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Billionaires trying to build a new city in rural California claim there will be more jobs than households when the first 50,000 people move in, with a dozen companies already interested. California Forever has bought up 50,000 acres worth almost $1 billion in an area of Solano County, about 60 miles northeast of San Francisco. Led by former Goldman Sachs banker Jan Sramek, it was wants to turn the land into an 'old-fashioned,' walkable city that could grow to 400,000 residents. Imagined as a largely middle-class utopia with safe neighborhoods and high-paying jobs, the group claims it already has eager businesses lined up.

Locals in Solano County have accused a group of billionaires, California Forever, of attempting to 'trick' them into signing a petition to encourage the construction of their 'utopian city.' Locals claim they are using nefarious methods to gain signatures, waited outside local businesses, and told passersby that they are signing a petition to'get safer roads,'harsher fentanyl-use penalties,'or even to'cure cancer.' In order for their proposal to rezone the land to be on a referendum in November, they need to get 13,000 signatures from registered voters.

California Forever,' the corporation, is the sole landowner in Solano County, which is about 60 miles northeast of San Francisco. The company referred to the area as "some of the worst for agriculture in Solano County" in a recent commercial. Nothing has been able to grow on this land for years.' The commercial promises to build 'walkable, middle-class communities that we can afford.' The commercial also promised $400 million in down payment assistance for residents and 15,000 new employees with 'good pay in manufacturing and tech'.

Residents of Vallejo, California, a Solano County city, expressed their trepidation about a planned 'utopian city,' which is expected to be constructed on farmland in the immediate area. The project is being dubbed 'California Forever.' Its architects' proposal to turn 50,000 acres of Solano County farmland into a brand new city of about as many residents. According to the developers, the area will be as walkable as Paris and will result in the creation of tens of thousands of jobs.

Residents of Solano County packed into a meeting earlier this month to oppose a billionaire-backed group's attempts to build a 'walkable and green' city on rural property. Those in opposition argue that the initiative could jeopardize existing ecosystems and be referred to as a 'oligarch city.' Brian Brokaw, a spokesperson for the group, dismissed them as a "small but vocal minority."

The October purchases, according to Flannery Associates, was the last stage of its sale before the 'California Dream' city's construction began. Flannery Associates LLC has invested more than $800 million in Solano County over the years, secretly buying vast swaths of land around Travis Air Force Base, a project dubbed 'California Forever.' According to county records, the investor group bought half a dozen more land parcels in October, totaling 814 acres, indicating that it now owns more than 53,000 acres in the area.

Farmers who live on the land rented by Silicon Valley titans in order to create a utopian city are concerned that the growth will destroy their livelihoods. On Friday, renderings for the California Forever project were unveiled, revealing proposals for a 50,000-acre idealistic city backed by tech billionaires and giants. As farmers and ranchers who live near the property purchased by 'Flannery Associates' protested the company's conduct, they immediately reacted angrily. They are so selfish, it's amazing,' a farmer who spoke with SF Chronicle said. 'They know what they are going to do but they don't even know anyone who lives here?' Forever, the landowner in Solano County, about 60 miles northeast of San Francisco, is now the largest landowner. The land was worth more than $800 million to the company.

Local Mayor Catherine Moy (left) and Democratic Congressman John Garamendi (top right) seem to have been gauging support for a new city with a "college feel" in the Solano County area, while local Mayor Catherine Moy (left) and Democrat Congressman John Garamendi (top right) are concerned about national security. According to public reports, Flannery Associates has invested more than $800 million on land surrounding the air base, which is located 50 miles northeast of San Francisco. Officials in the 120,000-strong city were sent a survey (inset) from a polling website by text message this week, while others said they had been called.

Farmers are being sued by a mysterious group that purchased more than 50,000 acres of land around an Air Force base in California for conspiring to sell it at higher rates. However, a congressman now claims that the lawsuit is in fact part of a conspiracy to destabilize the farmers, as well as a growing suspicion" that the chunks of land are being purchased by a party linked to China. According to public records, 'Flannery Associates' has invested over $800 million on the Travis Air Force base since 2018.'

State authorities are looking into a mysterious firm that has bought 55,000 acres of dry farmland around an Air Force base in California. The Travis Air Force base, which is northeast of San Francisco, houses a large transport plane that is used for refueling smaller planes and sending humanitarian and munitions around the world. Flannery Associates LLC has invested around $800 million on swaths of land around the base, causing local, state, and federal officials to be unsure who they are and what they want with it beginning in 2018.

As chaos broke out in the hearing room, Democrats on the House Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government chastised Republicans over the FBI whistleblowers' credibility. Gardette, Steve Friend, and Marcus Allen, all suspended FBI agents, are testifying before the commission on Thursday about suspected 'abuses of power' by the federal bureau's leadership, ranging from harassment against conservatives to the increase of domestic terror statistics. 'Be prepared,' Chairman Jordan warned the witnesses at the beginning of the trial, 'because [the Democrats] are going to come after you.'

When visiting Taiwan on Friday, Sen. Marsha Blackburn maintained that Taiwan is its own "country." In a meeting with Tai President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday, the Tennessee Republican first referred to Taiwan as a 'country.' In 2008, Blackburn recalled her first trip to Taiwan, where she had 'the opportunity to see some of your country firsthand.' On call with reporters, Blackburn, a member of the Armed Services Committee, was asked if her remarks were contrary to official US policy. 'I feel like Taiwan is a nation.' If Taiwan was not a country why would China be talking about reunification?' The Tennessee Republican asked defiantly.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn landed in Taipei, Taiwan, on board a US military aircraft, marking the fourth visit by a US lawmaker to the island nation in a matter of weeks. The step is likely to anger Beijing, who sees visits from US officials as confirmation of Taiwan's independence. Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican who serves on the Senate's Commerce and Armed Services Committees, was one of a number of Republican senators who supported House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial Taiwan tour last month.

If neither party takes action to deescalate, Singapore's prime minister-in-waiting warned that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan put the US-China relationship on a'very worrying' course, and that if neither side takes action to deescalate, the two countries could'sleepwalk into conflict. 'Following the trip, tensions have risen a notch,' Lawrence Wong said in an interview with Bloomberg. 'And here's the danger: we're starting to see a sequence of decisions taken by both countries that could lead us to more volatile territory.' Wong is the current deputy prime minister and finance minister. He expressed worry over a potential conflict in the Taiwan Strait, or the South China Sea, where China has been increasing its military drills.

Following China's warning and starting military drills near the island less than two weeks after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit less than two weeks ago, another group of US lawmakers is visiting Taiwan over the weekend. According to the American Institute in Taiwan, a five-member delegation led by Democratic Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts is in Taiwan on Sunday and Monday as part of a larger trip through Asia. Pelosi's trip to Taiwan just 12 days before this new trip enraged China, prompting Beijing to launch missiles, warships, and warplanes into the seas and air around Taiwan.