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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Residents of California's largely rural, agrarian and politically conservative far northern counties long ago got used to feeling ignored in the state Capitol and out of sync with major urban areas.

 

The idea of forming their own state has been a topic among local secession dreamers for more than a century. Residents in two counties will have a chance to voice that sentiment next week.

 

Voters in Del Norte and Tehama, with a combined population of about 91,000, will decide June 3 on an advisory measure that asks each county's board of supervisors to join a wider effort to form a 51st state named Jefferson.

 

Elected officials in Glenn, Modoc, Siskiyou and Yuba counties already voted to join the movement. Supervisors in Butte County will vote June 10, while local bodies in other northern counties are awaiting the June 3 ballot results before deciding what to do.

 

A similar but unrelated question on the primary ballot in Siskiyou County asks voters to rename that county the Republic of Jefferson.

 

"We have 11 counties up here that share one state senator," compared to 20 for the greater Los Angeles area and 10 for the San Francisco Bay Area, said Aaron Funk of Crescent City, a coastal town in Del Norte County near the Oregon border. "Essentially, we have no representation whatsoever."

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Hmmm...would Jerry Brown pull a Putin on them?


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Trump Wins–Secession Back in Style

By James Ronald Kennedy

Only days after Donald Trump’s victory there were already calls for secession arising from liberal controlled states of California and Oregon. While such calls may be an over-reaction, it does help to make a point… Scissors-32x32.pnghttp://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/trump-wins-secession-back-in-style/

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November 22, 2016 By Fausta Leave a Comment

Upcoming attraction: Adding a new country to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

Calexit?

Secessionists formally launch quest for California’s independence

The Yes California group has been around for more than two years, Evans said. It is based around California taxpayers paying more money to the federal government than the state receives in spending, that Californians are culturally different from the rest of the country, and that national media and organizations routinely criticize Californians for being out of step with the rest of the U.S. Scissors-32x32.png

http://faustasblog.com/2016/11/upcoming-attraction-adding-a-new-country-to-the-carnival-of-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/

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“Rational People” Now Want Secession

According to Representative Zoe Lofgren of California, secession is now being advocated by “rational people, not the fringe.” This is an insult to all rational people. Rational people for generations have supported secession, including… » Scissors-32x32.png

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/rational-people-now-want-secession/

 

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