(July 16, 2014 at 2:15 am)Insanity Wrote: Sounds like a strange thing to do, what are the advantages meant to be?
One argument I've heard is to provide the current California with more representation in the U.S. Senate. The example given was that California and Wyoming share the same number of Senators. Seems this billionaire doesn't understand why our bicameral legislation was set up to begin with.
Another talking point I've heard is the promise that more local governance will solve congestion and water problems. It's bullshit of course because nobody can connect the dots on how more arbitrarily drawn borders will produce more water and better transportation options. If anything it will exacerbate the problems by artificially creating more negotiating entities.
This is being proposed by a Silicon Valley billionaire. I can only surmise that the actual motivation is to keep Silicon Valley wealth in Silicon Valley and not be burdened with having to help support the rest of the state.
