California should be broken up into two states.
At least three states -
Coastal, from the LA County line, north to the Gualala River.
Inland, including Orange and San Diego Counties. San Beaner, Kern and up the crest of the coast ranges to about the 39th parallel (they get Sacramento and Davis).
Northern, from the Gualala River across to Placer County.
There is a good argument for splitting Oregon and Washington into East and West too.
Same thing for Nevada, IMO.
They’ve tried that, but neither prospective state wanted the Gay Area.