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It's been a couple of decades since I lived in California and my parents moved out to Nevada five years ago so my current knowledge of the state is pretty much

It's been a couple of decades since I lived in California and my parents moved out to Nevada five years ago so my current knowledge of the state is pretty much from media and online sources. Despite that, I have to wonder if the state has simply become too unwieldly and if it's time to give the idea of splitting it into multiple states some serious consideration. While I didn't like the "Six Californias" plan, some of the earlier plans to split the state into two states or perhaps three states seem more reasonable. There'd probably be some opposition from other states since adding more senators to the Senate dilutes every other state's relative power plus it's likely any way you split California is going to result in all of the new senators being Democrats. Nevertheless, it seems worth exploring, seriously this time. The "smaller" states would still be huge states but hopefully more manageable.

briga 6y ago
The bureaucracy in California definitely feels excessive. Taxes are too high and don't seem to be helping solve the numerous social problems that California is facing. But politically is seems that one of the biggest issues hindering development is how different municipal governments can block and sabotage regional projects at the expense of the rest of the state (e.g. billionaires in Atherton preventing high speed rail "because it would be too noisy"). Is diving the state into even more political units the solution?
casefields 6y ago
3 states would work best. 1 NorCal which would be heavily blue. SoCal which would lean blueish-purple which Orange County and SD. Then you can carve out a Central Valley state which would be red. In effect we'd be adding 2 new senators for central/southern California, and it would be 1 red and 1 blue.
- orthoxerox 6y ago
  > 1 NorCal which would be heavily blue. Not if NorCal starts north of the bay. SF and friends can have their own state.

briga 6y ago

The bureaucracy in California definitely feels excessive. Taxes are too high and don't seem to be helping solve the numerous social problems that California is facing. But politically is seems that one of the biggest issues hindering development is how different municipal governments can block and sabotage regional projects at the expense of the rest of the state (e.g. billionaires in Atherton preventing high speed rail "because it would be too noisy"). Is diving the state into even more political units the solution?

casefields 6y ago

3 states would work best. 1 NorCal which would be heavily blue. SoCal which would lean blueish-purple which Orange County and SD. Then you can carve out a Central Valley state which would be red. In effect we'd be adding 2 new senators for central/southern California, and it would be 1 red and 1 blue.

orthoxerox 6y ago
> 1 NorCal which would be heavily blue. Not if NorCal starts north of the bay. SF and friends can have their own state.