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Numerous organizations advocate for the independence of California as a sovereign state. Common arguments in support of independence are often based on the fact of California having the fifth-largest economy in the world, [47] [48] [49] and for being home to the global centers of entertainment and technology (Silicon Valley). [50] [51]
California Admission Day (September 9) is an annual legal holiday in the state, celebrated as a day of observance to commemorate its admission into the Union as the thirty-first state on that date in 1850. [25]
1855 J. H. Colton Company map of Virginia that predates the West Virginia partition by seven years.. 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.
The airport plan was eventually discarded in favor of the Orange County Great Park plan. In 2002, residents of the city of Corona proposed Corona County to include the western edge of Riverside County. In 2014, residents of rural East County San Diego proposed to secede from San Diego County, with the proposed name of Chaparral County. [19]
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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 effort was part of a campaign to interfere in elections within the United States, the Justice Department said.
A viral post shared on X claims California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is purportedly considering seceding from the Union following President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 victory. Verdict: False ...