‘California Forever’ website touts the city tech billionaires are trying to build
by Wes Davis from The Verge - All Posts on (#6EE42)
Flannery Associates, the company behind land grabs near San Francisco that turned out to be a secret plot to build a city with hundreds of millions in funding from wealthy tech leaders, has revealed a website for the planned city. California Forever is the name of Flannery's parent company, and its site is filled with sunny pictures of a walkable, green city by the bay.
The text sets up what it says surveys tell it residents want - good local jobs, walkability, safety, etc. - then makes vague promises not to ruin nearby agriculture and to create solar farms. At the bottom, the site promises walkable neighborhoods and to help solve" infrastructure issues and protect and support" the nearby Travis Air Force base.
Former Goldman Sachs...