Tim Draper Wants To Split California Into Pieces And Turn Silicon Valley Into Its Own State

[brooklynite]

Source: Tech Crunch

TechCrunch has learned about noted technology investor Tim Draper’s plan to split California into six separate states, including a Northern California slice appropriately named “Silicon Valley.”

Draper shared his vision with TechCrunch tonight. He says he’s submitting a polished version to the state’s Attorney General in the form of a ballot proposition proposal within the next 48 hours. “Six Californias” already has a campaign website up and is eager for an army of volunteers.

We’ve pasted the full ballot initiative below, along with the redrawn map of California. Essentially, the idea is to section off California into six horizontal slices, with Silicon Valley getting its own region stretching from the Sierras to the Bay Area beaches.

Southern California would also get its own slice of isolationist glory, with the new state “West California” consisting of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, among other areas.


Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/19/tim-draper-six-californias-secede-silicon-valley-ballot-initiative/

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FWIW - While the California legislature would have to approve, the ultimate decision on admitting new states lies with Congress.

[XemaSab]

1. This is an asinine proposal

n/t

[Thor_MN]

2. Egotistical Vulture Capitalist

Makes me wonder how this plays out for electoral votes.

[geardaddy]

4. The guy needs to trim his eyebrows

He looks like a cartoon villain.

[Amonester]

10. Remove the eyebrows and his skin mask, and this is what he would look like:

VENTURE CAPITALIST AT WORK

[geardaddy]

11. Bingo.

[Amonester]

13. Here's to hoping not to get it 'Hidden' ;)

5-1=4

[freshwest]

14. Agreed, that's the look. n/t

[Amonester]

16. Stunning resemblance after only three pages of https://www.startpage.com

returns for 'evil face'.

Jumped at me like no other!

[Kablooie]

8. Passion and persistence.

[NickB79]

18. Is he a fucking Romulan or what?

[tularetom]

3. Dumb fucking idea

The way that map is configured it would lead to six new Republican senators. The blue area at the far north, the red area in the middle, and the gold area in the extreme south are all relatively lightly populated with a lot of elderly conservative voters. It's like creating three brand new red states. Except for San Diego in the extreme south these are far less affluent than the rest of Califonia.

The asshole that proposed this thinks he is going to get tax relief from sticking Silicon Valley in it's own state will be surprised and pissed off when he learns that his tax dollars will go to support the resource based economies in the three poor states.

Not going to happen but it still needs to be commented on.

[bluesbassman]

5. Personally I'd like to see it split into two states...

But that ain't gonna happen and this six state nonsense definitely won't.

[sakabatou]

6. It's not going to happen

[mulsh]

7. A rich bag of douche with way too much time on his hands has figured out a way

to create six new states with massive organization and financial problems from the get go. I bet he's also figured out how to milk every dime from this bogus initiative he's cooked up.

Oh look, he's a venture capitalist, that verifies his notions are way more advanced than mine or yours and he's probably good at math & shit.

He's also a modern polymath, brother of actors, father of actors he even plays a school principal on a Nickelodeon series. He's an actor too, so there.

What an impressive set of accomplishments for a bag of douche who runs a numbers scheme in his spare time.

[toby jo]

9. Gotta be a dollar behind this one.

God, imagine the righties slicing up America like this for control . By now somebody's got the whole country figured out for fun and profit. "Well, shit, Bubba, let's us jus gerrymander for states". Texas will be next, then Florida, WI, Ohio.... all the purple states before they go all blue.

Not an easy task, but to them, easier than dealing with how to get along with your fellow man.

[JI7]

12. fuck him

[blkmusclmachine]

17. Can we split up TX while we're at it?!!

[YOHABLO]

19. Took the words right out of my mouth

[Exultant Democracy]

20. Omg 6 more republican senators in exchange for 4 more out of a solid blue state

over my dead body.

[MBS]

21. My thoughts exactly!

asinine, arrogant, and completely oblivious to the history and geography and ecology of the state. His proposal to name the San Francisco Bay area "silicon valley" tells you everything you need to know about his warped priorities, and his ignorance.
Plus I hate the term "silicon valley" to begin with. It's Santa Clara Valley, dammit.

[LeftyMom]

22. All California politics come down to water. SF's water supply comes from that red bit.

That orange bit at the end grows pretty much the entire country's lettuce supply, and gets a fuckton of water from the blue and purple bits up top, via an aqueduct that runs down the red part.

That light blue part at the top grows a fuckton of weed (and has very little else going for it,) and being a separate state would mean selling it to the rest of the Californias would be a federal crime.

In short, this idea is stupid even by the spectacularly dumb standards of techbros and only somebody with no passing familiarity with the rest of the state could conceive of it, let alone throw money at it.

[jsr]

23. I'm sure the rich techie hipsters can afford their own desalination plant

or they will tax the residents accordingly.

[AZ Progressive]

24. Wide eyed proposal from a highly egotistical person who thinks that all their ideas are the shit

Talk about out of touch!!!