Report: California Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration sought support for California Forever mega-project with local officials, as Solano County plan advances

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has taken steps to encourage local officials to support the California Forever mega-project in Solano County, according to a report published Tuesday by the New York Post. The paper said Newsom met quietly with California Forever’s chief executive earlier this spring and that the administration is now leaning on local government partners as the project seeks the remaining approvals and infrastructure groundwork.

The New York Post described the effort as a “secret bid” to preserve what it called the “California Forever dream city,” tying the state’s interest to California Forever’s proposed role as a large-scale jobs and housing initiative. The report did not cite a specific legislative package, court filing, or agency order in its account, but it framed the administration’s actions as a push to align local officials with the state’s view of the project’s economic importance.

Newsom’s engagement, as characterized by the paper, centers on coordination with local governance structures in the Sacramento region and Solano County. The report said the administration would seek to use its relationships and convening power with local decision-makers, rather than acting through a single high-profile statewide action. It also portrayed the project as part of a broader political effort to steer complex planning and permitting toward a coordinated end point.

The New York Post linked the reporting to the California Forever organization’s leadership and its billionaire backers, describing the development as a cornerstone of the state’s long-term economic agenda. The paper’s account emphasized that the administration’s focus is on keeping momentum by securing local buy-in, even as major construction and land-use changes in California typically depend on multiple layers of environmental review, planning processes, and local approvals.

Neither the report nor the packet provided here includes details on whether any specific state agency has issued a formal determination, waiver, permit, or grant tied directly to California Forever. It also does not provide confirmed information about any concrete commitments by county or city officials, or whether those commitments are conditional on particular milestones in the project’s environmental or zoning pathway.

As of this publication, the most concrete element described in the report is the alleged spring meeting between Newsom’s office and California Forever’s CEO, followed by an administration strategy aimed at influencing local support. The next steps for the project, based on California development norms, would depend on the sequencing of local votes, agency review, and any state-level actions that agencies may take under existing statutes and regulations.