Solano Together to hold Suisun City rally

Solano Together - a coalition of individuals and organizations opposed to California Forever - announced Monday that it will host a rally at the Tuesday evening Suisun City Council meeting and ask the council to put the Suisun Expansion Plan to an "advisory vote" on the June ballot. The rally will begin at 5 p.m. at City Hall ahead of the regularly scheduled council meeting.

"Even though the advisory vote is non-binding, it's an opportunity for decision-makers to learn firsthand where voters stand on the Suisun City Council's attempt to annex 22,000 acres of California Forever's owned land and attempt to develop a ‘new city' for up to 400,000 new residents," the group wrote in a press release.

The rally comes on the heels of a new poll of 800 likely Solano County voters conducted by Fulcrum Strategy Group and released by California Forever last week, which found that 51 percent supported the Suisun Expansion Plan and 49 percent oppose it.

"Nearly 80 percent of Solano voters say the county needs more homes that are affordable, while 70 percent say the local economy is struggling and jobs are disappearing This is the real world experience of young people who grew up here and can't afford to stay, of working families where parents are commuting long hours, and of seniors squeezed by rising costs," a memo to California Forever from Fulcrum Strategy Group reads. "Residents are clear the status quo is not working."

In January, Solano Together and pollsters FM3 found that less than one in five likely Suisun City voters supported the annexation and Suisun Expansion. According to FM3, total support for the proposal sat at 19 percent (10 percent of respondents strongly support, and 9 percent somewhat support), and total opposition sat at 58 percent (48 percent strongly oppose, and 10 percent somewhat oppose). Undecided voters accounted for the remaining 23 percent of responses.

"Voters are well-aware of the California Forever development in Suisun City," the release from that poll reads. "That familiarity has yielded remarkably broad, strong and durable public opposition - which changes very little after voters are exposed to messages from supporters and opponents of the development annexation plan."

Among 18-29-year-olds, 71 percent support the project after a brief description and 75 percent support it after more information is given to them the survey found.

"This is the generation that grew up in Solano County, but does not have opportunities for well-paid careers and homeownership right at home," the release reads. "This is personal for them."

In January, however, Solano Together and pollsters FM3 found that less than one in five likely Suisun City voters supported the annexation and Suisun Expansion. According to FM3, total support for the proposal sat at 19 percent (10 percent of respondents strongly support, and 9 percent somewhat support), and total opposition sat at 58 percent (48 percent strongly oppose, and 10 percent somewhat oppose). Undecided voters accounted for the remaining 23 percent of responses.

"Voters are well-aware of the California Forever development in Suisun City," the release from that poll reads. "That familiarity has yielded remarkably broad, strong and durable public opposition - which changes very little after voters are exposed to messages from supporters and opponents of the development annexation plan."

Opponents of California Forever have pivoted to calls for an advisory vote after failing to gather enough signatures to initiate a recall of the Suisun City Council.

The release from Solano Together notes that California Forever pulled its first attempt at a ballot initiative in July 2024 and has yet to place its proposals back before voters directly since then.

"Now, the Silicon Valley Tech billionaires are moving forward with a deal to build a new community over seven miles from existing city limits that would be part of Suisun City, paving over farmland and putting our local water supply at risk," the release reads. "This action bypasses county planning processes and the Orderly Growth Initiative, a component of the general plan that has been renewed by county voters three times over the 40 years it has been in place."

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