California secession?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's first ballot initiative for the November 2028 election has been filed and cleared for signature gathering. It would allow the Golden State to become its own country—separate from the United States. 

If enacted, the measure would ask voters: "Should California leave the United States and become a free and independent country?"

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Yeah, somebody didn't think this through very well. California needs the US a hell of a lot more than the US needs California.

California's main export these past few years are its own citizens while its main import is Federal money in the form of disaster relief due to poor management.