Tag: Tim Draper

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Tim Draper, the author of a proposed ballot initiative to break California into three separate states recently announced that he has obtained over 600,000 signatures for his initiative, many more that the 365,000 required and that he will submit these signatures to the Secretary of State next week for review and approval. If the Secretary […]

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Splitting Up California? Not So Fast

 

One of the more talked about political developments of late here in California is a proposed ballot initiative that would split the state into six new entities. With the widespread unhappiness about how the state is governed, the proposal has received plenty of attention in the press. But can it work? As Ricochet editor Troy Senik and I explain over at City Journal, the answer to that question is a definitive no.

First of all, the complaint that California can’t be governed in its present state has some serious problems: