San Bernardino County voters narrowly approved a measure directing officials to review how to secure more resources and funding — 'up to and including secession from the State of California.'
There have been at least 220 attempts to break up California since the state was formed in 1850. None has succeeded.A November ballot measure directing county officials to review how to secure more resources and funding — “up to and including secession from the State of California” — passed with 50.6% of the vote. County election officials certified the results Dec. 8.
“Your action today to put this question, with unclear outcomes, on the ballot for San Bernardino County voters begs the question of why are we spending public resources to put this before voters in the first place?” they wrote in August. State leaders push back against ballot measure that would allow San Bernardino County to explore secession
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