An advisory ballot proposal approved in San Bernardino County - home to 2.2 million people - directs local officials to study the possibility of secession.
The razor-thin margin of victory is the latest sign of political unrest and economic distress in California.Voters in one of the state's most populous counties are so frustrated with this political direction that they voted to consider seceding and forming their own state.
The votes speaks to the alienation that some voters feel from a statehouse long dominated by Democrats who have made little progress on the growing homeless crisis, soaring housing costs and rising crime rates while residents pay among the highest taxes in the country. "Putting it on a ballot was a waste of time for the voters," she said. "The option of actually seceding from the state is not even something that is realistic because of all the steps that actually go into it." In San Bernardino County, Democratic voters now outnumber Republicans by 12 points. Still, in November Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom lost in the county by 5 points.
"Everybody outside this county thinks we are the wild, wild West," Mayor Paul Leon said, who backed the measure. Despite the county's size, he said it "gets a pittance" when it comes to state and federal aid for roads, courthouses and transit. Since the proposal passed, the county's next step is to form a committee - likely comprised of public and private sector members - that will conduct an analysis of funding that will compare San Bernardino to other counties.
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