California State Split
The Initiative
Initiative to Separate California into four Separate and Equal States: 03/05/25
Government that works best is government which is closest to the people. This ensures that our elected officials follow the will of the people and not their personal agendas, separate from those of the voters who elected them. It is mandatory that representation grows to keep pace with a growing population. California is ungovernable in its present form. The time has come to start over. The time has come to form new states from the failed state of California. We deserve states which will ensure liberty and prosperity; safety and security, for ourselves and our posterity.
- The people of California are denied the liberty guaranteed to them by our founding documents through a system that denies adequate representation due to an unsustainable ratio of a small number of elected legislators to a large population.
- The California Constitution, Article II, Section 1, states: “All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their protection, security, and benefit, and they have the right to alter or reform it when the public good may require.”
3. The California Constitution, Article II, Section 8-a, states: “The initiative is the power of the electors to propose statutes and amendments to the Constitution and to adopt or reject them.”
4. The California Constitution, Article 18, Section 3, states: “The electors may amend the Constitution by initiative.”
5. Therefore, this initiative proposes an amendment to the California Constitution, as delineated in: Article II, Section 1; Article II, Section 8-a; and Article XVIII, Section 3
6. Initiative:
A. The voters of the State of California shall vote on an amendment to split the single state into four separate states:
Jefferson State: Del Norte, Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Plumas, Glenn, Butte, Sierra, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Lake
Coastal California: Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma, Napa, Marin, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles
Central California: Stanislaus, Sacramento, Tuolumne, Merced, Mariposa, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Mono, Kings, Inyo, Kern, San Joaquin, Yolo, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras
Eastern California: San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Imperial
B. A “Yes” vote for this initiative from the voters of the several counties of California indicates a choice to join the new states that will be formed as outlined in the initiative.
C. A “Yes” vote from the majority of the citizens in the majority of the counties in any of the individual proposed new states will compel the legislature to enact and the governor to sign the state split legislation as below for those counties in the affected new state.
D. A “No” vote indicates a rejection of the amendment to separate California into four separate and distinct states. A “No” vote by the majority of the citizens in a majority of the counties in any of the individual proposed new states is a vote for the status quo and to remain in California.
E. 1. In the event of any approval by the affected counties within the state, the California Legislature shall pass and enact the proposed state split legislation as outlined in the initiative.
2. The California governor shall sign into law the proposed state split legislation passed and enacted by the California state legislature, and as instructed by the people of California with the passage of a statewide initiative demanding a state split.
3. This legislation and process will conform to the United States Constitution, Article IV, Section 3.
F. Subsequently, by a special election, each county may vote to join an adjacent new state, provided the state in question is contiguous to the affected county.
G. After the legislation is passed, the counties of each new state will be able to select a new name, if they choose, for their new state.
H. After the formation of a new state, within 90 days, each state shall form committees to write new constitutions which would be submitted to the United States Congress to satisfy Article IV, Section 4, of the United States Constitution.
I. Each new state will form Committees of Separation to negotiate the allocation of assets and debt of the former state of California.
J. The purpose of this initiative is to provide adequate representation for all people within the geographical borders of California, and to protect rural, more sparsely populated counties from being held hostage by densely populated counties, and being subjected to the tyranny of the majority.
K. A “Yes” vote will amend the California Constitution to allow and require a state split.
L. A “No” vote will maintain California in its current political and geographical conformation.
Mission Statement:
Movement for the formation of new states from the several counties within California
We, the people of the several counties of the State of California, are ever mindful of our legacy of the rights of life, liberty, and property as granted by our Creator and recognized in the Constitution of the fifty United States and the Constitution of California.
California stands in violation of recognizing these rights and the laws of nature and nature’s God to which the people are entitled.
In order to restore and preserve these natural inalienable rights, it has become necessary for the people to dissolve the political bands which have connected us to a state that is incapable of and refuses to provide the representation necessary for a Constitutionally guaranteed republican form of government.
To this end, our mission is to declare and defend the reasons and causes for such a separation from California, and to create new entities within the political and geographical boundaries of the Unites States of America that will reflect and provide for our needs, our historical legacy, our culture, and our moral imperative.
This separation shall meet the Constitutional requirements contained in Article IV, section 3 for the formation of new states.
PROBLEMS WITH CALIFORNIA THAT CAN BE CORRECTED BY THE STATE OF JEFFERSON:
- Complexity of the California Constitution
- Constitutional Oversight
- Representation
- State v. County Power
- Excessive number of agencies
- Power of the Sheriff
- Second Amendment Rights Protections
- Regulations and Permits
- State Mandates v. State Law
10. Climate Change and Environmental regulations – fossil fuels / CARB / alternative power sources
11. The Economy: Agriculture / Manufacturing / Mining / Forestry
12. Rural v. Urban Requirements
13. Water Issues
14. Education
15. DEI
16.Taxes – Property v. Consumption
17. Lack of Oversight and Audits
18. Election Reform
AGRICULTURE – MINING – INDUSTRY – FORESTRY
The four-way state split is a grassroots initiative to create four new states that will:
- Regain balanced representation for each new state
- Create states with common values, geography, interests, and economics
- Reclaim direct control and influence over our state government to secure our liberty, freedom, and property rights
ONE CALIFORNIA:
Too Large to Govern:
California’s form of government is not adaptable to its present size. In 1879, the size of the legislature was frozen at 40 senators and 80 assembly members. Where once each senator represented 22,000 citizens, they now represent over 936,000 people. Now we suffer from a lack of representation and dilution of vote. In order to return to a reasonable level of representation, in the state, the number of legislators would need to be increased to unmanageable levels.
Over-Taxed:
California has the highest maximum personal income tax rate at 13.3%, and the highest sales tax rate of 7.5% – before local sales taxes are added. Corporations are leaving the state due to a 8.9% corporate income tax.
Over-Regulated:
From plastic straws, wind mills, solar farms, COVID restrictions, residential fire suppression requirements, gas appliance restrictions, to EV mandates and diesel prohibitions; from water restrictions to forest management – the California legislature creates laws that strangle our economies and drive out businesses and families to other business-friendly states. Rural industries, such as timber, mining, fishing, and agriculture are a diminishing force.
A STATE SPLIT: Is It Legal?
YES! This initiative would create a California constitutional amendment that would require the state to pass legislation, and the governor to sign the law that would form the four new states.
This state law would conform to the federal constitution’s Article IV, Section 3, which outlines the requirements for the formation of new states.
The California constitution, in Article II, Section o1 states that “All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their protection, security, and benefit, and they have the right to alter or reform it when the public good may require.”
IT’S BEEN DONE BEFORE:
Vermont, Kentucky, Maine, and West Virginia were all created from the territory of established states under the requirements of Article IV, Section 3 of the federal constitution.
FOCUS AND GOALS OF THE STATE SPLIT AND A NEW STATE CONSTITUTION:
- Equal rights, not equal outcomes
- Man’s inalienable rights
- Property rights are essential to liberty
- Sovereignty of the people
- Advantages of a Republic as opposed to a Democracy
- Free market economics
- The separation of powers: checks and balances
8. Limiting and defining the powers and role of government
9. Strong, local self-government
10. Government of law, not men
11. Importance of an educated electorate
12. Protecting the role of the family
13. Avoiding the burden of government debt
The Map
The map of proposed states has not been predetermined and may be changed by the affected counties.
All of us deserve representation! Our counties, our needs, require representation designed to guarantee the success of our state!
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