It is believed that the Silicon Valley elites who have been quietly purchasing northern California farmland for years are now revealing their plans for the city of their dreams, which they plan to construct from the ground up on 55,000 acres of Solano County.

This week, the company behind the initiative, Flannery Associates, launched the initiative’s website and also released a set of bright renderings illustrating Mediterranean-style houses and biking and walking-friendly neighborhoods.

The sudden launching of a campaign in the public domain comes at a time when the group, supported by a group that includes billionaire Silicon Valley investors, had received increasing criticism about their dark agenda.

Brightly colored, photorealistic drawing of a street that is not paved on one side with homes and on the other side by trees. A lot of bikes and people.

Flannery Associates is funded by a prominent group of Silicon Valley investors and is aiming to create a brand new city. Illustration: Courtesy California Forever

In the past week, there was no information on who was responsible for the purchase of agricultural parcels and vacant land in the south-eastern region of Solano County, located about 60 miles away from San Francisco. The land acquired by the company is mostly found between Fairfield, which is home to 120,000 residents, and its Anheuser-Busch Co brewery and the Jelly Belly jelly bean factory, as well as the tiny town of Rio Vista.

The group has spent more than $1bn and is now the biggest property owner in the county, even purchasing property near the country’s most active air base for forces. The case reportedly attracted the interest of both the US military and the FBI.

This week, the New York Times revealed that Flannery Associates was funded by an elite group of Silicon Valley investors and aimed to construct a new city that would be run by renewable energy sources, which could provide thousands of jobs as well as provide residents with an efficient public transportation system and affordable urban living.

A vividly colored and photorealistic image of two guys wearing racing gear on mountain bikes cruising through the lush valley without any buildings in view.

The group outlined the concept of the land through the creation of a new website, drawings, and the name California Forever. Illustration: Courtesy California Forever

Jan Sramek, a 36-year-old former trader at the investment banking company Goldman Sachs, spearheaded the project. The group of supporters includes Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn co-founder as well as Venture capitalist Michael Moritz; Laurene Powell Jobs, who is the founder of the philanthropic organization Emerson Collective and wife of Steve Jobs, the former Steve Jobs; Marc Andreessen, the software developer and investor; Patrick And John Collison, the sibling co-founders of the payment processor Stripe as well as the founders of the business Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman The Times noted.

The story sparked further outrage and controversy. The group was only recently talking to municipal officials as well as residents, as per reports in the media, and has been suing landowners who have sold their land in what they deemed to be the “illegal price-fixing conspiracy.”

“People in my district are understandably alarmed at a shadowy investment group buying up large tracts of farmland, purportedly to build a new city,” Bill Dodd, the state senator, made a statement in an announcement. “But we don’t really know what’s going on because the investors have not shared anything with locals.”

An overhead or drone picture of a barn located in the middle of a golden scrub with flat land for miles and backed by rows of green crops.

Land for farming in rural Solano County.

On Thursday, the group presented their plans for the land, including new websites, renderings as well as a name – California Forever. California Forever is the parent company of Flannery Associates, founded by Sramek, who, as the site says, recently bought his first property located in the state of California.

On its site, California Forever argued that in order to create a “complete, sustainable community,” it required a huge area of land. It also claimed that it was unable to release the plans of its organization until it had completed buying properties in order to avoid “reckless short-term land speculation.”

“To this point, our company has not been open about our actions. This, naturally, has caused concern, interest and speculation. Since we’re no longer restricted by confidentiality, we’re looking forward to a discussion regarding the direction of Solano County,” this group wrote.

The group is pledging a decade-long discussion with local officials and residents to offer “a chance for a new community, good paying local jobs, solar farms, and open space.”

Brightly colored, photorealistic image of a walkway with a shaded view of three-story structures. The street is lined with white-tented sellers; hundreds of pedestrians stroll.

Their goal is to create the city of their dreams with homes of varying dimensions and prices, with pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods that are close to shops and schools. Illustration: Courtesy California Forever

Their goal is to create an entire city that has homes of varying dimensions and cost, along with walkable neighborhoods near schools and shops, as well as large open spaces surrounding the community, According to their website. California Forever says the project could result in “thousands of permanent, good-paying local jobs” as well as an enormous solar farm.

The renderings depict homes that are near parks, natural spaces that are ideal for cyclists, kayakers, fishers as well as crews who are working on solar panels.

The plan must be developed with the input of residents, the website states, and it must be subject to the support of the community, as stipulated by county officials. They have already mailed opinion polls to residents to determine their opinions regarding an initiative that could be put before county voters, as per SF Gate.

California Forever said in a statement that the group visited with county’s congressmen as well as state legislative delegations this week, and is scheduled to meet with the mayors and county officials.

The renderings depict homes that are close in parks as well as natural habitats for fishers, kayakers, cyclists, bicyclists, and others who are working on solar panels. Illustration: Courtesy California Forever

“We are grateful to our elected officials for allowing us the chance to discuss our vision to deliver good-paying jobs, affordable housing, walkable communities, clean energy, sustainable infrastructure, open space and a healthy environment,” said Brian Brokaw on behalf of California Forever.

“Our team is working closely with the community and will continue to meet with local leaders to craft a shared vision for Solano county’s future.”

A number of local officials have expressed concern and doubt regarding the plan, including John Garamendi, a congressmember who stated that this group was “engaged in despicable, secretive, terrible practices”.