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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 ]
There are 58 counties of California currently.. California, the most populous state in the United States and third largest in area after Alaska and Texas, has been the subject of more than 220 proposals to divide it into multiple states since its admission to the Union in 1850, [1] including at least 27 significant proposals prior to the 21st century.
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 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 measure received more than 400,000 valid signatures, thanks to support from legendary Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper.
While laws making it easier to form new counties have passed since then, this split has not occurred. [38] Nye is the largest county in Nevada and the third largest in the entire U.S., although over 90% is federal land. Bullfrog County was formed by the state legislature in 1987 to gain contraol of Yucca Mountain. It was disincorporated when ...
A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of the Nov. 5 election.
The areas proposed to break off of Oregon and California vote Republican but in a state whose legislatures are dominated by Democrats. Douglas and Josephine counties in Oregon approved language for petitions to put a measure on the ballot. Even if passed by voters, it would still need approval from all three state legislatures. [28] [29]