California City Homeless and Immigrant Project

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The California City Project is an effort to provide one large major hub for transitioning and processing both California's Homeless and the broader Western immigrant crisis population.

The plan involves two general pieces:

1. An initial processing center connected to existing rail infrastructure.  For the selected area to focus on for this project, the site that might be well-suited is Edwards Air Force base, which has been inactive, in part due to the need for environmental review and chemical leakage mitigation (soil treatment and replacement).  Similarly, George Air Force base is another potential option.  Some amount of cleanup would have to take place.  In general, the cleanup itself might be performed by immigrants (illegal or otherwise) on a volunteer basis, which would then allow for another phase of immigrant influx which then could involve basic training to construct housing, which would then house the incoming masses.  Once the base is built and people are further trained...

2. California City proper would be simultaneously established, with some of the core industrialized buildings and infrastructure prepared and developed ahead of time.  Those that worked on the airforce base could then join the workforce in California City and build out what is necessary to support the projected population.

The aim of California City is to be an education and EV/Solar manufacturing base, with nearby space launch centers and self-sustaining hydroponic factory farms.

A separately proposed theme park is conceived in a nearby region.

The education program in California City would span pre-K through University, hybridizing a classroom and digital experience, drawing from experts at top universities and any college that has components of an online curriculum.  In general, in-person would be most prevalent with younger age groups, but would allow for national class-to-class relationships (paired class relationships) made accessible by both digital and traditional "snail mail" for letters and shared arts projects.  In effect, the structure would allow for cross-university credits, accessible with digital learning experiences, local professors, and visiting professors.

The education system isn't the starting point for migrant and homeless populations, as there would be secondary processing that would occur as they arrive from Edwards Air Force base.  This processing would entail establishing identity, address medical and psychological needs, securing local housing, assessing skills level and ability, and ultimately directing those individuals into the appropriate living accommodations, health service groups, workforce training and skills development program, community service field, and finally the education and career track that is both seeking candidates and is preferred by the individual.

Housing accommodations are separated into a variety of categories;

- initial shared huts (3d-printed "adobe" structures)

- initial communal shelters

- initial shared dormitories

- processed townhomes and apartments

- processed "miniature homes"

- rent assisted living apartments

- private homes for ownership (lease to own and similar)

As the city core itself is constructed, flex residential/office towers would allow for a dynamic blend of patrons, supporting a quasi-european style of walkable cityscapes, oriented around a specialized transportation grid of mass transit and "micro EVs", akin to Geely's Panda and Aptera's solar vehIcle.  As California City is largely undeveloped, it provides interesting opportunities to build the city from the core infrastructure-up, including the baseline roadway  and the utilities that run below ground, with a planning paradigm to accommodate future growth and mass transit features.

Much like California City, there is ample land on the outskirts of Amarillo and Odessa suitable for a large scale processing center and base of operations.

As with California City, a large military-base-like format would allow for a regimented processing scheme.  Whereas California City aims to be a permanent master-planned development to become a permanent fixture, the Texas bases would be centralized and highly connected via rail to move people to other parts of the country or into the Texas cities nearby.  

At present, there is no clear impetus to establish a permanent facility, although Odessa, due to its proximity to the Mexico border and its location relative to the planned rail routes, might successfully plan for a smooth transition scheme.