Federal and local legislators express skepticism
Despite California Forever’s promises to the local community, state, federal, and local legislators have remained unimpressed and even mildly concerned about the project and what it could do to the surrounding region. Criticism has come from a number of different quarters, including Congressional Reps. Mike Thompson and John Garamendi, a Solano County Board Supervisor, California State Sen. Bill Dodd, and a host of others.
An example of some of that criticism, from Dodd, looks like this: “I’ve been skeptical since Day One, but reserved my judgment as I gathered more facts,” he said in a statement. “It is now crystal clear to me that this project is bad for Solano County…This group of mega-rich developers from Silicon Valley are trying to steamroll the surrounding community, bypassing a proper and thorough vetting that they know they can’t pass. What they’re proposing will drastically and irreversibly alter the area. It’s not right, and it’s time for all those who value thoughtful policymaking and Solano County’s future to stand up against it.”
