“American business and labor have come together to build the next great American city.”
The Story is with Elex Michaelson
Jan 21, 2026
Building the next great American city
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In the heart of Northern California, with the largest advanced manufacturing park in America, the largest shipyard in America, and over 170,000 new homes of all types in vibrant walkable neighborhoods.
People are joining daily!
Here are few that have joined the call to break ground:
Robert Hertzberg
"For generations, California was known as the place that built bigger, better, faster than anywhere..." "For generations, California was known as the place that built bigger, better, faster than anywhere else – and with it, lifted millions of Americans into the middle class. It’s time to go back to that heritage."
Former Speaker of the California Assembly and Majority Leader of the California Senate, and co-author of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act that governs city formations and expansions in California
Jay Bradshaw
"The agreement for the Suisun Expansion and Solano Shipyard is a historic victory for our..." "The agreement for the Suisun Expansion and Solano Shipyard is a historic victory for our members and a testament to what is possible when we dream big. They are the right projects at the right time—for this region, for this state, for California’s working families. It’s time for California to break new ground once again—right now."
Executive Officer
Nor Cal Carpenters Union
Danny Bernardini
"This isn’t just a construction project; it’s a multi-generational promise to the working families of..." "This isn’t just a construction project; it’s a multi-generational promise to the working families of Solano County. With this partnership, we are ensuring that the men and women of the building trades have decades of stable, high-paying work right here in their own backyard."
Business Manager
Napa-Solano Building and Construction Trades Council
Alain Bertaud
"Many plans for new cities are utopian fantasies. This one is real, and ready to..." "Many plans for new cities are utopian fantasies. This one is real, and ready to build. It will provide affordable, high-quality housing in a walkable environment and a large number of diverse new jobs in an area with high demand. Why wait?"
Urbanist, former Principal Planner at the World Bank
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Signatures and growing
We believe that California can build great things once again.
1932 | San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Built in just four years (1933-1937) as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time.
1942 | Richmond Yard
World War 2: Freedom’s Forge
The Bay Area was a center of shipbuilding and manufacturing that created the arsenal of democracy and helped win WW2.
1969 | The Moon
The Space Race
From chips in Silicon Valley to rockets in the Mojave, California led the race to put a man on the moon in the span of a single decade.
Building in Solano County, the heart of Northern California.
Solano Foundry
The largest advanced manufacturing park in America
The home for frontier tech. A 2,100-acre manufacturing park an hour north of San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
Solano Shipyard
The largest shipyard in America
The largest remaining site for major shipbuilding build out. 7,500 acres located on a federally maintained deep water ship channel.
Solano Living
The first new walkable city built in the last 100 years
Everything a city needs — a vibrant downtown, great streets and parks, and homes of all types in walkable neighborhoods.
A once-in-a-generation economic opportunity
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$215 billion
private investment over 40 years
530,000
well-paid jobs
170,000
new homes
$16+ billion
annual tax revenues
How we're partnering with Solano County, Suisun City & Rio Vista
Explore our work with the community in planning development and bringing opportunity to Solano County.
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In the media
“In most big cities, well-meaning planners lack the resources and incentives to eliminate urban gridlock. In California Forever, the investors’ fortunes depend on creating an urbanism that soars….
….an audacious effort to operationalize the last 30 years of research in urban economics.
…The comprehensive permit model should be extended to urban development projects of statewide significance, including California Forever.”
“California Forever is a promise to overcome the ultimate test of a declining society—both a bet that we can build a new city, and a bet that this new city can be built in the same location as our present stagnation.”
“But, for me, California Forever represents an existential moment for the wonderful state that I call home…Building a picturesque city where people can live close to their jobs and manufacture the products that they invent on underutilized land should not be controversial. It should just happen.
If we can’t let something like California Forever flourish, we’re signaling that California has lost its way, its spirit and its ability…”
“The plan is New Urbanism on a scale that we haven’t seen before….
…Such a project could foster a new mindset that enables mass urbanism again, making urbanism the default option rather than a niche, restoring an approach that served the country well for its first 175 years.”
In the media
Recent blogs
California, let’s build the next great American city
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Bay Area Council Economic Institute Report: 530,000 new jobs and $16 billion in annual tax revenues
Bay Area Council Economic Institute Report Outlines Transformative Impact of Suisun Expansion and Solano Shipyard A new report co-authored by…
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Regional Coalition Proposes California Delta as Maritime Prosperity Zone for U.S. Shipbuilding to Restore America’s Maritime Dominance
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California, let's build the next great American city
The land is ready.
The plans are ready.
The workers are ready.
We will not proceed without demonstrating that this project has broad public support
