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California Republican Revives Bid To Carve Out Inland State After Prop. 50 Map Approval

The proposal faces steep political and legal barriers with little sign of near-term traction.

Republican Assembly Leader James Gallagher urges lawmakers to reject a package of measures to redraw the state's Congressional districts and put new maps before voters in a special election, during the Assembly session at the Capitol in Sacramento, California Thursday, August 21, 2025.

Overview

  • Assemblyman James Gallagher told the Shasta County Board on Nov. 6 he will reintroduce a resolution to create a new inland state separating rural counties from the coast.
  • His concept envisions a north-to-south split forming a state of roughly 35–36 counties from the Oregon border to the Mexico line.
  • The board’s conservative majority offered mixed reactions, with one supervisor backing the idea and others warning of lost state services and feasibility issues.
  • Any split would require approval by California’s Democratic-controlled Legislature and then the U.S. Congress, a sequence experts say has doomed past partition drives.
  • Proposition 50 passed on Nov. 4 to install legislature-drawn U.S. House maps for 2026–2030 that are expected to boost Democrats and target five GOP-held seats.