East Solano Plan Podcast

Aug 16 2024 11 ep. 40 mins 1
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In this series of interviews, learn more about our plan to build middle-class homes in safe, walkable communities in East Solano County.

California Forever has proposed the East Solano Homes, Jobs, and Clean Energy Initiative to build a new community that brings 15,000 local jobs paying over $88,000/year, $500 million in community benefits for downpayment assistance, scholarships, and small business grants for Solano residents, and a $200 million commitment to invest in revitalizing downtowns in existing Solano cities.

This proposal is the result of many months of deep engagement with all communities in Solano County. We worked with the community to design something wonderful. We now look forward to working with our friends and neighbors to turn this plan into new homes, jobs, and clean energy over the coming years and decades.

Reach out to us at [email protected].

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What’s Next for California Forever’s Proposal to Build a New City in Solano County

Aug 16 2024 55 mins  
Amid the Bay Area’s dire need for more housing, California Forever has set out a bold vision for a new city in east Solano County on 17,500 acres of mostly farmland. But the company, backed by various Silicon Valley billionaires, has so far struggled to garner enough local support. In July, California Forever scrapped plans to ask for voter approval for the project on this Novemb

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Possible | Jan Sramek on California Forever and cities

Jun 28 2024 49 mins  
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Jan Sramek’s vision of California Forever

Jun 13 2024 46 mins  
Jan Sramek grew up enamored with the California dream. Today he tells us how he wants to transform that dream into the development of a new 21st-century city on 60,000 acres of rural Solano County. Dubbed California Forever, the project is designed, Sramek says, to reshape the Bay Area housing landscape by adding more than 20,000 homes, creating thousands of jobs, mitigating traffi

LinkedIn Live: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Walkables Cities

May 24 2024 35 mins  
Gabriel Metcalf, our Head of Planning, interviewed Laura Crescimano who leads SITELAB urban studio, a Bay-Area design and strategy firm.Laura is a long-time urban designer with a passion for designing our cities and public spaces for people. In addition to hearing about her work, we'll discuss the challenges behind California's urban planning approach and how the East Solano Plan c

Rebuilding the California dream for working families: A conversation with Jennifer Hernandez and Jan Sramek

May 21 2024 42 mins  
On May 10, we hosted our first LinkedIn Live! Jan Sramek, our Founder & CEO, interviewed Jennifer Hernandez, Lead of West Coast Land Use and Environmental Group at Holland & Knight.Jennifer is an advocate for sustainable climate solutions that allow the middle class, communities of color and low-income households to achieve upward mobility, including attainable homeownershi

Jan Sramek on the East Solano Plan at Bloomberg Tech in San Francisco

May 13 2024 20 mins  
Jan Sramek, Founder & CEO of California Forever, shares a glimpse of the East Solano Plan for a new community designed for future generations with Bloomberg’s Karen Breslau at Bloomberg Tech in San Francisco.

Jan Sramek on Pivot with Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway

Apr 30 2024 27 mins  
Jan Sramek, our CEO and founder, joined Pivot to share why he wants to build a new community in Solano County, California, and clear up some of the misconceptions.

Can a new dream city solve California’s affordable housing problem? | The Excerpt with Gabe Metcalf

Apr 28 2024 14 mins  
Gabe Metcalf joins The Excerpt with USA Today to discuss the potential of the New Community in East Solano County.In the words of USA TODAY:"The California Forever project aims to create a livable, workable, walkable city that puts working families at the heart of its design, creating new housing for up to 400,000 people. Skeptics abound, but could this be the solution to one of Ca

Pirate Wires: He Raised $900 Million To Create The City Of The Future | California Forever

Apr 03 2024 65 mins  
Mike Solana, Devon Zuegel, and Jan Sramek discuss the background and finer details of the new community proposed in East Solano. Mike Solana writes, "California Forever wants to build the urbanist dream: a walkable city that improves quality of life and brings down cost of living by prioritizing walking, cycling and public transit, using space efficiently, and removing unnecessary