GIVE CALIFORNIA TO MEXICO!
Who gives a shit. We will better of without them.
California produces a sizable majority of many American fruits, vegetables, and nuts: 99 percent of artichokes, 99 percent of walnuts, 97 percent of kiwis, 97 percent of plums, 95 percent of celery, 95 percent of garlic, 89 percent of cauliflower, 71 percent of spinach, and 69 percent of carrots (and the list goes on and on). Some of this is due to climate and soil. No other state, or even a combination of states, can match California’s output per acre.
SourceIn fact, other areas couldn't make up the difference, as that yield difference is so huge, it requires far more acreage per ton of food than other replacement areas.
And a large part of the remainder of our produce comes from Mexico.
So they'd hold us by the nuts. Walnuts, I mean.
This isn't even considering all of the other economics. For example, the large oil output, economic output, port access, etc.
And California is toward the bottom of federal dependency, sending more to the federal government than it gets in return.
It would be devastating.