain — especially around its plan to rely on water diverted from rivers in a state where drought is so commonplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am impressed that California Forever has engaged water resource management and legal experts to evaluate the complex issues that are raised by the proposed city,” Brian Gray, a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center, said to KQED. “However, the projected short- and long-term water supplies will be tight, and there are many details that remain unresolved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Gray said it’s not uncommon for California cities to import water to serve their residents, he noted how precarious it might be for California Forever to rely so heavily on that amount of imported water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way they’re describing their imported water strategy suggests that the long-term water supplies are tenuous,” Gray said. “I’m not saying it’s impossible, but I think there’s a lot of red flags.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gray also questioned where the company could import enough surface water to make up a third of the new city’s total supply, especially because California Forever has stated it will not seek water from Lake Berryessa via Solano County’s irrigation district. They have not identified precisely any other long-term water supply source.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Company representatives said they are in “advanced talkes on numerous aquisitions” and the details will be ironed out before it releases an environmental impact report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It can’t be some loose thing in the future that we’ll acquire what we need, we actually have to have the control of that water,” he said. “We’ll acquire some amount greater than what we actually need for resilience in drought years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gray noted that water acquired from existing users in the Sacramento River basin would have to be conveyed through the California Department of Water Resources’ North Bay Aqueduct, which is currently “oversubscribed” by other cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to importing water, California Forever plans to pump groundwater from the Fairfield-Suisun and Solano Subbasins, whose 60,000-acre property sits atop. A concern there, Gray said, is that the basins could become overdrafted, like many others, over years of drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much water has been pumped from the Solano subbasin that the state’s Department of Water Resources has required local agencies to limit the amount of water landowners can use from the ground in times of drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest percentage of the new city’s water supply — about 40% — will come from what the company calls a “circular economy” of recycled water powered by water and wastewater treatment plants to be built in the new city. The recycled water won’t be used for drinking, cooking, laundry or other household uses, but instead will be put to agricultural, industrial, commercial and other uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11991588\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25%E2%80%AFPM-scaled-e1719020205883.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2201\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25 PM-scaled-e1719020205883.jpg 2201w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25 PM-scaled-e1719020205883-800x514.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25 PM-scaled-e1719020205883-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25 PM-scaled-e1719020205883-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25 PM-scaled-e1719020205883-1536x987.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25 PM-scaled-e1719020205883-2048x1316.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.25 PM-scaled-e1719020205883-1920x1233.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2201px) 100vw, 2201px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11991589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26%E2%80%AFPM-scaled-e1719020231518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2180\" height=\"1431\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26 PM-scaled-e1719020231518.jpg 2180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26 PM-scaled-e1719020231518-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26 PM-scaled-e1719020231518-1020x670.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26 PM-scaled-e1719020231518-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26 PM-scaled-e1719020231518-1536x1008.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26 PM-scaled-e1719020231518-2048x1344.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Image-6-21-24-at-6.26 PM-scaled-e1719020231518-1920x1260.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2180px) 100vw, 2180px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re focusing on that lower-hanging fruit,” Johnson said. “We can design those plants so that we’re able to move that recycled water where it is best used and then maintain those precious potable water supplies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever argued its new city won’t require as much water as other, more suburban cities because it will be dense by design and will not have room for lush, green lawns and sprawling golf courses. Its residents will only use 60 gallons of water per day, far less than other cities in Solano County, which average about 100 gallons each day. For reference, \u003ca href=\"https://sfpuc.org/sites/default/files/documents/Water%20Resources%20Annual%20Report%20FY%2020-21.pdf\">San Francisco residents\u003c/a> use up to 42 gallons per day, while \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofsacramento.org/-/media/SacDOU_2019_AnnualReport-Web.pdf?db=master&la=en&vs=1&ts=20201229T1935107284#:~:text=As%20of%202009%2C%20the%20City,time%20low%20of%20152%20GPCD.\">Sacramento uses about 152 gallons per day\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some experts noticed similarities between California Forever’s water plan and those of other cities that are now amending their water plans to withstand drought. David Sedlak, director of Berkeley’s Water Center, said the use of recycled water to irrigate landscape and agriculture “is a very well-established approach in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","postid":"news_11989766,news_11987138,news_11986569"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The per capita water use that they use in their calculations are not very different from what is being obtained in similar developments,” he said to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An outstanding question is where the new city’s wastewater might filter out to, Sedlak said, once it has been processed in the new treatment facilities. There could be environmental issues if a river or stream becomes overly saturated with waste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Company representatives said if the initiative is approved, they will study these options in an environmental impact report to be published next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company asked at least three water engineering firms to review its plan, and company representatives have repeatedly said that the new city will not strain water access for existing cities in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Support for the company’s plan is slowly growing as residents and outsiders alike watch the project gradually take shape. California YIMBY, a powerful pro-housing advocacy group, \u003ca href=\"https://cayimby.org/news-events/statement-in-support-of-the-east-solano-plan/\">voiced their support for California Forever\u003c/a> this week, citing that more discussion must happen before the project is at its “best version” but that a better future starts with “yes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, some are unconvinced by the company’s promises. The Solano Land Trust, an open space advocate for the county, opposes California Forever’s plan, with water scarcity listed as their biggest concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we’re talking about surface water, we’re talking about water that flows right into the delta and where Solano residents are currently pulling some of our water,” said Nicole Braddock, the group’s executive director. “It’s hard to imagine how that doesn’t affect our current water sources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever’s view is that their water plan would not impact Solano’s current water situation, as they plan to use the same amount of surface water as ranches and farms have in the past, substituting any new diversions with recycled water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Braddock remains unconvinced about the ambitious project and think the acres in east Solano County are best kept for dryland farming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, they’re proposing this huge development about the size of Vacaville, which is one of our larger cities and operating it on dryland farms — basically growing food only using rainwater,” she said. “To me, [farming] is the best use of that land.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11991234/california-forever-releases-water-plan-but-there-are-still-some-questions","authors":["11672"],"categories":["news_6266","news_8"],"tags":["news_3921","news_34061","news_33689","news_20447","news_18299","news_27626","news_1775","news_23938","news_483"],"featImg":"news_11991425","label":"news"},"news_11989766":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11989766","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"news","id":"11989766","score":null,"sort":[1718150098000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-forevers-bid-to-build-a-new-city-qualifies-for-november-ballot","title":"California Forever's Bid to Build a New City Qualifies for November Ballot","publishDate":1718150098,"format":"standard","headTitle":"California Forever’s Bid to Build a New City Qualifies for November Ballot | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The campaign to build a city from scratch in Solano County submitted enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot, election officials said Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Solano County Registrar of Voters spent a month reviewing over 20,000 signatures turned in by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984830/california-forever-shells-out-2m-in-campaign-to-build-city-from-scratch\">California Forever\u003c/a>, the billionaire-backed company behind the ballot initiative. The measure needed 14,369 signatures from registered Solano County voters to qualify. On Tuesday, the Registrar of Voters certified the signatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure now heads to the Solano County Board of Supervisors, which will vote at the end of June on whether to immediately adopt the initiative, place it on the November ballot or first request a report assessing the impacts the project would have on the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Mitch Mashburn has already announced his intention to request the report and said the board “will do everything we can to provide the facts needed to make an informed decision.” That report will be published 30 days after it is requested — likely appearing before the board in late July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re feeling great. We’ve had an incredibly exciting six weeks now that we submitted the signatures; we’ve had the opportunity to start delivering on all of [our] initiatives,” California Forever CEO Jan Sramek told KQED. “This is just the beginning. There’s more coming this summer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever has made myriad promises tied to its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972769/not-just-a-crazy-idea-california-forever-releases-ballot-details-for-new-bay-area-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ambitious plan\u003c/a> in eastern Solano County, including adding \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986569/california-forever-says-12-start-ups-will-open-workplaces-in-its-new-city\">15,000 new jobs\u003c/a> to the county, delivering community benefits packages and offering down payment assistance programs for first-time homebuyers. In recent months, the company has begun to announce how it plans to make good on those promises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most recently, the company said it would offer a \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/news/partnering-with-merit-america-to-help-solano-residents-land-higher-paying\">$140,000 grant program \u003c/a>to fund technical courses in IT support and data analytics to prepare residents for the jobs it promises will come once the initiative is approved. It also announced it would build a “Solano Sports Complex” with spaces for baseball, softball, football, basketball, soccer, volleyball, tennis, gymnastics, swimming and other sports.[aside postID=news_11987138 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg']“The sports complex fills a need that we have in Solano County that every child deserves to play at a state-of-the-art facility,” Michael Fortney, California Forever’s director of partnerships, told KQED. “People will be traveling from all over the state and nationally to come to Solano County to compete here, they’ll be staying in our hotels, they’ll be shopping in our shops, they’ll be eating in our restaurants, and that will create a real economic boom for Solano County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sports complex will be built only if the ballot initiative passes, but the money for the technical training grant program — along with $500,000 that the company has already doled out to local nonprofits — would be handed out before the initiative comes before voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, many are not convinced about the project and its lofty promises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the Solano Land Trust, a conservation agency, officially came out against the project and urged voters to “vote no on a November ballot measure that would allow the development of the East Solano Plan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After careful consideration, we reached the informed conclusion that a development of this magnitude will have a detrimental impact on Solano County’s water resources, air quality, traffic, farmland and natural environment,” Nicole Braddock, executive director of the organization, said in a \u003ca href=\"https://solanolandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SLT-East-Solano-Announcement-Press-Release-FINAL-6.5.2024.pdf\">statement (PDF)\u003c/a>. “The plan runs counter to Solano Land Trust’s mission of preserving land and water for current and future generations in Solano County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solano Together, a grassroots organization opposed to the East Solano Plan, has started printing and handing out yard signs saying “No to California Forever” to those opposed to the plan. Other organizations, including Sustainable Solano, have also publicly opposed the project, citing concerns about a strain on water resources and traffic the new development might bring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s really easy to say no,” Sramek said on Tuesday, blaming the opposition on “special interest groups.” “What we are hearing from voters is this is the most credible plan that they’ve ever seen to make life better for working families in Solano County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The billionaire-backed plan to start a city from scratch in Solano County submitted enough valid signatures to appear on the ballot. Next, the measure goes to county supervisors.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1718215090,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":15,"wordCount":753},"headData":{"title":"California Forever's Bid to Build a New City Qualifies for November Ballot | KQED","description":"The billionaire-backed plan to start a city from scratch in Solano County submitted enough valid signatures to appear on the ballot. Next, the measure goes to county supervisors.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"California Forever's Bid to Build a New City Qualifies for November Ballot","datePublished":"2024-06-11T16:54:58-07:00","dateModified":"2024-06-12T10:58:10-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"True","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"sticky":false,"nprStoryId":"kqed-11989766","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11989766/california-forevers-bid-to-build-a-new-city-qualifies-for-november-ballot","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The campaign to build a city from scratch in Solano County submitted enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot, election officials said Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Solano County Registrar of Voters spent a month reviewing over 20,000 signatures turned in by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984830/california-forever-shells-out-2m-in-campaign-to-build-city-from-scratch\">California Forever\u003c/a>, the billionaire-backed company behind the ballot initiative. The measure needed 14,369 signatures from registered Solano County voters to qualify. On Tuesday, the Registrar of Voters certified the signatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure now heads to the Solano County Board of Supervisors, which will vote at the end of June on whether to immediately adopt the initiative, place it on the November ballot or first request a report assessing the impacts the project would have on the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Mitch Mashburn has already announced his intention to request the report and said the board “will do everything we can to provide the facts needed to make an informed decision.” That report will be published 30 days after it is requested — likely appearing before the board in late July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re feeling great. We’ve had an incredibly exciting six weeks now that we submitted the signatures; we’ve had the opportunity to start delivering on all of [our] initiatives,” California Forever CEO Jan Sramek told KQED. “This is just the beginning. There’s more coming this summer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever has made myriad promises tied to its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972769/not-just-a-crazy-idea-california-forever-releases-ballot-details-for-new-bay-area-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ambitious plan\u003c/a> in eastern Solano County, including adding \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986569/california-forever-says-12-start-ups-will-open-workplaces-in-its-new-city\">15,000 new jobs\u003c/a> to the county, delivering community benefits packages and offering down payment assistance programs for first-time homebuyers. In recent months, the company has begun to announce how it plans to make good on those promises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most recently, the company said it would offer a \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/news/partnering-with-merit-america-to-help-solano-residents-land-higher-paying\">$140,000 grant program \u003c/a>to fund technical courses in IT support and data analytics to prepare residents for the jobs it promises will come once the initiative is approved. It also announced it would build a “Solano Sports Complex” with spaces for baseball, softball, football, basketball, soccer, volleyball, tennis, gymnastics, swimming and other sports.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11987138","hero":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The sports complex fills a need that we have in Solano County that every child deserves to play at a state-of-the-art facility,” Michael Fortney, California Forever’s director of partnerships, told KQED. “People will be traveling from all over the state and nationally to come to Solano County to compete here, they’ll be staying in our hotels, they’ll be shopping in our shops, they’ll be eating in our restaurants, and that will create a real economic boom for Solano County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sports complex will be built only if the ballot initiative passes, but the money for the technical training grant program — along with $500,000 that the company has already doled out to local nonprofits — would be handed out before the initiative comes before voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, many are not convinced about the project and its lofty promises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the Solano Land Trust, a conservation agency, officially came out against the project and urged voters to “vote no on a November ballot measure that would allow the development of the East Solano Plan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After careful consideration, we reached the informed conclusion that a development of this magnitude will have a detrimental impact on Solano County’s water resources, air quality, traffic, farmland and natural environment,” Nicole Braddock, executive director of the organization, said in a \u003ca href=\"https://solanolandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SLT-East-Solano-Announcement-Press-Release-FINAL-6.5.2024.pdf\">statement (PDF)\u003c/a>. “The plan runs counter to Solano Land Trust’s mission of preserving land and water for current and future generations in Solano County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solano Together, a grassroots organization opposed to the East Solano Plan, has started printing and handing out yard signs saying “No to California Forever” to those opposed to the plan. Other organizations, including Sustainable Solano, have also publicly opposed the project, citing concerns about a strain on water resources and traffic the new development might bring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s really easy to say no,” Sramek said on Tuesday, blaming the opposition on “special interest groups.” “What we are hearing from voters is this is the most credible plan that they’ve ever seen to make life better for working families in Solano County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11989766/california-forevers-bid-to-build-a-new-city-qualifies-for-november-ballot","authors":["11672"],"categories":["news_6266","news_8"],"tags":["news_33577","news_3921","news_18862","news_34061","news_18538","news_31979","news_33689","news_34062","news_32839","news_1775","news_353","news_23938"],"featImg":"news_11989773","label":"news"},"news_11987138":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11987138","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"news","id":"11987138","score":null,"sort":[1716318992000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-forever-hands-out-500k-to-solano-nonprofits-ahead-of-november-election","title":"California Forever Hands Out $500K to Solano Nonprofits Ahead of November Election","publishDate":1716318992,"format":"standard","headTitle":"California Forever Hands Out $500K to Solano Nonprofits Ahead of November Election | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>As California Forever continues its campaign to build a new city in Solano County, the billionaire-backed company announced on Tuesday that it had paid $500,000 in grants to 45 nonprofits working within the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The awardees include Dixon Family Services, the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, Journey Downtown Theater and the Boys & Girls Empowerment Group in Vallejo. A representative from California Forever said the money has already been distributed, though they did not disclose how much each organization received.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before announcing the grant program in December, company representatives “listened to what the community wanted and needed,” said Michael Fortney, who was part of California Forever’s citizens advisory committee last year and later became the company’s director of partnerships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the team heard over and over, ‘We need nonprofit money,’” he said. “And a lot of people came back and said, ‘We don’t want [the money] to be tied to the ballot initiative. You need to prove to us that you’re willing to come in and be a good partner and a good stakeholder in the community.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the grants announced Tuesday are only the first round of community funding, according to California Forever, all future money is tied to the November ballot initiative that would clear the way for the new city. That includes $500 million in what the company is calling “community benefits commitments” that would go toward housing, education, parks and family farms, and $200 million that would go toward investing in and renovating homes, offices and shops in downtown Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Vacaville and Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This initial round of funding comes with no strings attached, Fortney said, and some of the organizations have not publicly expressed their support for the ballot initiative yet. Others offered their thanks to the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are so few direct services available for unhoused transitional-aged youth in Vallejo,” said Adjoa McDonald, the founder of the youth services organization Vallejo Project. “[California Forever]’s resources will ensure that a handful of the many vulnerable youth in our community have the skills and mentors needed to establish gainful employment.”[aside tag=\"california-forever\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986569/california-forever-says-12-start-ups-will-open-workplaces-in-its-new-city\">California Forever announced a partnership with 12 companies\u003c/a> that promised to open factories, farms and offices in the new town if approved. Representatives also announced plans to build one of the largest solar farms in the state, using local labor to construct and operate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many of the companies are based in California, some are start-ups, and some skeptics of the plan wonder whether those companies will still be able to fulfill their promise after a decade, when the town will potentially be built and ready to move in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the coming weeks, company representatives have said California Forever will announce another round of employer partnerships and more details about its promises of increased recreation and entertainment opportunities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The billionaire-backed company is handing out thousands of dollars in funding to 45 Solano County nonprofits. California Forever says the money comes with 'no strings attached.'\r\n","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1716318992,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":12,"wordCount":512},"headData":{"title":"California Forever Hands Out $500K to Solano Nonprofits Ahead of November Election | KQED","description":"The billionaire-backed company is handing out thousands of dollars in funding to 45 Solano County nonprofits. California Forever says the money comes with 'no strings attached.'\r\n","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"California Forever Hands Out $500K to Solano Nonprofits Ahead of November Election","datePublished":"2024-05-21T12:16:32-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-21T12:16:32-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"True","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"sticky":false,"nprStoryId":"kqed-11987138","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11987138/california-forever-hands-out-500k-to-solano-nonprofits-ahead-of-november-election","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As California Forever continues its campaign to build a new city in Solano County, the billionaire-backed company announced on Tuesday that it had paid $500,000 in grants to 45 nonprofits working within the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The awardees include Dixon Family Services, the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, Journey Downtown Theater and the Boys & Girls Empowerment Group in Vallejo. A representative from California Forever said the money has already been distributed, though they did not disclose how much each organization received.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before announcing the grant program in December, company representatives “listened to what the community wanted and needed,” said Michael Fortney, who was part of California Forever’s citizens advisory committee last year and later became the company’s director of partnerships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the team heard over and over, ‘We need nonprofit money,’” he said. “And a lot of people came back and said, ‘We don’t want [the money] to be tied to the ballot initiative. You need to prove to us that you’re willing to come in and be a good partner and a good stakeholder in the community.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the grants announced Tuesday are only the first round of community funding, according to California Forever, all future money is tied to the November ballot initiative that would clear the way for the new city. That includes $500 million in what the company is calling “community benefits commitments” that would go toward housing, education, parks and family farms, and $200 million that would go toward investing in and renovating homes, offices and shops in downtown Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Vacaville and Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This initial round of funding comes with no strings attached, Fortney said, and some of the organizations have not publicly expressed their support for the ballot initiative yet. Others offered their thanks to the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are so few direct services available for unhoused transitional-aged youth in Vallejo,” said Adjoa McDonald, the founder of the youth services organization Vallejo Project. “[California Forever]’s resources will ensure that a handful of the many vulnerable youth in our community have the skills and mentors needed to establish gainful employment.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"california-forever","label":"More Related Stories "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986569/california-forever-says-12-start-ups-will-open-workplaces-in-its-new-city\">California Forever announced a partnership with 12 companies\u003c/a> that promised to open factories, farms and offices in the new town if approved. Representatives also announced plans to build one of the largest solar farms in the state, using local labor to construct and operate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many of the companies are based in California, some are start-ups, and some skeptics of the plan wonder whether those companies will still be able to fulfill their promise after a decade, when the town will potentially be built and ready to move in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the coming weeks, company representatives have said California Forever will announce another round of employer partnerships and more details about its promises of increased recreation and entertainment opportunities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11987138/california-forever-hands-out-500k-to-solano-nonprofits-ahead-of-november-election","authors":["11672"],"categories":["news_31795","news_1758","news_6266","news_8"],"tags":["news_34061","news_33689","news_34062","news_27626","news_1775","news_27208","news_353","news_34060","news_23938"],"featImg":"news_11987149","label":"news"},"news_11986569":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11986569","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"news","id":"11986569","score":null,"sort":[1715892985000]},"parent":0,"labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"blocks":[],"publishDate":1715892985,"format":"standard","title":"California Forever Says 12 Start-Ups Will Open Workplaces in Its New City","headTitle":"California Forever Says 12 Start-Ups Will Open Workplaces in Its New City | KQED","content":"\u003cp>The billionaire-backed company seeking to build a city from scratch in eastern Solano County took its first steps toward bringing jobs there, announcing partnerships on Thursday with 12 companies that have pledged to open new offices, factories and farms in the proposed city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever has publicly promised to bring some 15,000 new jobs to the county. But it’s unclear how many new jobs the 12 partner companies would provide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives for California Forever and the companies involved declined to provide specific details about whether they would bring their existing employees or add new ones. If voters approve the plan, there are also no binding financial or legal agreements compelling them to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the companies are start-ups, mostly based in California, and their industries include aerospace engineering, self-driving robotics, indoor vertical farming and internet infrastructure. They are Hadrian, Living Carbon, Plenty, Serve Robotics, Meter, Motive, BREX, Cover, Build Casa, Zipline, Freethink and Instant Teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These employers have committed publicly that they’re interested in bringing jobs to the new community if Solano County voters approve the project this November,” California Forever’s Director of Partnerships Michael Fortney said in a statement to KQED. “Even though we’re a few years away from breaking ground, some of them have already started negotiating terms for acquiring space to operate in the new community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some groups, however, remain skeptical about California Forever’s promises. Sadie Wilson, director of planning and research with the Greenbelt Alliance, said this news is still “devoid of substance and lacking transparency.” She is particularly concerned that all the potential employers are start-ups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are certain questions about if and how these budding companies and ventures will look in 10 years or so,” when the city is eventually built, she said in a statement to KQED. “As November approaches, Solano County voters need real information, not more hypothetical plans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county lacks enough jobs for its residents. Almost half of those who live in Solano County commute outside of it to work, \u003ca href=\"https://labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/file/commute-maps/StateCommute2015.pdf\">according to a 2015 study\u003c/a> from the state’s Employment Development Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11985195,news_11985711,news_11984830 label='Related Coverage']Included in its pledge to bring 15,000 new jobs, California Forever has said it would create nearly 1,400 construction-related jobs for a solar farm it is proposing to build near the site of its new city. After the solar farm is completed, it would employ roughly 300 people to maintain and operate the facility in Solano County, while about 130 jobs would be located elsewhere throughout California, company representatives said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed solar farm could potentially generate enough power for 1.5 million homes, according to an \u003ca href=\"https://assets.ctfassets.net/ivxuf0dn6dhw/5UZa0vW0DABZ5A3h4KfjCU/f2bb0baa7819c5fbb0126c29c6c5a7e7/Solar_Farm_Econ_Impacts_-_FINAL.pdf\">economic impact report created by Blue Sky Consulting\u003c/a> and paid for by California Forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the companies have released details on what they plan to build in the new city if it is approved. Chris Power, founder and CEO of the aerospace and defense manufacturing start-up Hadrian, said his company would be looking to acquire space for a new factory “if the East Solano Plan was shovel-ready today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are excited by the vision of amazing neighborhoods located next to a manufacturing zone designed to accelerate innovation in California,” he said in a statement. “Hadrian is building a series of factories across America to enable space and defense manufacturers to get parts 10 times faster and halve the cost of making rockets, satellites, jets and drones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travis Air Force Base did not immediately return a request for comment about whether the proposed companies would compete with its operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, California Forever \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984408/billionaire-backed-bid-for-new-solano-county-city-is-closer-to-november-ballot\">submitted signatures for its petition\u003c/a> to appear on the November ballot. A representative from the Solano County Registrar’s Office said it completed its raw count of the roughly 20,000 signatures submitted last week, but is now verifying those signatures to make sure at least 13,062 came from registered Solano County voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make it on the ballot, the initiative will then need a vote of the Solano County Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":707,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":17},"modified":1715895478,"excerpt":"California Forever promises to add 15,000 jobs to Solano County if voters approve its plan to build a new city from scratch in November. Twelve companies have pledged their support for the plan and to build factories and offices there.","headData":{"twImgId":"","twTitle":"","ogTitle":"","ogImgId":"","twDescription":"","description":"California Forever promises to add 15,000 jobs to Solano County if voters approve its plan to build a new city from scratch in November. 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But it’s unclear how many new jobs the 12 partner companies would provide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives for California Forever and the companies involved declined to provide specific details about whether they would bring their existing employees or add new ones. If voters approve the plan, there are also no binding financial or legal agreements compelling them to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the companies are start-ups, mostly based in California, and their industries include aerospace engineering, self-driving robotics, indoor vertical farming and internet infrastructure. They are Hadrian, Living Carbon, Plenty, Serve Robotics, Meter, Motive, BREX, Cover, Build Casa, Zipline, Freethink and Instant Teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These employers have committed publicly that they’re interested in bringing jobs to the new community if Solano County voters approve the project this November,” California Forever’s Director of Partnerships Michael Fortney said in a statement to KQED. “Even though we’re a few years away from breaking ground, some of them have already started negotiating terms for acquiring space to operate in the new community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some groups, however, remain skeptical about California Forever’s promises. Sadie Wilson, director of planning and research with the Greenbelt Alliance, said this news is still “devoid of substance and lacking transparency.” She is particularly concerned that all the potential employers are start-ups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are certain questions about if and how these budding companies and ventures will look in 10 years or so,” when the city is eventually built, she said in a statement to KQED. “As November approaches, Solano County voters need real information, not more hypothetical plans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county lacks enough jobs for its residents. Almost half of those who live in Solano County commute outside of it to work, \u003ca href=\"https://labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/file/commute-maps/StateCommute2015.pdf\">according to a 2015 study\u003c/a> from the state’s Employment Development Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11985195,news_11985711,news_11984830","label":"Related Coverage "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Included in its pledge to bring 15,000 new jobs, California Forever has said it would create nearly 1,400 construction-related jobs for a solar farm it is proposing to build near the site of its new city. After the solar farm is completed, it would employ roughly 300 people to maintain and operate the facility in Solano County, while about 130 jobs would be located elsewhere throughout California, company representatives said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed solar farm could potentially generate enough power for 1.5 million homes, according to an \u003ca href=\"https://assets.ctfassets.net/ivxuf0dn6dhw/5UZa0vW0DABZ5A3h4KfjCU/f2bb0baa7819c5fbb0126c29c6c5a7e7/Solar_Farm_Econ_Impacts_-_FINAL.pdf\">economic impact report created by Blue Sky Consulting\u003c/a> and paid for by California Forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the companies have released details on what they plan to build in the new city if it is approved. Chris Power, founder and CEO of the aerospace and defense manufacturing start-up Hadrian, said his company would be looking to acquire space for a new factory “if the East Solano Plan was shovel-ready today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are excited by the vision of amazing neighborhoods located next to a manufacturing zone designed to accelerate innovation in California,” he said in a statement. “Hadrian is building a series of factories across America to enable space and defense manufacturers to get parts 10 times faster and halve the cost of making rockets, satellites, jets and drones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travis Air Force Base did not immediately return a request for comment about whether the proposed companies would compete with its operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, California Forever \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984408/billionaire-backed-bid-for-new-solano-county-city-is-closer-to-november-ballot\">submitted signatures for its petition\u003c/a> to appear on the November ballot. 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She told KQED she was unsure why she was paid for the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though no campaign finance rule would bar Sue Vaccaro from taking such a fee, she opted to return the money this week after KQED reported on it as part of a story about California Forever’s campaign finance spending because she didn’t want to be associated with the initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rick Vaccaro said that neither he nor his wife have endorsed the plan to build the city, which would be a few miles away from Fairfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do not plan on endorsing the project at any time,” Rick Vaccaro said. “[Sue] gave the money back because she didn’t want it to look like she was endorsing them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more housing coverage\" tag=\"housing\"]Opinions about the project have varied since the company announced its plans late last year. 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