California Supreme Court Blocks Proposal To Split State Into Three Parts
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Thu, 07/19/2018
The California Supreme Court has shot down a measure that would have allowed Californians to vote on whether the state should be divided into three smaller states, dealing a serious setback to Venture Capitalist (and Elizabeth Holmes superfan) Tim Draper, who has insisted that the state is “ungovernable” in its current form and spearheaded a campaign to split it up.
The Court on Wednesday sided with an environmental group that had challenged the ballot measure, arguing that the reforms demanded by the ballot measure were “too sweeping” to be put directly to the people.
“Proposition 9 was a costly, flawed scheme that will waste billions of California taxpayer dollars, create chaos in public services including safeguarding our environment and literally eliminate the State of California – all to satisfy the whims of one billionaire. We are thankful for the opportunity to save Californians from having to vote on a billionaire’s folly,” Howard Penn, executive director of the Planning and Conservation League said in a statement, according to The Sacramento Bee.
State election officials said last month that Proposition 9 – also known as the Cal3 measure – had received enough signatures from supporters to qualify it for the ballot.
If successful, the proposal would have split California into Northern California, Southern California and California, as shown below:
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