The billionaires behind a proposed California utopian city are making a last-ditch push for Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers to clear hurdles they say are standing in the way of the massive project. California Forever, a proposed new community on 25,000 acres in Solano County, wants the state to approve a package of changes before the legislative session ends this month. Saronic Technologies, a defense manufacturer that had considered locating a new factory at California Forever, instead chose Brownsville, Texas. Hertzberg and former Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, both former legislative leaders, have been hired by California Forever to lobby for the changes. 3 Former Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg has been hired by California Forever to lobby for the changes.