And the CA state legislature is going to agree to this?
The U.S. Constitution forbids the formation of new states from parts of an existing state unless the state legislature approves. Anyone see CA legislators agreeing to this?
Nope.
You’ll notice Upstate NY hasn’t gone anywhere, either.
Not too likely. And here is the pertinent section to back you up - Article IV, Section 3 -
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Nope.
The only chance would be if Republicans somehow took over the California state government and the liberals decided that they wanted to secede. Since the democrat population in a few high population California counties outnumber Republicans in the entire state, its not going to happen.
At some point rules be damned. Jefferson should do the same. Declare it an autonomous zone
The UP of Michigan has a better chance than this fantasy.
Which should happen.
I think they might agree to it if CA were divided into 3 states: 2 D and 1 R; the net result would be the same - overall the state would have slightly more power.