Sell it??? We should give it to Mexico for free. After all, The way California became part of the U.S. was to steal it from Mexico.
“fund all the infrastructure spending in the remaining 49 states and”
Think the author meant remaining 56 states.
And how did Mexico get California in the first place.
There are not many places in this world where the original inhabitants are still in place and own the real estate. Everywhere land was conquered from someone else, including here in America. Native tribe conquered territory from each other all of the time.
But, I see your point. We could give them everything south of the Tehone Pass excluding San Diego and be much better off than we are now. Hell, I would pay them to take Los Angeles. . . and San Francisco. . . And Sacramento.