That being said, I have always believed that there can be made a valid argument for dividing California into three separate States, consisting of Northern, Central, and Southern partitions. Of course, now I might have to restrict the 'Central' section to only the Bay Area, and divide the Sacramento Valley into the other two divisions.
Oh, and San Francisco and the Bay Area are NOT bloody 'Northern California'! Ye gods! Was this article outsourced to India?