Should California Really Be 3 States? Voters Will Decide In November.

[UCmeNdc]

Vote No! Republicans are always trying to break up California.

A dramatic proposal to split California into three separate states has gathered enough signatures to appear on the ballot during the upcoming midterm elections in November.

Tim Draper, the main proponent of the initiative and its prime bankroller, gathered at least 402,000 signatures to divide California into three parts: a state called Northern California sprawling from Oregon down to San Francisco, another called California that’d primarily include Los Angeles and a band of land up the coast, and another dubbed Southern California that’d include Fresno, Bakersfield and San Diego.

The plan would create three differently sized regions, but all would have roughly the same population. And while California currently has two U.S. senators, the new bloc of three Californias would have six under the new proposal.


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-three-states-tim-draper_us_5b20ba0ee4b09d7a3d7885f5

[sarah FAILIN]

1. Sounds like a modified Calexit

I came here looking to see if anyone else saw this. I can't believe anyone would think this was good. How do you split a government and assets up?

This sounds like crazy talk from the reps and Russians.

[BlueJac]

2. terrible idea.

Sounds like a GOP idea for sure!

[MrsCoffee]

3. Are the Russians pushing this shit again?

Draper is a Russian tool. He is heavily invested in their social media businesses (Facebook and messenger clones).

He pulled this shit a couple years ago saying California should secede or create a union with Canada.

He is another delusional billionaire.

[Submariner]

4. Then make Puerto Rico and Washington DC states at the same time

with 2 Senators each.

[Dem_4_Life]

5. That sounds like a horrible idea!

Sounds like a crazy GOP idea.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Yep, looks like two new red states to one blue...

Not gonna happen. It takes more than a silly voter resolution to do that, it takes Congressional approval. Article IV, Section 3.

New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

Good luck overriding a fillibuster on that one. The only state so created was West Virginia, and that happened when the Southern States weren't "available" for comment.

[MFM008]

6. I'm trusting

Californians flush this shit.

[PubliusEnigma]

8. will never happen

[samnsara]

9. How about we vote to make the entire West Coast one State...Pacifica!

[DownFromTheMountain]

10. Venture Capitalist, already proposed to divide Ca. into 6 states...

And was, (and probably is), a big donor to push School Vouchers. Beware efforts by the rich to break up democratic things into smaller bits...divide divide divide public matters..and merge private corps into monoliths..an American Oligarch.

[NurseJackie]

11. The Dakotas should be a single state. The Carolinas should be a single state.

Even though there's "West Virginia" there's no "East Virginia" so I don't think any change is needed there.

[edhopper]

12. The Dakotas yes

where 4 Senators represent only 1.5 million people.
But the Carolinas, with 15 million people and large areas are good as too states. It's just their name that links them.

[NurseJackie]

13. Excellent points.

[Johonny]

14. Even if it won...wouldn't the federal government have something to say about this?