How to Build a City: California Forever w/ Jan Sramek & Devon Zuegel
In today's episode, Mike Solana is joined by Jan Sramek & Devon Zuegel to discuss California Forever, a startup aimed at building an entirely new city in California. We get into why Jan has raising $900M for this project, the problems with current cities, doing the impossible, and the ferocious push back that he has received. Featuring Mike Solana, Jan Sramek, Devon Zuegel Subscribe to Pirate Wires: https://www.piratewires.com/ Topics Discussed: Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana Jan Twitter: https://twitter.com/jansramek Devon Twitter: https://twitter.com/devonzuegel TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Welcome Jan Sramek & Devon Zuegel 1:30 - Growing Up & The Magic Of Disney 6:30 - California Forever Explained 11:15 - How Our Modern Cities Have Gotten Worse 17:30 - The Massive Push Back From The Press, Cititzens & Local Govts 29:00 - Raising $900M - What Happens Next 38:40 - Who Will Run The City? Local Politics & Safety 41:00 - Why California? 43:45 - Water Management, Country Concerns 48:20 - Comparing Recent City Builds 51:30 - What Happens If The State Gets Worse? Other Problems To Combat 59:45 - Can This Be Replicated Across The Country? 1:04:45 - Thanks Jan & Devon For Joining!