Campaign to build new California city submits signatures to get on November ballot

A Silicon Valley-backed campaign to build a new city in California for up to 400,000 people says it submitted enough signatures to qualify the initiative for the November election. If Solano County elections officials agree, voters in the San Francisco Bay Area county will decide whether to allow urban development on land currently zoned for agriculture. Voters would need to approve the change for the development to be built. Jan Sramek, who heads the company behind the campaign, submitted more than 20,000 signatures to the elections office Tuesday. It would need only about 13,000 to qualify for the ballot. He is proposing a development of homes, green space, downtown and goodjobs. Critics say he should build housing within existing cities.