Headline Roundup • January 24th, 2018
Group Proposes California Secession
Summary from the AllSides News Team
A group of right-leaning Californians proposed that part of the state secede and become "New California", composed primarily of rural areas. The large cities and coastal areas would remain intact, which the group says are ungovernable after “years of over taxation, regulation, and mono-party politics.”
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