I was going to say the same thing.
The eastern part that is.
Anyway. If a partition of California was to occur, it would best be Bay Area and the rest of the state.
That wouldn't make sense.
Why not? CA Politics is basically Bay Area vs the Rest of CA.
I think that the political consensus between Los Angeles & the entire Northeastern quadrant of the state is rather limited.
All 12 of the people there?
Maybe not by California standards, but there are a decent number of people living near Tahoe. I don't think they have much in common with LA or San Diego.