A group of landowners say a Silicon Valley-backed company trying to build a sustainable city in Solano County used unfair tactics to force farmers to sell their land, including pitting family members against each other.
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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyWhen advocates for minority tenants in San Francisco rallied outside City Hall in May 2018 against legislation to allow aggressive development across the state, they were met with surprising resistance: dozens of young, mostly white counter-protesters, drowning them out with cries of “Read the bill!” The confrontation became so heated that a 77-year-old protester fainted and had to be taken to the hospital. One of the counter-protesters w