Frustrated with California’s paralyzed legislature, Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone is proposing a plan to split off Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and 10 other counties from the State to form a new state called South California. The breakaway state would have a part-time legislature, lower taxes, no term limits for lawmakers and would give greater fiscal control to local municipalities. The idea is unlikely to ever take hold but Riverside lawmakers will vote today on whether to support a meeting to discuss the creation of a new state. Is California too big to govern? What do you think of splitting California in two? Would it make the state easier to govern and would it help solve any of California’s intractable budgetary issues?
Guest:
Bob Stern, President of Center for Governmental Studies