In this next part of my American Civil-Military Fusion (ACMF) series, I dive back into the primary article “American Civil-Military Fusion: Proposed Billionaire City as a Military Platform for National Defense” to zoom in and analyze a very specific dimension of it. Even though it’s technically the second piece of content I released on this story, it’s the exhaustive essay that compiles all of the findings I have accumulated over the last year of researching it.
Here’s a link to the story:
For my earlier coverage on this story, you can follow the links below.
[Part 1]
[Part 2]
Linked above as well:
In this video, I focus specifically on the contrast between Jan Sramek’s early statements around the goals of the East Solano Plan, and his more recent statements about his goals in 2024, which differ markedly in substance.
Immediately after the widespread media coverage around their secretive land-grab campaign forced them to reveal themselves and their plans, Sramek was open about what they wanted to achieve with their city, why they selected that specific part of Solano County (next to Travis Air Force Base) for their city, and why they were so secretive for the five years they were quietly buying up all that land, sparking national security concerns.
There’s nothing necessarily wrong Sramek’s stated goals during this timeframe. However, almost all of the stated goals focused on mundane-sounding civilian problems that he hoped to address, such as boosting the economy, providing jobs, addressing the housing crisis in California by providing affordable housing, and so on—very important issues, no doubt, but far from anything related to national security and defense.
If you fast forward a year, Sramek's stated goals remain the same, but he’s added significant new layers to them. This last-minute addition to California Forever’s objectives raises questions about why it wasn’t disclosed from the start and, at the same time, supports my theory that the project stems from an informal partnership between Silicon Valley and DoD/military entities. This would align with the ongoing modernization efforts across all branches of the U.S. military, which include transforming domestic bases into 'smart bases' by adopting Smart City and Internet of Things technologies from the private sector, while collaborating with tech start-ups to accelerate innovation.
While just one year ago Sramek was listing off affordable housing and boosting the economy as some of the goals of his city, he is now talking about how he envisions his city to be the entity that sparks a resurgence in National Defense Innovation in the Bay Area region of California, reinvigorating the economy, and turning Solano County into the new foundry for American Defense.
That is a far-cry away from mere housing problems facing civilians. In fact, it’s sort of “burying the lead”, in my opinion. Is it not? I mean, this is an epic undertaking if this is truly the case, and is an entirely novel approach to national security that is fascinating in its composition.
Again, all of the oddities and mysteries and secrecy around California Forever leading up to August 2023 when they were finally revealed is better explained by my theory above rather than the Establishment’s official narrative on the group. There’s no way Newsom didn’t know what was going on here. There’s no way they chose that location on accident, like Sramek said—they had to have known the strategic importance of that precise location, right next to a critical military base.
For some reason, it appears that they don’t want to come right out and say that the city they want to build in Solano County, California, is a platform for national security and defense innovation, not just a civilian city.
[LINKS]
🔗 ALL my links: LinkTr.ee/TheMemoryHold
💰SUPPORT MY WORK
If you enjoy my content and would like to support my channel, you can make a donation using any of the following platforms:
- CashApp: $MemoryHold
- Venmo: @MemoryHold
- PayPal: paypal.me/memoryhold7707
- Patreon: patreon.com/Memoryhold] (Support for as little as $1/mo)
- Rokfin: Rokfin.com/memoryhold
🌐 CONNECT WITH ME:
📷 Instagram: @Lil_Falseflag
🎵 TikTok: MemoryHold1
[SOURCES]
Silicon Valley-US military ties key to beating China: top Pentagon official: Click here
The East Solano Plan/California Forever Overview
East Solano Plan: California Forever’s Website & Overview.
The official 88 page report on the project: East Solano Homes, Jobs, and Clean Energy Initiative, which lays out every detail of the proposed city.
View East Solano Plan's gallery here, which includes artist renderings of what the new community is projected to look like.
Jan Sramek
The interview with Jan Sramek from 2023:
- Includes his statements around the civilian objectives his city project is focusing on
- No real mention of the military or its national defense objectives and alignments though includes hi discussion of civilian objectives (no real mention of the military or national defense objectives)
Rebuilding the California Dream with Jan Sramek (A16z) - the second interview I read at the end of the video
- Jan Sramek is way more open about the defense-related objectives of California Forever in this interview, which was published in 2024
- I use this one to highlight Sramek’s strange unwillingness to say that shortly after the plan was first announced in 2023; it wasn’t until march 2024 with this article where it seems like he really finally dove deep into the strategic implications of his city plan.
Smart Cities
Here’s the full report “China’s Smart City Development” I briefly touched on, and will expand on in the next video in this series.
Share this post