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Mr Moritz acknowledged rezoning could be challenging

One poll question asked residents to rate favorability of names including Joe Biden Donald Trump and Flannery Associates

John Garamendi tried to figure out the company's identity for four years

This area is mostly unpopulated and covered with ranches windmills and power lines

Residents started receiving texts and emails with a poll gauging their opinions

Financial gains could be huge

In November 2018 the company sent offers to most landowners including incentives such as allowing sellers to retain income from wind turbines and stay on properties rent-free

Representatives for Flannery reached out to John Garamendi and other elected officials requesting meetings about their plans

Investors include Moritz Reid Hoffman Marc Andreessen Chris Dixon Patrick and John Collison Laurene Powell Jobs Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross

Moritz and others dreamed of transforming tens of thousands of acres into a bustling metropolis that could generate thousands of jobs and be as walkable as Paris or the West Village in New York

Brian Brokaw said the investor group was made up of Californians who believe Solano County's and California's best days are ahead

Andreessen Horowitz is also a backer

Flannery Associates has been buying large plots of land 60 miles northeast of San Francisco

Flannery made offers to every landowner for miles paying several times the market rate

It was unclear how much each investor invested

The group planned to start working with Solano County residents elected officials and Travis Air Force Base next week

The company's investors are a who's who of Silicon Valley

John Garamendi represents the surrounding region in Congress

Jan Sramek is the brainchild of Flannery a former Goldman Sachs trader who courted tech industry's biggest names as investors

In 2017 Michael Moritz sent a note about investing in a new California city