Concerns about the project’s proximity to an Air Force base
Almost immediately, the project inspired concerns. One of the first was the relative proximity of the acquired lands to Travis Air Force Base, which is a large base located just outside of Fairfield, California. Local government officials expressed concerns about the impact the massive project could have on the base and the surrounding area. In the days after the project’s existence was made known, the Solano County Administrator’s Office published a statement: “Communications with Flannery [Associates] have been limited despite the county’s efforts to understand their intentions for the use of the land they had been acquiring,” the note read. “If the recent reports in the media are true, along with the assertions made on California Forever’s website, the concept of creating a new urban center in Solano County raises some complex issues.” California Forever developers have since amended their plans to create a larger buffer between their planned development and the base.
