New California
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New California is the name of a proposed state that organizers want to break off from the U.S. State of California which they say has long been ungovernable.[1] New California would include the rural counties that make up most of the state's area north, south and east of the more heavily populated coastal areas between counties around San Francisco and Los Angeles.[1] The group organizing the effort was founded by Paul Preston.[2]
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Background
California's current population is about 40 million. The population of New California, if it were split from the rest of California, would be between 15 and 25 million. This would make it the sixth largest state in America by population, behind Pennsylvania.[3] According to the map, the counties of the remaining "California" would have a combined population of 20 million.
California currently sends two Senators to Washington, D. C. and 53 to the U.S. House of Representatives.[4]
New California movement
Preston believes that California's problems are rooted in urban areas like Los Angeles, where taxes are high, but that the state in general could do better financially. He also thinks that the state, in its current situation, cannot be governed properly. New California has quickly become an organized movement, already including several committees and county representative groups. The movement plans to organize more over the next two years before it goes to California's state legislature.[3]
Other California partition plans
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New California is just one of many partition plans and movements. A 2014 proposal supported splitting California into six sections, including the state of Jefferson, which has been proposed as a state in far northern California since 1941.[5]
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