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We support California Forever.

The Golden State is in a rough way. But we believe that our best days lie ahead. When faced with housing shortages in the past, our leaders took bold actions to increase the supply of new housing. For this reason, California YIMBY is proud to support … a project that will—at full build-out—provide homes for as many as 400,000 Californians and provide a template for sustainable growth.

The California Forever project is a great idea. The implementation will be very tricky, but there’s a big opportunity here.

I am optimistic about California Forever. Everything I’ve seen and read so far looks like what the New Urbanists have been trying to get on the ground for 40 years. Including leveling the playing field so urbanism can get permitted as easily as sprawl.

As a lifelong resident of Rio Vista and business owner in this region, I’ve always believed in the potential of Solano County, and the California Forever project is a game-changer for our community. I fully support this project – it’s an opportunity we cannot afford to miss.

Bill Dutra Executive Chairman, Dutra Group

The California Forever project is a monumental endeavor that will make a major contribution to solving California’s housing crisis, create 12,000 jobs during the construction phase, and create over 50,000 permanent jobs by 2040. This project takes California back to what made our state great – big, bold, daring endeavors that redefined our economy and made the California Dream possible for generations of Californians. We are proud to support California Forever.

California Building Industry Association

The California Forever project represents a monumental opportunity for regional growth and development. The construction phase alone would bring $2.4 billion of investment and over 12,000 jobs to Solano County, with over 50,000 jobs supported from 2040 onwards. This project would create generational employment, for workers who apprentice, work, and retire on this project, with hopefully many of them living in the new community. Our company has spent the last 110 years building a better California, including numerous projects in Solano County, a place that many of our employees call home. We would be proud to do our part in bringing this visionary project to life.

Ghilotti Construction Company

We support California Forever

Please build this. We need things to be built again in America.

Samuel Safahi Orcutt

Please build this. We need things to be built again in America.

Samuel Safahi Orcutt Financial analyst

Please make this happen! California needs cities with better urban planning and land use! Set…

Jonathan Willis SACRAMENTO

Please make this happen! California needs cities with better urban planning and land use! Set the example for others to follow with high and medium density mixed use zoning that allows people to use their legs instead of separating everyone into dangerous individual vehicles.

Jonathan Willis SACRAMENTO IT Specialist

Walkable, clean, safe, energy efficient cities are needed for our country. The mid-20th century model…

Timothy Crane APO

Walkable, clean, safe, energy efficient cities are needed for our country. The mid-20th century model is outdated and spiritless. We need cities for people now.

Timothy Crane APO Military (USMC)

California needs traditional neighborhood design and affordable housing desperately.

David Guin Nobleboro

California needs traditional neighborhood design and affordable housing desperately.

David Guin Nobleboro Architect

I think that this project will not only create a great place to live, but…

Charles Collins Schenectady NY 12303

I think that this project will not only create a great place to live, but a place that people want to live. While also being affordable, walkable, and having great public transit.

Charles Collins Schenectady NY 12303

I believe in the American dream. I love California, I love everything about this project…

Holly Lara Modesto

I believe in the American dream. I love California, I love everything about this project and what it stands for even the names perfect.

Holly Lara Modesto Self employed I believe in the American dream

I heard about this project from the All-In podcast and it sounded like such a…

David Rowe Littleton, MA

I heard about this project from the All-In podcast and it sounded like such a good idea, I wanted to learn more. The scale and scope of this project is ambitious. It is just what this country needs more of: bold ideas that bring a bright future into focus. I hope this concept spreads to other states like Massachusetts.

David Rowe Littleton, MA Electrical Engineer

I simply love my home state of California and support any project that seeks to…

Cole Mathis Los Angeles

I simply love my home state of California and support any project that seeks to inject affordable housing and smart zoning into it.

Cole Mathis Los Angeles Visual Media Architect

The danger of building a new city is that it’ll be either A) not a…

Noah Smith

The danger of building a new city is that it’ll be either A) not a place where companies want to locate, or B) not a fun, vibrant place to live. Here are some ideas for how the California Forever project can avoid those dangers.

https://x.com/Noahpinion/status/1749099785586684165

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-california-forever-project-is

Noah Smith

This is the best new idea for California I've heard in a long time- and…

Brandon Neal

This is the best new idea for California I've heard in a long time- and I fully support it!

Brandon Neal

As the President of the National Town Builders Association I am pleased to see this…

Rob Parker Peachtree City, GA

As the President of the National Town Builders Association I am pleased to see this kind of urban planning that looks to the past for inspiration and to the future for progress. Designing walkable, sustainable, complete neighborhoods and towns is the only real way to get us out of our cars while remarkably improving a sense of community. Humans thrive and flourish when the built environment supports human connectivity, personal safety, and health and wellness. The principles and the people behind the planning of California Forever are both thoughtful and strategic. As a 17 year resident of California prior to relocating for professional reasons, I am excited to see what this project will do for this area and its influence on the country.

Rob Parker Peachtree City, GA New Urbanist Town Builder

I want a real grocery store, finally!

FRANCISCO CABRERA ISLETON

I want a real grocery store, finally!

FRANCISCO CABRERA ISLETON Government

I want to prove to ourselves that we can envision and build again. We need…

Vanessa Santos Ladera Ranch

I want to prove to ourselves that we can envision and build again. We need homes, I hope my sons can stay in California. Projects like this give me hope they will be able to.

Vanessa Santos Ladera Ranch Educator

Give me a place that’s truly safe to bike and walk to work in California…

Brian Dawn Pasadena

Give me a place that’s truly safe to bike and walk to work in California please!!

Brian Dawn Pasadena Software Engineer

I support this project as a very close neighbor. I believe it will make things…

Charles Grace sacramento

I support this project as a very close neighbor. I believe it will make things better for the locals and the state.

Charles Grace sacramento Management

Go California! And thank you!

Jodi Duffield Laguna Niguel

Go California! And thank you!

Jodi Duffield Laguna Niguel Marketing

It has been exciting to see the innovation & technology being developed for the real…

Holly Dungan San Francisco

It has been exciting to see the innovation & technology being developed for the real physical world, and to see it being developed in the USA. Add in housing in proximity of good jobs and a quality of life – I'd love to see this take shape.

Holly Dungan San Francisco

More housing choices. Start a new business.

missy Anton Antioch

More housing choices. Start a new business.

missy Anton Antioch

Looking into housing options as I work at Travis AFB, and I am priced out…

Billy Sewell Galt

Looking into housing options as I work at Travis AFB, and I am priced out of the area and live way too far away.

Billy Sewell Galt Occupational Safety Manager

This new city, to me, is the perfect way to get on with building abundance…

Jagjit Singh Choudhary PLEASANTON

This new city, to me, is the perfect way to get on with building abundance in California.

Jagjit Singh Choudhary PLEASANTON Software Engineer

Continuing California's leadership

James Davlin Rancho Cucamonga

Continuing California's leadership

James Davlin Rancho Cucamonga Retired USMC