In a unanimous order, the six justices said that āsignificant questions regarding the propositionās validityā and that the āpotential harmā of allowing a public vote before those question are resolved āoutweighs the potential harm in delaying the proposition to a future election.ā
California has two ways or ālevelsā of making changes to their Constitution; amendments and ārevisionsā. Amendments are smaller changes which can be more easily achieved. Revisions are bigger changes, and are harder and take more to get enacted. Without having looked at the ruling, etc, Iām guessing that the people behind the proposition are trying to enact an amendment, and the Court says this has to get done through the Revision process.
Theyāre just trying to destroy California, the 7th largest economy in the world for stupid political whining from rednecked racist aholes who are vastly outnumbered by actual sentient beings.
As someone who swims off the left coast, a dumb Idea ineptly implemented. (And it didnāt come from DJT)
What do Fresno County and San Diego County have in common?
Nothing.
Donāt worry, Iām sure it wonāt be long before a fresh startup in Silicon Valley will come up with a brand-new governance structure whereby similar smaller units can be joined under the umbrella of a larger governing authority to centralize functions. Iād say more but they need several million dollars of venture capital before changing the world.
Draper understood the difference and pursued the course which needed fewer signatures to qualify for the ballot
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Draper had proposed in 2014 to divide California into six states, but was unable to collect the 585,000-plus signatures needed for a measure to amend the state Constitution. By drafting Prop. 9 as a recasting of state laws, he needed only 385,880 signatures to make the ballot.
The initiative qualified for the ballot after Draper gathered signatures of 402,000 registered voters and submitted them in April.
@DuckmanGR I believe itās the fifth largest economy in the world.
Startups in Silicon Valley? Think Theranos whose genius creator Elizabeth Holmes who thought sheād be the next Steve Jobs is now in jail.
BTW Tim Draper still supports Holmes even after she was charged with āmassive fraud.ā So much for delusional visionaries.
Letās merge N Dakota (pop 755K) with S Dakota (pop 869K).
Let them keep two senators (for a combined pop of 1.6 mil) thatās still a bargain!
So, he is not even attempting an āamendmentā to the Constitution! Wow. Heās trying to do it as a simple statutory change. Heās got no chance of getting the CA courts to approve that.
Thanks for posting that.
While on the other hand, the counties of Santa Cruz and Monterey would suddenly be in separate states.
Letās see now ā¦ fluffy orange hair? Check
White face paint and exaggerated makeup? Check
Big red nose that squeaks? Check
Oversized yellow shoes? Check
G.O.P. membership card? Check
No disrespect intended to any actual clowns, of course.
Obviously itās being covered in SF Chronicle regularly. Jaw dropping chutzpah on Draperās part.
The motivation is the chance to gain two R senators. Right now and for the foreseeable future CA will be +2 D senators. Splitting CA into 3 sections (a kind of gerrymander) will result in one state +2D, one state +2R, and one slightly D-leaning state that could go +1D+1R, or even +2R with the right voter suppression tactics.
So with 3 states, worst case from republican view is the status quo (net +2D senators), with a chance of turning that into +0D or even +2R net senators. Thereās also the splitting off of some of CAās solid D electoral votes.
Well, I guess thatās good for Dems, right? Now we wonāt lose any electoral votes that weāve (almost) always counted on.
Iāll do you one better - letās merge Wyoming, Montana, N and S Dakota and Alaska with a combined population of less than 5 million but with 10 senators, 5 house seats and 15 electoral votes.
I donāt begrudge them the house seats or even the EC votes but 10 senators? One tenth of the senate for less than 2% of the US population? Um, no.
Two D Senators for years, and in recent years both women, but thatās beside the point. This was a nefarious scheme presented as something enlightened for the good of the state.
55 of them, and in recent decades always for the D pres candidate.
Two states!
We want two states
North and south
Two, two states
Forty million daggers
Two states
We want two states
Thereās no culture
Thereās no spies
Reagan '84 was the last time, I think, that the Rās got California?
Yes. His basic premise is "California is too large to be governable.
Says who?