California clears first hurdle to breaking into three states

Source: Washington Examiner
Published: Oct 30, 2017
Author: Anna Giaritelli
Post Date: 2017-10-30 09:57:41 by cranky
Views: 1689

California has cleared its first hurdle to going from one state to three smaller states.

Golden State residents who support billionaire Tim Draper's initiative to break the state into smaller parts will now begin collecting signatures to get the plan on next year's election ballot.

The plan proposes making the area including and north of San Francisco into one state, a coastal region extending south to Los Angeles another state, and everywhere south and east of those a third state.

If approved by residents, Congress would have the final say on the matter.

Draper previously pushed for a similar proposal in 2014, but the plan failed. He has said this new push would give residents three smaller forms of government.

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#1: VxH    To: cranky (#0)

Sooo..

Mexifornia, Queerifornia, and... Notmexiqueerifornia.

VxH posted on 2017-10-30 10:27:25   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Tooconservative    To: cranky (#0)

The plan proposes making the area including and north of San Francisco into one state, a coastal region extending south to Los Angeles another state, and everywhere south and east of those a third state.

It sounds like a gerrymander who main purpose is to give Democrats 6 U.S. senators instead of two.

Then they could make D.C. and Puerto Rico states, yielding another 4 U.S. Senators.

A direct increase of 8 Dem U.S. senators.

Tooconservative posted on 2017-10-30 10:51:00   Reply   Private Reply

#3: misterwhite    To: cranky (#0)

California clears first hurdle to breaking into three states

Uh-huh. That "first hurdle" being a decision to start collecting signatures. Pretty low bar on that first hurdle.

misterwhite posted on 2017-10-30 10:52:45   Reply   Private Reply

#4: misterwhite    To: cranky (#0)

Draper previously pushed for a similar proposal in 2014, but the plan failed.

His proposal in 2014 called for breaking California into 6 states. He failed to get enough signatures on the petition.

misterwhite posted on 2017-10-30 10:56:49   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Vicomte13    To: Tooconservative (#2)

It sounds like a gerrymander who main purpose is to give Democrats 6 U.S. senators instead of two.

Then they could make D.C. and Puerto Rico states, yielding another 4 U.S. Senators.

A direct increase of 8 Dem U.S. senators.

Sounds like Republicans need to get more competitive.

Vicomte13 posted on 2017-10-30 10:59:39   Reply   Private Reply

#6: Tooconservative    To: Vicomte13 (#5)

Sounds like Republicans need to get more competitive.

Or break Texas into 5 states to yield an increase of 8 GOP senators.

Tooconservative posted on 2017-10-30 11:08:26   Reply   Private Reply

#7: misterwhite    To: cranky (#0)

The plan proposes making the area including and north of San Francisco into one state, a coastal region extending south to Los Angeles another state, and everywhere south and east of those a third state.

According to the proposed split, each new "state" would be anchored by one or more heavily populated deep-blue cities, turning California into 3 Democrat states with six Democrat Senators.

misterwhite posted on 2017-10-30 11:09:15   Reply   Private Reply

#8: Liberator    To: cranky (#0)

If this is permitted, expect other states to follow.

And why not??

This is the perfect opportunity for BLUE State parasites to entrap/divest themselves of those who finance their insanity (and comit suicide) as Red States will then divest themselves of the insane parasite counties plaguing their parts of respective Red county-states.

Liberator posted on 2017-10-30 14:17:08   Reply   Private Reply

#9: Vicomte13    To: Liberator (#8)

Can we just get on with the civil war already and have one side prevail and kill the other? I'd tired of the bickering without result. Just kill each other and be done with it.

Vicomte13 posted on 2017-10-30 17:03:18   Reply   Private Reply

#10: cranky    To: Liberator (#8)

And why not??

Article IV Section 3 would be my guess.

States be damned.

It's up to Congress and nobody else.

cranky posted on 2017-11-01 15:54:59   Reply   Private Reply