68% of Californians believe they would be better off than they are now if the state negotiated for itself a “special autonomous status within the U.S.” and arranged for transfer of almost all federal land and water infrastructure here to state and local governments. More than a supermajority, then, want at least special standing.

By Thomas Elias. Read the whole article for free on MSN.

This article is part of Thomas Elias’s syndicated column California Focus, and will appear in other papers as well.