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Turns out the reason this hasn't already happened is because the CA constitution forbids cities crossing county borders: https://hoodline.com/2017/03/that-time-
by klipt 7y ago
Turns out the reason this hasn't already happened is because the CA constitution forbids cities crossing county borders: https://hoodline.com/2017/03/that-time-san-francisco-tried-to-annex-oakland-berkeley-and-most-of-the-bay-area https://hoodline.com/2017/03/that-time-san-francisco-tried-t...
- afinlayson 7y agoThat's fascinating, Maybe there can be a megacity that spans multiple cities or something like that. Oakland and SF makes less sense than SF and SJ imo, because there's no space between them. At least Oakland has the bay.
- masonic 7y ago"In the general election of November 1912, the amendment failed to get the requisite two-thirds majority vote" This makes no sense. It doesn't take a 2/3 majority for an Initiative Constitutional Amendment -- just 50% + 1.