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The Guardian - US
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Voters to weigh in on whether tech billionaires can build new California city

A woman, left, holds a yellow sign reading 'Not Invited' while a man beside her looks off to the side.
Kathleen Threlfall, left, and Bill Mortimore protest outside a press conference unveiling California Forever's plan in Rio Vista, California, on 17 January 2024. Photograph: Jessica Christian/AP

Voters in northern California will get to weigh in on whether a contentious plan backed by Silicon Valley billionaires to build a new city north of San Francisco can go ahead.

California Forever, the company behind the initiative to build a green city for up to 400,000 people in California farmland, submitted well over the 13,000 valid signatures required to put it on the 5 November ballot, elections officials said on Tuesday.

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