Tech Billionaires Racing to Develop Utopian Cities in California

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A crew of tech billionaires, including Marc Andreessen, are racing to develop land in California for a supposedly utopian city called California Forever.** Andreessen's wife, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, is the daughter of Silicon Valley real estate mogul John Arrillaga, Sr., who left his children some land in the same area that California Forever wants to build. Her brother has begun the approval process to build a mixed-use development with over 1,000 homes. The question is, why are these influential families in such a rush to develop this land, and how are locals reacting?

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