Exclusive: Break-up of California moves a step closer as billionaire gets enough signatures to trigg

[TomSea]

Exclusive: Break-up of California moves a step closer as billionaire gets enough signatures to trigger vote

 By   Ben Riley-Smith, US Editor

12 April 2018 • 6:00am

The chance of California splitting into three has moved a step closer after a billionaire secured enough signatures to trigger a referendum on the issue.

Tim Draper, who made his money through Hotmail and Skype, has gathered 600,000 signatures supporting the change – way above the 364,000 needed.

Those who want to break up California believe it would boost educational standards and reduce the political power of Sacramento, the state’s capital.

Read more at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/12/exclusive-splitting-california-three-step-closer-billionaire/

[thackney]

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/04/12/california-3-states-november-ballot/

...The initiative proposes a central state that would consist of Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey and San Benito counties; a southern state made up of Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Fresno, Tulare, Inyo, Madera and Mono counties; and the 40 remaining counties grouped into a northern states....

[Smokin Joe]

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/04/12/california-3-states-november-ballot/

...The initiative proposes a central state that would consist of Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey and San Benito counties; a southern state made up of Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Fresno, Tulare, Inyo, Madera and Mono counties; and the 40 remaining counties grouped into a northern states....

Which, if any, of these would be conservative? Or would there be 6 liberal senators in DC instead of 2?

[INVAR]

Which, if any, of these would be conservative? Or would there be 6 liberal senators in DC instead of 2?

Definitely 4 but likely 6.

[Cyber Liberty]

Which, if any, of these would be conservative? Or would there be 6 liberal senators in DC instead of 2?

I think it would be 4 Rats, 2 GOP.  Net gain for the Commiecrats.  I see no reason for any House changes.

Wouldn't this have to be approved by both sides of the US Congress?  I don't see any upside at all for Congress (well, the Commiecrats would love it, but they're for anything that increases their power).

[GrouchoTex]

Bye, Felicia.

[WingNot]

I'll take 4 more rats if there was hope that 1/3 of Cali was back in the union.

[truth_seeker]

Which, if any, of these would be conservative? Or would there be 6 liberal senators in DC instead of 2?

Southern California would likely elect conservatives. It does now.

Not very long ago Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties did, too.

As far as all of the (mostly) sparsely populated counties in the north, I don't know much.

[cato potatoe]

This cannot be allowed.  All three are left of center, and turning bluer every election cycle.

[Smokin Joe]

This cannot be allowed.  All three are left of center, and turning bluer every election cycle.

IIRC, any change in State boundaries has to be approved by Congress. When the EPA under Obama, in a snit over not proving fraccing had anything to do with the bad water in Pavilion, WY, gave over a million acres of Wyoming to the Wind River Tribe, including Pavilion, Riverton, and environs, the Governor of WY sought injunctive relief on the basis that the change in the state's boundaries was illegal.