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The dream of cutting California into multiple parts…
… Really, not necessarily a bad idea — ask West Virginia for a historical precedent —
proceeds with a new ballot initiative.
It’s a different splinting than the last one I remember — the one that mostly appeared to split LA, San Francisco, and Sacramento away — transparently partisan ideal in order to create a “red state” from the partisanally overwhelmed. (See here that particular map’s endorsement from the National Review.) Indeed, most activism appears set on this one. Take it for a venture capitalist to jump past them with more money and resources at the ready and get somewhere with some other map that doesn’t benefit them in the same manner.
This new configuration — well, the Northern-most part of Northern California will still be left aching to form that fictional state of “Jefferson” with Southern Oregon — I suppose, and the Orange County laden Southern California will be liable to be the one that might be purple.
Unless, I suppose, some Arnold Schwarzenegger-wannabe has claims on the Los Angeles state.
Lt. Gov Gavin Newsom, the Democratic nominee for governor, said Tuesday he opposes the measure.
Curious: and is there any word from the Republican nominee for governor? (May be just idiosyncratic enough to go for it.)
I suppose the partisan wrestling won’t mean too much, once someone brushes off old John Garner’s idea of splitting off breaking Texas apart into five different states.