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How to Build a City: California Forever w/ Jan Sramek & Devon Zuegel
Mar 27, 2024
Jan Sramek & Devon Zuegel discuss California Forever, a new city project in California. They cover challenges in current cities, raising $900M, push back faced, local politics, water management, and potential replication. Exploring urban development, governance risks, and tech industry involvement in city planning.
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- California Forever aims to create a new city emphasizing traditional urbanism and sustainable community design.
- Prioritizing walkability, efficient land use, and community well-being in city planning can counter deteriorating urban spaces.
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Building a New City Near San Francisco
California Forever aims to build a new city for up to 400,000 people in Solano County, about an hour north of San Francisco. With $950 million raised and 60,000 acres purchased, they are designing a city on 17,000 acres, focusing on traditional urbanism like West Village in New York. The city aims to address the housing shortage in California by creating a walkable, economically viable, and sustainable community.
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