Posted on 12/21/2013 2:50:19 PM PST by JerseyanExile
TechCrunch has learned about noted technology investor Tim Draper’s plan to split California into six separate states, including a Northern California slice appropriately named “Silicon Valley.”
Draper shared his vision with TechCrunch tonight. He says he’s submitting a polished version to the state’s Attorney General in the form of a ballot proposition proposal within the next 48 hours. “Six Californias” already has a campaign website up and is eager for an army of volunteers.
We’ve pasted the full ballot initiative below, along with the redrawn map of California. Essentially, the idea is to section off California into six horizontal slices, with Silicon Valley getting its own region stretching from the Sierras to the Bay Area beaches.
Southern California would also get its own slice of isolationist glory, with the new state “West California” consisting of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, among other areas.
In an email, Draper tells me there are five key reasons he’s pushing the initiative:
“1. It is about time California was properly represented with Senators in Washington. Now our number of Senators per person will be about average.
2. Competition is good, monopolies are bad. This initiative encourages more competition and less monopolistic power. Like all competitive systems, costs will be lower and service will be better.
3. Each new state can start fresh. From a new crowd sourced state flower to a more relevant constitution.
4. Decisions can be more relevant to the population. The regulations in one new state are not appropriate for another.
5. Individuals can move between states more freely.”
(Excerpt) Read more at techcrunch.com ...
I would love to bust that state up. It has too much say in the presidential election with the leftist cities pulling the whole state even thought there are a lot of conservatives in other parts. Plus, breaking it up might create more opportunities for conservative Senators.
Which is much better than all presidential electoral votes going to Democrats each election.
By the logic applied, it should be five. The purple state needs to be split in two with the coastal portion going with the yellow “Silicon Valley” and the inland with the red mountain “state.”
The north can be called “Grass land”.
Pray for earthquake, might do the trick for ‘em.
Also, this will be a nightmare for the transportation and ports industries.
Exactly. It's a bad bad idea.
If you cut out Los Angeles and the Bay Area you would have a generally conservative state in California. I guess the folks up in Silicon Valley are tired of supporting the leaches down south. Well, welcome to California you liberal tech wizzes!
I refuse to live in a state called ‘Silicon Valley’.
leeches
It would be preferable to living in one called Mexifornia.
I thought they were only going three.
I say go for it.
I bet there’s a whole lot of people in Northern CA who would be happy to be rid of Southern CA.
Kind of like the way a lot of people in CO wish Denver would go take a flying leap at a rolling doughnut.
Wow, I don’t drink vodka, but I buy it sometimes. I won’t be buying Absolute ever again. I won’t let hubby buy it either. That’s extremely offensive.
The U.S. should trade Vermont, Massachusetts and a state to be named later to Canada in exchange for Alberta. :-)
Two Progressive, two (mostly) Conservative, and two toss-ups. That’s a much better deal than the current arrangement.
Same applies to a number of other states. Ohio (my state) should be three, PA should be at least two (probably three), NY should be two, and on and on.
There can be no effective state boundary enforcement in the street grid which ties together Los Angeles and Orange Counties. A boundary would have to be located elsewhere.
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