I'm sorry. I just don't accept there is any chance of this happening. Sacramento has to agree. Anyone who understands anything about that cesspool of a city knows there is no way they will give their consent for this. It would require that every representative actually agreed to do what their constituents wanted, rather than what is best for themselves. Who here genuinely thinks that is going to happen?

And what leverage do the citizens have? Do you honestly think you can vote them out at the next election? Look what happened during the Gruesome Newsom recall. California is a completely captured territory. Unless something radical changes, like honest elections, I see no pathway to independence.