California
Why tech billionaires are trying to create a new California city
A group of Silicon Valley investors is behind the purchase of some 60,000 acres of farmland, as part of an ambitious plan to build a brand-new walkable city in the nation's most car-centric state. But will voters approve?
Starting back in 2017, something mysterious was going on just 90 minutes northeast of San Francisco: a secretive group was purchasing farmland – lots of it, some 60,000 acres – in rural Solano County. Many feared it might be a Chinese government plot... [4935 chars]