YES...Divide California!

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | June 2, 1998 | By Columist JOHN KING

[Bill Hutton III]

... " It's Time To Divide California 4-state plan would bring politics closer to home

CALIFORNIA -- As this political season draws to a welcome close, only one clear message has emerged from this virtual campaign:

Enough already.

The problem isn't just the latest batch of dreary candidates and deceptive propositions. It's bigger than that -- as big as the sprawling state of California and its 33 million inhabitants.

Let's get straight to the point: California is too big to be governable, too big for its residents to feel any connection with the state government that oversees their lives. So make a clean break with the past and chop California into three states, maybe four...."

[Bill Hutton III]

...an old clipping, but even more relevant today.

I am sick of the SF Bay Area liberals and would be happy to see them cecede into their own little utopia and just leave the rest of us alone.

Here's proposal for 6 new states:

NEW County Population
ALTA Santa Clara County 1,682,585
ALTA Alameda County 1,443,741
ALTA Contra Costa County 948,816
ALTA San Francisco County 776,733
ALTA San Mateo County 707,161
ALTA Sonoma County 458,614
ALTA Solano County 394,542
ALTA Santa Cruz County 255,602
ALTA Marin County 247,289
ALTA Napa County 124,279
7,039,362

NORTH Sacramento County 1,223,499
NORTH San Joaquin County 563,598
NORTH Stanislaus County 446,997
NORTH Placer County 248,399
NORTH Butte County 203,171
NORTH Yolo County 168,660
NORTH Shasta County 163,256
NORTH El Dorado County 156,299
NORTH Humboldt County 126,518
NORTH Nevada County 92,033
NORTH Mendocino County 86,265
NORTH Sutter County 78,930
NORTH Yuba County 60,219
NORTH Lake County 58,309
NORTH Tehama County 56,039
NORTH Tuolumne County 54,501
NORTH Siskiyou County 44,301
NORTH Calaveras County 40,554
NORTH Amador County 35,100
NORTH Lassen County 33,828
NORTH Del Norte County 27,507
NORTH Glenn County 26,453
NORTH Plumas County 20,824
NORTH Colusa County 18,804
NORTH Mariposa County 17,130
NORTH Trinity County 13,022
NORTH Mono County 12,853
NORTH Modoc County 9,449
NORTH Sierra County 3,555
NORTH Alpine County 1,208
4,091,281

CENT Fresno County 799,407
CENT Ventura County 753,197
CENT Kern County 661,645
CENT Monterey County 401,762
CENT Santa Barbara County 399,347
CENT Tulare County 368,021
CENT San Luis Obispo County 246,681
CENT Merced County 210,554
CENT Kings County 129,461
CENT Madera County 123,109
CENT San Benito County 53,234
4,146,418

INLAND San Bernardino County 1,709,434
INLAND Riverside County 1,545,387
INLAND Imperial County 142,361
INLAND Inyo County 17,945
3,415,127

SOCAL Orange County 2,846,289
SOCAL San Diego County 2,813,833
5,660,122

LA-CAL Los Angeles County 9,519,338

Summary:

State Population Capital
1 ALTA-CALIF 7,039,362 San Jose
2 NORTH-CALIF 4,091,281 Sacramento
3 CENTRAL-CALIF 4,146,418 Monterey
4 INLAND-CALIF 3,415,127 Redlands
5 LA-CALIF 9,519,338 Pasadena
6 SOUTH-CALIF 5,660,122 Oceanside

[EggsAckley]

Dream on.


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[BibChr]

Sure.

Or just slice off the coast, leave the rest. One tight little liberal insane state, one vast conservative sane one.

And a big, big fence between the two, with de-lousing chambers.

Dan

[So Cal Rocket]

Hmmm... 2 Blue States and 4 Red States... gotta like it.

[socal_parrot]

Hey, I'd take it. As long as Southern California (OC and SD) would be a monarchy and I could be a Duke or something.

[NativeNewYorker]

Yeah...the rest of the country will be happy to have that many more Senators from California in Washington.

Let's hive off NYC so Jerry Nadler and Charlie Rangel can be senators too!

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[bmwcyle]

I like the idea of chipping a section off and set it adrift.

[socal_parrot]

1998?

[EggsAckley]

How presumptious of you! I, of course, am the natural GRAND WA-ZEER for the Southern kingdom. Down, peon!!

[blanknoone]

I think less has to made of how it would be divided and more made of how to get it through. I think a similar measure seperating NYC from NYS would be an easier first step.

[Inyo-Mono]

Inyo should be with "North" on your chart. It has nothing in common with the other counties under "Inland."

[Eala]

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[MIchaelTArchangel]

I prefer to wait for the San Andreas fault to let go and dump San Francisco into the Pacific Ocean and set fire to Los Angeles. Problem solved -- by an "act of God".

[Viking2002]

One good earthquake is all it'll take........

[GreenLanternCorps]

There is only one monarch in California!

Norton the First, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico!

God Save the Emperor Norton!

http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/norton.html

[gracie1]

Sounds resonable, with execption that Fresno would have to be the capital of the central portion.

Any plan to divide the state would be welcome to the valley because we get outshouted by the LA and bay area continually.

[socal_parrot]

Norton I was way ahead of his time...

I have two things over Norton I, I'm not dead and I'm not crazy...And neither am I!

[So Cal Rocket]

Re-running the 2000 election gives the following results for the 6 states of California:

ALTA CA (10 Electoral Votes) - Gore: 1,599,000 votes, Bush 730,000 votes
NORTH CA (7 Electoral Votes)- Gore: 719,000 votes, Bush 818,000 votes
CENTRAL CA (7 Electoral Votes)- Gore: 567,000 votes, Bush 653,000 votes
INLAND CA (5 Electoral Votes) - Gore: 436,000 votes, Bush 471,000 votes
SOUTH CA (9 Electoral Votes)- Gore: 830,000 votes, Bush 1,017,000 votes
LA CA (16 Electoral Votes)- Gore 1,711,000 votes Bush 872,000 votes

Total National Electoral Votes: Bush 299, Gore 238.

[Polybius]

So make a clean break with the past and chop California into three states, maybe four...."

Just what we need. Eight Democrat Senators from California instead of two.

If you think new divisions will yields some Republican states, just wait 10 years.