A “land exchange” with three Solano County public entities that was proposed this week by a group of billionaire Silicon Valley investors came with one key caveat: voters must approve their company’s plan to build a new city in Solano County on land it has acquired in a buying spree dating back to 2018. 

The company, California Forever, which is the parent company of Flannery Associates LLC, posted Tuesday an open letter on its website to representatives for the city of Fairfield, Solano County, and the Solano County Water Agency, offering to give up 1,573 acres of land the company acquired near Travis Air Force Base in exchange for 1,403 acres owned by the three public entities. 

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