This is how the billionaires planning a new city near San Francisco imagine their utopia could look

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A mock-up illustration shared onCalifornia Forever's website that shows people cycling on a road near houses and trees
Cycling and green space feature in plans for the new community.

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A mayor told the investors who want to build a new city in her backyard to 'take their billions of dollars and go back down to Silicon Valley'

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A gate and farmland purchased by Flannery Associates
Flannery Associates has been buying up land in Solano County.

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It's doubtful that Silicon Valley billionaires could pull off building a new city from scratch in a remote California farmland anytime soon, developer says

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Entrepreneur Marc Andreessen speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016 at Pier 48 on September 13, 2016 in San Francisco, California.
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Ultrarich Burning Man attendees are getting slammed by climate activists for private jets and their outlandish use of plastic

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Walkway to the Man from Burning Man 2014
Protesters blocked the entrance to Burning Man, demanding restrictions on private jets and single-use plastics at the festival.

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A mystery company backed by Silicon Valley billionaires has purchased tens of thousands of acres of land for more than $800 million to build a new city near San Francisco

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Marc Andreessen, Lauren Powell Jobs, Michael Moritz
Left to right: Marc Andreeseen, Lauren Powell Jobs, and Michael Moritz are some of the prominent Silicon Valley investors who have backed Flannery Associates's pursuit to build a new city in California.

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Tech execs are buying $150,000 red-light therapy beds and $70,000 hyperbaric chambers for their wellness quests

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NovoThor
A respondent in The Information's survey said they bought a NovoThor red-light therapy bed that costs about $100,000.

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The hidden consequence of the return-to-office crackdown — more workers will lose their jobs

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remote work
Remote workers face being fired if they don't comply with return-to-office mandates.

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