oped: I do believe Nevada should also split into N/Nevada and S/Nevada...Northern Nevada is mostly Conservative while S/Nevada is mostly transplanted Liberal progressives from Kawlifornia!
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP)
- A plan to divide California into six separate US states is closer to
making it on to a November ballot, with organizers gaining approval to
collect signatures.
The seemingly
far-fetched initiative, sponsored by Silicon Valley venture capitalist
Tim Draper, claims "political representation of California's diverse
population and economies has rendered the state nearly ungovernable."
And
on Tuesday, the California Secretary of State's office gave the
movement a boost, saying that proponents "may begin collecting petition
signatures."
At least 807,615
voters -- representing eight percent of the total ballots cast for
governor in the 2010 election -- will need to sign the petition by July
18 to make it on to the ballot.
The proposal aims to split the
state -- America's most populous with around 38 million inhabitants --
into "six smaller state governments, while preserving the historical
boundaries of the various counties, cities and towns."
In
2012, California was tied with Russia and Italy -- all with a GDP of
approximately $2.0 trillion -- for eighth place in world GDP rankings,
according to the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy.
The
proposal would create a state out of Silicon Valley, home to tech
giants Google, Facebook and Apple. It would also create South
California, which would include Hollywood and the US entertainment
industry.
West California,
Central California, North California, and Jefferson in the most northern
part of the state, would also go it alone.
According
to the proposal, voters overwhelming approved dividing California in
two in 1859, but Congress did not act due to the Civil War.
Draper,
who has funded more than 400 companies including Skype and Baidu, is
founder of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Menlo Park,
California.
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