jim nelsonFile under Californ-ja vu:
Inland California counties propose resolution to secede from the coastal counties.
This smells like the last major secession movement, the Free State of Jefferson. One of my books, "Stranger Son," took place in an alternate universe where Jefferson had seceded, hence my interest.
This isn't going to work either, but it does show that California is not the political uni-culture certain media outlets like to depict.
https://sfist.com/2026/05/27/yuba-and-sutter-county-leaders-to-take-vote-on-seceding/
Yuba and Sutter County Leaders to Take Vote to Secede From Coastal California
In the latest bit of symbolic and theatrical pushback on California's redistricting plan, which is intended to take five Republican-held seats in Congress and hand them to Democrats, two inland counties in Northern California are taking votes on a new secession plan.