This isn’t what the article is about the headline makes a good point, the Republican counties need to separate, it’s immoral that millions of decent people have to live with the poor decisions of LA and the Bay Area.
There’s a movement afoot to do just that. Not a new concept, but watching it anyway. Jerry Brown suggested that they all ‘move to Arizona’.
http://www.jeffersonstate.com/
I used to live in Del Norte County, in the middle of it. Might move back, if they can pull it off.