Fifty-three counties are in support of the effort, with governing representatives appointed in each locality. In January 2018, New California State officially declared independence, and a state constitution is now in the works. Delegates have thus far conducted eight constitutional conventions, and formed a bi-cameral legislature, all in a relatively short space of time. But even more significant is their most recent victory, on October 7, when New California State representatives secured a meeting with the California Assembly, the Senate, and the US House of Representatives.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t the first attempt to split up the state, and, in fact, it has been attempted no fewer than 220 times without success. The major difference this time, however, is that this effort follows the United States Constitution and takes the legislative route. For those who may be curious, this is specifically outlined in Article IV, Section 3 of the US Constitution, which permits a state to form from another, following a specific process that requires permission from that state.<\/p>\n
While this might seem a long shot, consider that California is in a very high level of debt, with no solution in sight. New California State delegates propose to take on half of that debt \u2013 a small price to pay for population parity and representation.<\/p>\n
If things go well in the coming months, there will be negotiations, followed by an appeal to the US legislature. New California would ultimately become home to around 19 million residents, while the other 21 million would remain in old California. Maps have been drafted, but nothing has been finalized geographically. It should also be noted that New California doesn\u2019t endorse any political candidates, and all political parties would be established in the new state.<\/p>\n
At a recent statewide public conference call, representatives spoke via Zoom and took questions from the public. They discussed the recent town-hall meetings, where they had heard from parents who were at breaking point over what their children were being subjected to in public schools: critical race theory, forced masking, and the vaccine mandate, to name but a few of the concerns raised.<\/p>\n
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Across the board, the education system and government overreach were the topics on everyone\u2019s minds. One young mother broke down in tears, when describing the difficult choice she had been forced to make in pulling her daughters out of school with no alternative provision. Listening to her, it was hard to believe we were still in America, land of the free. California has taken a hard-left turn, and its citizens are suffering. The founders would, beyond doubt, approve of the new state, if for no other reason than that it offers an escape from this kind of tyrannical rule. Thankfully and mercifully, they gave us Article IV.<\/p>\n
What struck me most during the conference call was that people seemed to be both surprised and elated that they actually now had a platform where they could express their concerns. It was as though, for the first time, they were actually being listened to, rather than trampled on by their own government. And although there was frustration, anger, sadness, and despair in those voices, there was also hope. Hope that things could change, and that they might have the chance to be part of a community that could chart a new course. Hope for a better life, for freedom, and a fresh start. Hope for a new day \u2013 in a New California.<\/p>\n
BY: Memoree Joelle<\/strong>\u00a0is a writer and constitutional conservative living in Los Angeles.<\/em><\/p>\nThe statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Hadalsame Media<\/strong>.<\/p>\nHadalsame Media<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Hadalsame) 19 Dec 2021 – With rural and suburban Californians sick and tired of Democrat one-party rule being foisted on them by LA and San Francisco, there\u2019s a growing movement to make \u2018New California State\u2019 the 51st star on the star-spangled banner. The United States of America was founded as a constitutional republic with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hadalsame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/s-68.jpg?fit=980%2C551&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Xl2P-ipz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hadalsame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hadalsame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hadalsame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hadalsame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hadalsame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hadalsame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70779,"href":"https:\/\/www.hadalsame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70777\/revisions\/70779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hadalsame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hadalsame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hadalsame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hadalsame.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}