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For the past two years, the city’s leaders have been exploring whether to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059985/california-forever-clears-first-hurdle-in-suisun-city-annexation\">annex\u003c/a> some of California Forever’s land, a move that would give it authority to approve the proposed megadevelopment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would be a big change for the small town of fewer than 30,000 residents. Annexation would grow the city’s geographic boundaries by around nine times. And the next City Council and mayor will play a big role in determining not just whether annexation happens, but what kind of deal the city will get out of it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-6-KQED-6436ee91.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105295\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-6-KQED-6436ee91.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-6-KQED-6436ee91-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-6-KQED-6436ee91-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A sign reading “Protect Suisun Stop California Forever” rests on the ground during a City Council candidate forum in Suisun City on Oct. 8, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For residents, the project is a make-or-break moment: Supporters see it as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to not just grow the city’s footprint, but bring in desperately needed tax revenue that could pull the waterfront community off a looming fiscal cliff.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opponents, however, see it as an expensive boondoggle that could drain the county’s already limited resources, siphon the region’s water supply and overshadow the city’s small-town charm.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cindy Macdonald, a Suisun City retiree, is still deciding who to vote for, but regardless of who takes office, she thinks California Forever’s development is inevitable. The company already owns the land where the project would be built, plus thousands more acres. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“What are they going to do with it? Is it going to be 400,000 more people in Solano County… or a data center?” she asked. “This particular election is pretty important all the way around.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She likes Amit Pal, a current City Council member who is running to replace Mayor Alma Hernandez, and Princess Washington, an incumbent City Council member running for reelection.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-21-KQED-9b9df697.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105303\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-21-KQED-9b9df697.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-21-KQED-9b9df697-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-21-KQED-9b9df697-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Suisun City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Amit Pal, left, speaks during a mayoral candidate forum in Suisun City on Oct. 8, 2026. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The small North Bay community of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043295/suisun-city-proposes-annexing-most-of-california-forevers-new-city\">Suisun City\u003c/a> has a lot of problems facing it: a chronic budget deficit, empty stores on its picturesque marsh-facing waterfront and a scant supply of city staff to maintain public services, to name a few. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But all of those are dwarfed by the billionaire-backed elephant in the room: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-forever\">California Forever\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The controversial developer has loomed over election campaigns across Solano County. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"https://electkpatricewilliams.com/k-patrice-williams-shipbuilding-vote-california-forever/\">City Council\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://carliforsolano.com/platform\">county supervisor\u003c/a> candidates are taking stances on how they feel about the company and its plan to build homes and apartments for more than 100,000 people, retail, offices, and an advanced manufacturing center, among other ideas that could reshape the region — regardless of whether they’ll have any voting power to approve or reject the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But nowhere are the stakes higher than in Suisun City. For the past two years, the city’s leaders have been exploring whether to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059985/california-forever-clears-first-hurdle-in-suisun-city-annexation\">annex\u003c/a> some of California Forever’s land, a move that would give it authority to approve the proposed megadevelopment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would be a big change for the small town of fewer than 30,000 residents. Annexation would grow the city’s geographic boundaries by around nine times. And the next City Council and mayor will play a big role in determining not just whether annexation happens, but what kind of deal the city will get out of it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-6-KQED-6436ee91.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105295\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-6-KQED-6436ee91.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-6-KQED-6436ee91-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-6-KQED-6436ee91-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A sign reading “Protect Suisun Stop California Forever” rests on the ground during a City Council candidate forum in Suisun City on Oct. 8, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For residents, the project is a make-or-break moment: Supporters see it as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to not just grow the city’s footprint, but bring in desperately needed tax revenue that could pull the waterfront community off a looming fiscal cliff.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opponents, however, see it as an expensive boondoggle that could drain the county’s already limited resources, siphon the region’s water supply and overshadow the city’s small-town charm.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cindy Macdonald, a Suisun City retiree, is still deciding who to vote for, but regardless of who takes office, she thinks California Forever’s development is inevitable. The company already owns the land where the project would be built, plus thousands more acres. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“What are they going to do with it? Is it going to be 400,000 more people in Solano County… or a data center?” she asked. “This particular election is pretty important all the way around.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She likes Amit Pal, a current City Council member who is running to replace Mayor Alma Hernandez, and Princess Washington, an incumbent City Council member running for reelection.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-21-KQED-9b9df697.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105303\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-21-KQED-9b9df697.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-21-KQED-9b9df697-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-21-KQED-9b9df697-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Suisun City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Amit Pal, left, speaks during a mayoral candidate forum in Suisun City on Oct. 8, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macdonald thinks they are savvy enough to negotiate a good deal with the company. Both have said they are interested in continuing to explore annexation, but remain skeptical about the project and the company.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other residents want to shake up city leadership and view California Forever’s proposed development as a major threat that could drain resources from their small town. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katrina Garcia, a small business owner, entered the race for City Council because she felt like her concerns weren’t being heard by the city’s current leaders. In mid-July, she attended a meeting with other Suisun City residents to discuss what they might want in a community benefits agreement if leaders reached an annexation deal with California Forever. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is worried about the project’s massive size and how it could impact surrounding cities, the environment and Suisun City’s small-town vibe. Garcia wants more public meetings about the project, not just within her city but with county supervisors, too. But she said that when she kept raising those concerns, she felt supporters of the project kept pushing her aside. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“They overrode me,” she said. “[Supporters of the project said] it’s all a great thing and that there are just people that are just mad, and we can’t please them. But that’s not true.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garcia, Washington and mayoral candidate Lilia Dardon believe Suisun City’s annexation deal should ultimately be decided by city voters — an atypical move for the county’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040357/2-solano-cities-could-annex-some-california-forevers-land-heres-how\">current annexation process\u003c/a>, which gives decision-making power to a county-level regulatory agency. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Jefferson, on the other hand, is running on a platform of shutting down all annexation talks. Earlier this year, he ran an unsuccessful attempt to recall the entire City Council over their willingness to engage the idea. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“What I heard is [there are] a lot of people that are scared, and they’re afraid of their future right now because of California Forever,” he said. “I am so happy to bring a voice to the voiceless and tell them, ‘No, you actually have someone that will actually represent your interests, who will actually help you, and will actually listen.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current Mayor Alma Hernandez rejects that premise and argues that a majority of residents want the council to continue to explore annexation. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a recent forum hosted by the regional coalition Greenbelt Alliance, Hernandez estimated about 40% of residents had made up their minds, one way or the other: “They’re like, ‘Where’s the shovel coming?” or “No way, we don’t trust them,” she said, and the rest are undecided. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">”About 60% of the community is like, ‘Go do the homework and tell us the answers and see if it makes sense or not,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hernandez has her own concerns about the project and how it would impact the town she grew up in. She worries Highway 12 — the main artery running through the southern portion of Solano County — could get clogged with traffic if California Forever doesn’t properly think through its transportation infrastructure. She also worries a site of this size could require an inordinate amount of water, a scarce resource in the county. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Suisun City and Solano County are also facing other major problems without good solutions. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jenalee Dawson, an incumbent candidate running for City Council, said she has heard from community members who want more housing and job opportunities, especially after major employers, including the Valero Refinery, the Anheuser-Busch Brewery and the Mare Island Dry Docks have shut down or scaled back operations at local factories. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-20-KQED-1858d254.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12105302\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-20-KQED-1858d254.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-20-KQED-1858d254-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/20261008_SUISUNCITYCANDIDATESFORUM_GC-20-KQED-1858d254-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Fortney, Head of Partnerships at California Forever, attends Suisun City City Council and mayoral candidate forums in Suisun City on Oct. 8, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, California Forever officials have promised thousands of jobs — for construction workers during the build-out and at tech campuses when the project is complete — if it is ultimately approved.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“If elected, I would continue to let the exploration of the annexation move forward, because I believe it would be irresponsible as a leader not to explore every opportunity that could benefit our community and region,” she said in an email to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents of nearby cities are also watching how Suisun City’s elections play out and wonder how it might impact their lives. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In our first news roundup of 2026, we discuss California reactions to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the latest drama in the long-running efforts by California Forever to build a new city, and a nostalgic goodbye to the Westfield Mall in downtown San Francisco.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Links: \u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071559/growing-wave-of-silicon-valley-workers-condemns-ice-as-c-suites-split-over-fear-of-trump\">Growing Wave of Silicon Valley Workers Condemns ICE as C-Suites Split Over Fear of Trump | KQED\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/26/sf-dead-mall-party/\">‘This mall was the shit’: Former teenagers throw final rager to honor SF Centre\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC7551581711&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco-Northern California Local.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:03] I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to The Bay, local news to keep you rooted, and welcome to The Bay’s monthly news roundup where we talk about some of the other stories around the Bay Area that we have been following this month. I’m joined by senior editor Alan Montecillo. And our very special guest this month is housing reporter Adhiti Bandlamudi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:29] Well, I mean, I think it’s probably on top of everyone’s minds this week, this month, just in general, everything that’s happening in Minnesota. Yeah, I don’t know how you all are feeling, but it is sort of, you know, one of those moments where we’re here in the Bay Area, we cover local news, but there’s sort of this big national story hanging over absolutely everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:00:52] It’s hard to believe that it’s just the end of January. We started the month right off the bat with covering Venezuela, PG&E, flooding in Marin. That already feels like a lifetime ago, honestly. And Minneapolis has dominated the headlines this week. And yeah, it’s hard not to think about it as a journalist and just as a citizen of this country, it feels bad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:17] Yeah, and to dive right into the stories that we’ve been following, Alan, I know you’ve been looking into local responses to what’s been happening in Minnesota, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:01:26] Yeah, obviously, this has been top of mind for lots of people in the Bay Area. But I also wanted to highlight the response from, in particular, nurses. As people may know, Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by two border patrol agents on the 24th, was a ICU nurse at the VA. And I think many, many nurses especially were really shaken by, you know, one of their own essentially being killed by the government. And earlier this week, our colleague Farida Jhabvala Romero attended a vigil that was held by Bay Area nurses outside Kaiser, actually, in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:02:10] Nurses there were holding up signs saying, nurses care for all people. One union organizer led a chant to abolish ICE. And one nurse who spoke to our colleague, his name is Chase Ballard. And he actually showed up right after a 16 hour shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chase Ballard \u003c/strong>[00:02:27] I’m really emotional, because I’m pretty active in the community and I think it very easily could have been me. And I think that it’s just, we’ve come to a very harsh stopping point. Like we can’t let this go on in America. Like this is America, what’s happening, you know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:02:40] So, yeah, I mean, you can hear his voice shaking there and yeah just this sentiment that you know, enough. You know what are we ,what what are you doing here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi \u003c/strong>[00:02:49] I feel like I was reading a story in the SF Standard about how, like, even Silicon Valley kind of sort of responded to ICE. You know, it was a kind of sorta response. It wasn’t, like full-fledged, like we are opposed to this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:03:06] Yeah, I mean, and as many people know, many big tech CEOs have really lined up behind President Trump in his second term. And many have been very hesitant or cautious to criticize the president or his administration at all. You know, this week you did see some of them start to say, hey, like, I don’t normally weigh in on this stuff, but this is this is not okay. I’m very disturbed by what’s happened. Um, the other thing that’s happened that is interesting is that you’re seeing some increasing discontent among tech workers themselves, who I think have been quite politically active in the last few years, but it’s sort of quieted down over the last, you know, more recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi \u003c/strong>[00:03:46] But I feel like the whole H1B stuff kind of like reignited concerns about their own stability in this country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:03:53] Oh, totally. Yeah, definitely. And so we’ve seen a little bit more of that this week. There’s an open letter called ICE Out Tech with hundreds of tech workers who are urging CEOs to speak up more. A union that represents about 1,400 workers at Alphabet, that’s the parent company of Google, wrote a letter condemning ICE. And yeah, I mean, fair to say, many H1B visa holders as well, many people who are here from other countries who may feel very strongly about this and aren’t speaking out. For fear of repercussions. So will that pressure lead to meaningful shifts from big tech titans, CEOs? It remains to be seen, but we’re obviously seeing outrage among people in tech as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:36] So you talked about nurses, Alan, you talked about the tech industry. What about our local representatives here in the Bay Area? What are they saying about what’s happening in Minneapolis? I’m sure this is top of mind for them as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:04:50] I think that in general, even before these killings, state and local officials have been talking about and proposing measures that could restrict the power of federal immigration enforcement in California. Obviously, that power is limited. This is still the federal government we’re talking about. But you know, the state does have levers to pull here. Last year, lawmakers set aside $25 million for legal nonprofits to efend residents facing detention or deportation. There was also a law passed last year that bans local and federal law enforcement from wearing masks, although that is currently facing a legal challenge from the Trump administration. And a couple of new bills in the works too. The State Senate just passed a bill making it easier to sue immigration agents and other federal officials. That was proposed by Senator Scott Weiner. Obviously, this bill is relevant because the question of accountability for federal agents is very top of mind for a lot of people. If the federal government won’t hold them accountable, can the state do that in some way? I think a lot Bay Area officials are thinking about the myriad but limited ways that they may have some leverage over immigration enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:06] Well it’ll be interesting to see how else our legislature and our local governments respond to what’s happening in Minneapolis. So thanks for bringing that story on. And we’re gonna take a quick break, but when we come back, we’ll talk more about the stories that we have been following this month. Stay with us. And we’re back with The Bay’s local news roundup where we talk about some of the other stories that we’ve been following this month. Adhiti Bandlamudi housing reporter at KQD, I wanna turn to you. You have been following the saga that is California forever. There are just endless updates on that story, but you’re bringing us yet another one. What’s the tea? What’s latest drama on that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi \u003c/strong>[00:06:56] There is some tea. The headline is that there were these two cities, Suisun City and Rio Vista, that were embarking on these really big conversations with California Forever about doing a big project. California Forever, that name might sound familiar because this company, it’s backed by Silicon Valley billionaires, and they basically have this vision to build a big city or a mega development from scratch in southeast Solano County on land that is currently ranch land. What has happened is that these two cities are upset with each other and they’re no longer pursuing those negotiations together. And now there’s some bad blood between the two cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:40] Can you remind us, Adhiti, why these two cities are so interested in getting in on the action with California forever in general? I know we talked about this with you on the show before, but can you remind a little bit more about some of the struggles that Suisun City has been going through in the last few years in terms of its economy and its city budget?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi \u003c/strong>[00:08:04] Yes, around this time last year, Suisun City, they announced that because they are so small, they have a structural budget deficit and they need to grow in order to generate tax revenue and basically stay afloat. And they wanted to see if California Forever was interested in annexing some of their many thousands of acres to allow Suisun to develop land on. And Rio Vista, which is another really small town, they saw that Suisun was talking to California Forever, and they were like, wait, wait wait wait let me get on in this conversation so that I’m not left out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi \u003c/strong>[00:08:42] In April of last year, Rio Vista and Suisun were like, okay, we’re both talking to California Forever, but we wanna make sure that everybody’s on the same page. So we’re gonna enter into this like a memorandum of understanding, an MOU, basically to like say that we’re are both working together to create like a mutually beneficial agreement that everybody is on board with. That did not go as planned, cause basically. California Forever is like, yeah, like new city, urbanism. We want to build this like walkable community and like bring all these jobs. Suisun City hears that and is like yes, you are talking my language. We love your vision of like new urbanism, like let’s do it. But Rio Vista also like has its own ideas of what a development should look like. So Rio Vista is like not completely aligned with California Forever. Rio Vista’s a little bit like, okay, I hear what you’re saying about like density, but we love a small town feel and we wanna maintain that. So if you wanna build something, we can like work with you on that, but we’re gonna want to like have some control over like what it looks like and what the density looks like. So it’s like they’re not exactly speaking the same language, but we are like interested in talking. In October, California Forever submitted their like development application. On their development application, they basically put Suisun City as like the partner city. Now Rio Vista sees this and is like, what? Like, what’s going on? Like, why are you not including me in this project? Basically, long story short, Rio Vista decided to exit the MOU this past week. 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I didn’t realize how big this property was. It’s 1.2 million square feet of property that was foreclosed on by lenders just last year at $133 million. Less than a decade ago, this mall was valued at $1.2 billion, so that just gives you any indication of how this mall has been doing. And yeah, it’s officially closed, and I’ve just been thinking a lot about, you know, being a teen, hanging out at the mall. And yeah this past weekend there was a party thrown by former teens celebrating the mall and its role in their youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:13:39] Yeah, I know the slow death of this mall has been a long running story, and you could talk about it through the lens of commercial real estate, downtown recovery, retail space, et cetera. 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And I was like, that’s so cool. And it was the mall. And you know, you’d get lunch downstairs at like a Panda Express. Oh yeah, that food court is like, it has some really good food. It was great. And it’s kind of crazy to think now that all of that is gone. But also at the same time, like, I haven’t been to that mall since before the pandemic. You know, have you guys?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi \u003c/strong>[00:15:07] I went to the mall once and I remember feeling like, whoa, it feels kind of like, like it feels abandoned a little bit, like vacant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:15:15] You were going when it was already sort of fading out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi \u003c/strong>[00:15:17] Yeah, yeah. 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This is still the federal government we’re talking about. But you know, the state does have levers to pull here. Last year, lawmakers set aside $25 million for legal nonprofits to efend residents facing detention or deportation. There was also a law passed last year that bans local and federal law enforcement from wearing masks, although that is currently facing a legal challenge from the Trump administration. And a couple of new bills in the works too. The State Senate just passed a bill making it easier to sue immigration agents and other federal officials. That was proposed by Senator Scott Weiner. Obviously, this bill is relevant because the question of accountability for federal agents is very top of mind for a lot of people. If the federal government won’t hold them accountable, can the state do that in some way? 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