Green group asks high court to block three-Californias initiative

[TexasTowelie]

If you were looking forward to casting a vote this fall to split California into three states, hold that thought. You may not get the chance after all.

An environmental group has petitioned the state’s highest court to strike Proposition 9, the division of California into three states initiative, from the Nov. 6 ballot.

“Proposition 9, which would make sweeping changes in our state’s basic constitutional framework, constitutes a patent misuse of California’s initiative process,” said the petition to the California Supreme Court filed on behalf of the Planning and Conservation League, a Sacramento-based nonprofit that had a hand in creating the California Environmental Quality Act.

The initiative was proposed and bankrolled by Bay Area venture capitalist Tim Draper. He argues California’s government has become too big and beholden to special interests to effectively run the Golden State, saddling residents with high taxes, home and energy costs and delivering poor roads, schools and other services.

Read more: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/07/10/green-group-asks-high-court-to-block-three-californias-initiative/

[Sophia4]

1. That partition proposal is a crazy idea. Nonsense.

The wealth and tax revenue is on the coast -- in the urban areas. The Eastern areas would have a problem trying to collect taxes to maintain themselves without the big money. But the water is in the mountains to the East, and we in the West need that. The relationship now benefits all.

We are one state.

The electoral college needs to go.