# California split into two states...how?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-split-into-two-states-how/587820>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 4, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-split-into-two-states-how/587820 "2011-07-04T16:34:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-split-into-two-states-how/587820/61 "2011-07-14T19:22:26Z")

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> [@Morgenstern](#):
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> And the flag. What would they do with 51 stars?

[Star arrangements have been](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_51_Star_possible_Flag.svg)

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 [worked out for years now.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_flags#Future_of_the_flag)

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**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-split-into-two-states-how/587820/62 "2011-07-14T20:11:17Z")

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> [@Algher](#):
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> The Times blog is tongue-in-cheek, but this is the latest proposal. The Republicans in those counties are tired of their effective irrelevancy at the State level.

Yep, very much tongue in cheek - but the first link in that article is to the serious report about the Riverside County supervisor proposing the state of ‘South California’.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-split-into-two-states-how/587820/63 "2011-07-14T21:24:11Z")

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> [@Acsenray](#):
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> [Star arrangements have been](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_51_Star_possible_Flag.svg)
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> [worked out for years now.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_flags#Future_of_the_flag)
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Meh. Too busy. One more state and we should drop the star-for-every-state tradition and go back to a simple ring of 13 stars. 13 stripes, 13 stars.

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