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Gil Durán
@gilduran.com

Looks like Gavin Newsom is going to bat for California Forever, the Network State "tech utopia" project backed by Marc Andreessen and other tech billionaires. 70% of local residents oppose it. But the billionaires hired Newsom's favorite lobbyist. Welcome to Sacramento. nypost.com/2026/07/29/u...

nypost.comExclusive | Inside Gavin Newsom’s desperate bid to save billionaire pals’ dream cityNewsom has been quietly whipping support for California’s billionaire-backed megacity as it faces the loss of a key tenant.
Gil Durán
@gilduran.com

I hate to share a New York Post link, but they had the scoop. Other California media outlets seem very blah about the whole thing.

Gil Durán
@gilduran.com

Back in 2025, I predicted that CF would try to go around local officials and seek authority from the state. (They had hired Sacramento-facing consultants) Last month, I pointed out that they'd hired Newsom's bestie, the French Laundry guy bsky.app/profile/gild...

Gil Durán@gilduran.com

Remember when Gavin Newsom got busted for partying at the French Laundry during the pandemic lockdowns? It was a birthday party for his favorite lobbyist and close friend. That lobbyist/friend's firm now works for California Forever. And Andreessen Horowitz. And Coinbase. 🤝

Gil Durán
@gilduran.com

Sacramento is for sale, and that includes Newsom, who is hungry for billionaire donors to fund his presidential campaign. My very 1st story about the Network State positioned California Forever as a contest between billionaire power and people power. Truth time. newrepublic.com/article/1777...

newrepublic.comThe People of Solano County Versus the Next Tech-Billionaire DystopiaIf these Silicon Valley plutocrats have their way, a swath of Solano County will be transformed into their own nation-state.
SaftyKuma
@safty.me

He'll do everything they ask, and these broligarchs will still back the Republican in 2028.

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