Inland Californians Seek ‘Two-State Solution’ to Escape Democrat Rule
28th August 2025
The GOP announced the plan Wednesday as its response to Democrats’ congressional redistricting efforts.
“I want to take a step back from all of the chaos we had and talk about the forgotten people of California,” Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher said, presenting a map during a news conference in Sacramento.
Gallagher and his co-authors are proposing Assembly Joint Resolution 23, also known as “The Two State Solution.” It would allow the creation of the state under Article, Section 3, of the U.S. Constitution and would require approval by the state Assembly and Senate as well as Congress. Democrats hold supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature, meaning Republicans would have to sway a number of Democrats to back it.
As I wrote earlier, this will never happen. (1) No state will give up any of its territory unless (like Virginia) it is engaged in a civil war and loses; (2) California Democrats wouldn’t split the state east-west, because it would allow Republicans some power in the state, and they will resist that to the death.
I have no idea what these people are attempting to accomplsh, unless it’s just making a lot of noise because that’s all they can do.