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Secessionists Formally Launch Quest for California's Independence

posted by martyb on Wednesday November 23 2016, @05:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the you-can-go-your-own-way-♩♫♩♫ dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Supporters of a plan for California to secede from the union took their first formal step Monday morning, submitting a proposed ballot measure to the state attorney general's office in the hopes of a statewide vote as soon as 2018.

Marcus Ruiz Evans, the vice president and co-founder of Yes California, said his group had been planning to wait for a later election, but the presidential election of Donald Trump sped up the timeline.

"We're doing it now because of all of the overwhelming attention," Evans said.

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. 

Could California go it alone?

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  • (Score: 2) by canopic jug on Wednesday November 23 2016, @07:45PM

    by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 23 2016, @07:45PM (#432043) Journal
    In the 150+ years that have passed since Fort Sumter was relevant, demographics of the army have changed. The soldiers and, especially the officers, are not local. They're mixed from all states. Back then the relevant groups were North and South, with nearly all officers being South. Now, you'd have an astronomically small chance of any one base having a cohort of officers willing to risk the firing squad. Many units won't have even a single Californian soldier, let alone any officers. What you'll have is the US Army will sit in their bases as long as they feel like it.
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