Overview
- The pact with the Napa/Solano Building Trades Council and the Northern California Carpenters Union covers nearly all building across roughly 70,000 acres, with major projects to use Project Labor Agreements.
- An analysis by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute projects about 17,000 direct construction jobs annually at $108,000 average pay, 170,000 new homes, roughly $16 billion in yearly tax revenue, and about $215 billion in private investment over 40 years.
- Backers envision a new walkable city for up to 400,000 residents that includes an advanced manufacturing park and one of the nation’s largest shipyards.
- Key steps still require action, including environmental review and a proposed annexation of nearly 23,000 acres into Suisun City, after a 2024 rezoning ballot measure was withdrawn following local opposition.
- The venture faces scrutiny over land acquired via Flannery Associates near Travis Air Force Base, and the developer has launched a petition to streamline permitting that had drawn about 400 signatures by Wednesday.