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Cal 3 was a proposal to split the U.S. state of California into three states. It was launched in August 2017 by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper , who led the effort to have it originally qualify on the November 2018 state ballot as Proposition 9 , officially the Division of California into Three States initiative. [ 1 ]
The California State Senate voted on June 4, 1965, to divide California into two states, with the Tehachapi Mountains as the boundary. Sponsored by State Senator Richard J. Dolwig (R-San Mateo), the resolution proposed to separate the seven southern counties, with a majority of the state's population, from the 51 other counties, and passed 27–12.
Numerous state partition proposals have been put forward since the 1776 establishment of the United States that would partition an existing U.S. state or states so that a particular region might either join another state or create a new state. Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, often called the New States Clause ...
The move would separate Californians into three separate states: California, Northern California and Southern California, although the move would have to be approved by U.S. Congress. The proposal ...
The campaign says that the creation of the separate states would lead to a stronger education system, safer roads and infrastructure, and lower taxes. Proposal to divide California into 3 states ...
It's still unclear if cutting up California into three states is legal and if Cal 3 could muster enough support from California voters and US Congress. Northern California, California, and ...
The measure was titled by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra "Division of California into Three States", [38] though it is commonly known as Cal 3. On June 13, 2018, it was announced that among the 600,000 signatures the initiative had received there were more than the 365,880 valid signatures needed, and the initiative would be put to ...
The last time a state divided was in 1863 with the creation of West Virginia. Today we’re looking at an ambitious proposal to break California into three states.