South California 51st State

The 51st state should be named South California, says Jeff Stone, a Republican on the the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. But the proposed 13 southern California counties that would split off from the Golden State would not include Los Angeles.

Stone told the Times' Phil Willon that the ommission is intentional and is part of a plan that would make for a new conservative Californian state.

"Los Angeles is purposely excluded because they have the same liberal policies that Sacramento does. The last thing I want to do is create a state that's a carbon copy of what we have now,'' Stone said.

"Los Angeles just enacted a ban on plastic grocery bags. That put three or four manufacturers out of business,'' Stone, a pharmacist from Temecula, said.

Stone plans on formally proposing secession Tuesday during a meeting of the Board of Supervisors.

South California would encompass Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Tulare counties, totaling approximately 13 million people.

The proposed 51st state would be the fifth largest by population, more populous than Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania. South California would take nearly a third of the population away from California, making the Golden State the second-largest state after Texas.

Eleven of the 13 proposed counties in South California traditionally vote Republican, a fact noticed by California Gov. Jerry Brown's office.

"If you want to live in a Republican state with very conservative right-wing laws, then there's a place called Arizona," Brown spokesman Gil Duran said.

FoundDa Kiwi wrote:Texas tried to secede, never happened. This won't happen either.

FoundDa Kiwi wrote:Texas tried to secede, never happened. This won't happen either.

Jagdgeschwader wrote:

FoundDa Kiwi wrote:Texas tried to secede, never happened. This won't happen either.

Yeah, from the country. Don't be so sure, people in California (I can relate to this because I'm from San Diego) are tired of the Government stealing from the local government and failed policies. Because of Sacramento, this state is in serious debt and it's pissing people off.

But, it may just be all hot air. I can't predict the future.

BLACK SNOW 13 wrote:
That was during the Civil War and the Governor was impeached to join the confederates. Also I was not referring to that Texas should secede, I should of worded it better but we will be a larger political influence and better state overall. Only competition is California.

{IMO}

BLACK SNOW 13 wrote:TEXAS WILL BE A LARGER POWER IF THIS PASS!

Meatshield718 wrote:

BLACK SNOW 13 wrote:TEXAS WILL BE A LARGER POWER IF THIS PASS!

In other news, education is still at a steep decline in Texas.



(Sorry, I just had to do that.)

SlashmanG wrote:This directly affects me, I'm scared. I DON"T WANT TO LIVE IN A RIGHT WINGED CONSERVATIVE HELL WHOLE!!!!! I already have enough redneck uneducated Obama bashers to worry about!!!

SlashmanG wrote:Uneducated

SlashmanG wrote:HELL WHOLE!!!!!

BLACK SNOW 13 wrote:
My school is the most academic school in the whole state.