I don’t remember what the six-part division was, or when it was. I only know I disected the county-by-county division the Cal-3 proposal is asking for, and I did not see it, in my view, as necessarily in favor of Conservatives. To me, not enough of Liberal coastal California was left out of the new “California” and put into “Northern California”. They also put too much that is north of the southern California mountain ranges into “Southern California” instead of leaving all that is north of those mountain ramges in “California”. If they had only had those two major diferences, I think both “Northern California” and “Southern California” would have had a bit more of a Conservative demographic; if not majorities. The current Cal-3 proposal splits off too many Liberals among the three parts, likely helping them to retain majorities there.
Also, the Cal-3 proposal ballot measure is not a measure putting choices of different break ups on the table. It only puts one thing before the state legislature - just the Cal-3 proposal. Frankly I do not think it will pass. Disgruntled is one thing, feeling like they know what Cal-3 will mean is another. I think most people are unsure and therefor insecure about it.
Here is a Wikipedia article about proposals to divide California. It has maps of several proposals.
If they wanted to divide by establishing the State of Jefferson, as proposed in the Six Californias plan, and the State of South California, as proposed in Jeff Stone’s 2011 plan, that division would work for us.
Once they kill the current ridiculous plan, someone ought to propose what I’ve suggested above.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_and_secession_in_California