This is a perfect example of managing for what you don’t want instead of what you really want.
It most likely would pass because it is an emotional issue and no one would think.
1) But what of the conservative rural areas? We have precedence with West Virginia for some counties breaking off to form their own state. Some one please post that history here.
2) So what is left is the major cities. Where do they go to for help? Russia, Mexico, others?
What happens to what is left? There are so many fractions there that they most likely will destroy them selves? Then what?
If you think about in for about a minute and a half, you will realize that an independent California would be ruled from Beijing in about six months.