FAQs

Debunking other myths

• MYTH: The new city is in a remote location

  The new city is half-way between two existing cities of Fairfield and Rio Vista, a few miles away from each.

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• MYTH: California Forever is a sprawl development.

  Urban sprawl is formally defined as development that is low density, with segregated land uses, and not planned.

  California Forever is the opposite – we’re building a thoughtfully planned, compact, mixed use, city, with everything there – jobs, homes, schools, stores, restaurants, and things to do.

  The average densities for the proposed new city are higher than the rest of the Bay Area, and rates of driving are lower than the rest of the Bay Area. The plan is the opposite of sprawl.

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• MYTH: The new city would be gated and only people who live in it could access it.

  The new city will be just like every other city in Solano County. Open, and welcome to everyone.

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• MYTH: Residents of the new city won’t be able to own or drive cars.

  Homes have garages at the back of them and people who want to drive cars can. All we are trying to do is to provide alternative options for trips when walking, biking, or taking transit may be easier or more fun.

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• MYTH: Residents won’t be able to buy homes, or the homes will be for sale on leased land only.

  The new city will offer a good mix of homes for sale and homes for rent. The homes for sale in the new city will be just like other homes sold in Solano County. They’ll be sold outright, not on leases. Some of the homes will be part of an homeowners’ association (HOA), and some will not, so residents will be able to choose how they want their neighborhoods to be cared for.

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• MYTH: The project would create problems for tax revenues of Solano County and its existing cities.

  This project would bring billions of dollars of new investments to Solano County, both in the new city and in existing cities. These investments would increase tax revenues for both Solano County and for existing cities, and help pay for law enforcement, schools, and other public services across Solano County.

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• MYTH: California Forever is led by foreign investors including from China.

  California Forever is an American company through and through. 97% of our capital comes from well known American investors (balance is from British/Irish investors). Our Founder & CEO, Jan Sramek, is an American citizen, as are all members of our senior management team.

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• MYTH: California Forever sued small farmers who did not want to sell.

  California Forever purchased properties from approximately 600 landowners, and made them multi-millionaires. In total, the landowners who sold to California Forever made almost a billion dollars.

  In a small number of cases involving four landowner groups, California Forever alleged that groups of wealthy landowners worth tens or hundreds of million of dollars got together to form a price-fixing ring, and filed an antitrust complaint against them. The case is ongoing, but in an early ruling in the case, the federal judge wrote that “these statements do reveal there was some sort of agreement among defendants to fix the price of land in Solano County.”

  Despite the defendants’ wrongdoing, California Forever has already settled with almost all of the defendants, and done so on generous and fair terms. In particular, California Forever has already settled the case with all farmers, and with all residents of Solano County. The remaining handful of defendants are neither farmers nor Solano residents. We remain open to settling the case with them as well.

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