By John Wildermuth
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Venture capitalist Tim Draper during his earlier effort to split California into six states. His measure to divide California into three states has qualified for the November 2018 ballot.
Voters will get a chance to decide whether three Californias are better than one now that an initiative calling for California to be split into three separate states will be on the November ballot.
Tim Draper, a Bay Area venture capitalist, bankrolled the effort and turned in far more than the 365,880 valid signatures needed to put the measure, known as the Cal 3 initiative, on the ballot. The signature verification was completed Tuesday.
“This is a chance for three fresh approaches to government,” Draper said in an April interview, just before he filed the signatures with the state. “Three new states could become models not only for the rest of the country, but for the whole world.”
The opposition already is forming. NoCABreakup, which is led by former Democratic Assembly Speaker Fabien Núñez, is gearing up to battle the split-state plan.
Above is from: https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Measure-to-split-California-into-three-states-12989261.php?t=65b214479d
