Utopian city ‘California Forever’ still faces national security probe: pols

A planned utopian city in California continues to face a high-stakes probe by a US national security panel - and state politicians still aren't satisfied that the secretive project isn't linked to China. Since 2017, a little-known firm called Flannery Associates has stealthily bought up nearly $1 billion in land next to Travis Air Force Base, sparking alarms on Capitol Hill that a foreign entity could be backing the project for nefarious purposes. Similar concerns arose last year after a Chinese firm bought 300 acres of land near an Air Force drone base in North Dakota. In August, Flannery tried…