Plan to split California into 6 states advances

[King]

Most of this is just the rich trying to separate itself from the poor and inland conservatives from the liberal coast.

Sore loser syndrome.

[King]

Silicon Valley would be a stupid name for a state.

Especially since it includes a whole bunch of land that isn't silicon valley.  The other four names show a lack of creativity.

What is the logic behind the Jefferson/Northern California split? I've always known the upper North has wanted to secede because it feels silenced by the Bay Area liberals, but it would probably still be a GOP state if those two merged.

The area marked as Jefferson would be the population of Montana.  Totally ridiculous.

Also the names are poor.

North as Jefferson is fine, Central California should be called Sierra, Silicon Valley should be Northern California and then West/South should be merged, since there's very literally different culturally about them and be Southern California.

[King]

If this weren't a political power grab and a serious attempt to make California a better state government, a better solution would be to do a new constitution and turn it into a commonwealth of sorts.  So, a bill to pass the legislature would have to go through not a House and Senate, but a Northern House and Southern House.  There would only be 2 Senators to answer to Washington, but the internals of the state would function as its own nation.

[King]

Why are we revisiting this?

[King]

Republicans would benefit in the short term, but down the road, they'd be playing with fire.

That describes pretty much every GOP strategy right now.

[King]

They can call it Valle Silicio