The Billionaires’ Secret Plan to Solve California’s Housing Crisis

The Billionaires’ Secret Plan to Solve California’s Housing Crisis

For years, a mysterious company has been buying farmland on the outskirts of Silicon Valley, eventually putting together a plot twice the size of San Francisco.

At every step, those behind the company kept their plans for the land shrouded in secrecy. Conor Dougherty, an economics reporter at The Times, figured out what they were up to.

Guest: Conor Dougherty, an economics reporter for The New York Times.

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Author: thedaily@nytimes.com (The New York Times)

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