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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano

Tech billionaires want to build a new city in rural California. Voters may get a say on it

A created image of trees, buildings and people on the sidewalk.
A rendering by California Forever, a company that spent nearly $1bn to acquire land and is now the largest landowner in Solano county. Photograph: California Forever

The controversial plan backed by Silicon Valley billionaires to build a new city in northern California farmland could come before voters later this year.

California Forever, the company that quietly acquired 60,000 acres of land in Solano county and recently revealed it planned to build a city there, announced on Wednesday it would submit a ballot initiative asking voters to clear the way for the project.

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