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<p>The tech <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/american-billionaires">billionaires</a> seeking to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tech-billionaires-sneaky-plan-for-an-utopian-city-in-solano-county-is-already-backfiring">build a shining new city</a> in Northern California started with secrecy and pressure tactics.</p>
<p>They are now resorting to what amounts to bribery disguised as <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/philanthropy">philanthropy</a>.</p>
<p>The initially anonymous investor group operating under the generic name of Flannery Associates—which now calls itself California Forever—generated widespread suspicion during the five years it purchased more than $800 million worth of largely agricultural land in <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/solano-county">Solano County</a>.</p>
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They are now resorting to what amounts to bribery disguised as philanthropy.
The initially anonymous investor group operating under the generic name of Flannery Associates—which now calls itself California Forever—generated widespread suspicion during the five years it purchased more than $800 million worth of largely agricultural land in Solano County.
