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So this initiative is going to be voted on by Californians in November.
It will split California into three states: Northern California, Southern California, and New California.
They are made up of:
Southern Cali – San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Kern, Tulare, Kings, and a bunch more small ones
~13.9 million people
New California – Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and San Benito counties
~ 12.3 million people
Northern California – San Francisco, Sacramento, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Calaveras, Alpine, and everything North of those.
~ 13.3 million people
What does Jow Forums think of this? If this passes I would be a citizen of Southern California, and I'm going to vote for it. This state is way too damn big, and I think the way these borders would be drawn is OK, even though it would give four more probably liberal senators. The people in orange county and the Inland Empire have fuck all to do with San Francisco or Sacramento, it's a nine hour drive between them, and when you pass through from San Bernardino into LA County it's like you're stepping into a whole new country. All of California is shit, but fuck LA and fuck San Francisco especially, I won't cry when they're not in my state anymore.
Arnold the Governator said this state was "Ungovernable" and I think he's right. Arnold sucked, and I met Jerry Brown the one time he poked his head in my area, but he sucks too. We'd get to have our own governor down here.
If anything, it'd be cool to make them have to redesign the American flag. Any Califags here? Thoughts?