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发帖数: 203 | 1 A venture capitalist who feels colossal California is too unwieldy to govern
is proposing to split it into six separate states, and Secretary of State
Debra Bowen has given him the green light to start collecting petition
signatures.
Tim Draper filed a ballot initiative in December stating that because of
recent social and economic changes California has become “nearly
ungovernable.”
He proposed dividing California into six states. San Diego and Orange County
would make up “South California.” “West California” would include Los
Angeles and Santa Barbara, while Bakersfield, Fresno and Stockton would make
up the larger “Central California.” San Francisco and San Jose would be
in the new “Silicon Valley.” “North California” would include the
Sacramento area, and “Jefferson” would be home to the Redding and Eureka
areas.
“California as it is is ungovernable,” Draper told ABC News today. “It is
more and more difficult for Sacramento to keep up with the social issues
from the various regions of California. With six Californias, people will be
closer to their state governments, and states can get a refresh”.
Brendan Nyhan, Assistant Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, isn’
t sold on the idea. “Splitting California into six states would raise all
sorts of concerns about the partisan balance of the senate. I can’t imagine
this would ever go anywhere” said Nyhan.
Nyhan says a plan like this would surface many issues. Things like water
policy, agricultural policy, and even the electoral college would all change
if this plan were to take action.
The plan aims to settle California’s financial issues after the separation
of the states. If things can’t be resolved, each state would receive a
portion of the state’s debts based on the newly created state’s population.
If the federal government approves creating six new states, “all tax
collections and spending by the existing State of California would end, with
its assets and liabilities divided among the new states,” Secretary of
State Debra Bowen said in a statement on Tuesday.
That would leave decisions regarding taxes and public spending of the new
states up to its elected leaders.
If California were its own separate country, it would have the eighth-
largest economy in the world.
In order to make this plan a reality, Draper needs to start collecting
signatures in order to qualify the petition for a ballot. He needs the
signatures of 807,615 registered voters in 150 days, making his deadline
July 18, 2014.
“We are going to put together a grass roots effort to get signatures,”
Draper said. “It looks very promising since there are already several
movements to create new states here”. | f***e
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发帖数: 3446 | 5 别的不知道，Jefferson State是很可能会分出去的，当地几个县的居民都表态过了。
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_%28proposed_Pacific_stat
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【在 i****d 的大作中提到】
: A venture capitalist who feels colossal California is too unwieldy to govern
: is proposing to split it into six separate states, and Secretary of State
: Debra Bowen has given him the green light to start collecting petition
: signatures.
: Tim Draper filed a ballot initiative in December stating that because of
: recent social and economic changes California has become “nearly
: ungovernable.”
: He proposed dividing California into six states. San Diego and Orange County
: would make up “South California.” “West California” would include Los
: Angeles and Santa Barbara, while Bakersfield, Fresno and Stockton would make
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发帖数: 3446 | 6 除了Jefferson， 其他的我看很难分家。主要是水的问题。这几个区域的水源都是同一
个，都来自于Sierra Mountains，分了家不打起来是不可能的。
govern
County
make
【在 i****d 的大作中提到】
: A venture capitalist who feels colossal California is too unwieldy to govern
: is proposing to split it into six separate states, and Secretary of State
: Debra Bowen has given him the green light to start collecting petition
: signatures.
: Tim Draper filed a ballot initiative in December stating that because of
: recent social and economic changes California has become “nearly
: ungovernable.”
: He proposed dividing California into six states. San Diego and Orange County
: would make up “South California.” “West California” would include Los
: Angeles and Santa Barbara, while Bakersfield, Fresno and Stockton would make
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