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Tech Entrepreneur Proposes 'Frontier Valley' Freedom City on Alameda Point

Ingallinera seeks a presidential emergency order to federalize the former naval base as an independent tech enclave

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A woman runs along bay trail at the former naval station at Alameda Point in 2022. An entrepreneur is pushing a plan to turn the area into “Silicon Valley 2.0.”
An aerial view of Alameda Point and the San Francisco Bay ferry dock in Alameda, Calif., on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
The former naval station at Alameda Point is starting to be developed, but a tech entrepreneur wants to upend that plan with his own for a tech enclave on the Alameda waterfront.

Overview

  • Ingallinera unveiled his Frontier Valley proposal on June 15 for a 512-acre deregulated tech zone on the Alameda waterfront
  • Frontier Valley’s renderings depict space for up to 10,000 residents alongside commercial labs for drones, rockets, AI and biotech ventures
  • The plan hinges on President Trump declaring a national security emergency to transfer the former naval air station to federal control
  • Alameda officials say they have received no outreach from Frontier Valley and that the site is already slated for a VA medical center and a 158-acre park
  • Ingallinera, a vocal Trump backer who advises a brain emulation nonprofit, has not identified any financial partners or formal backers