In 2017, current and former board members Timothy Vollmer, Coyote Marin, and Shankar Singam, along with two other people, submitted an initiative entitled “California’s Future: “Initiative 17-0005: California Autonomy from Federal Government”
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Why California should pack its bags (even if we’re never going to leave)
Why all Californians should take independence seriously The idea of California as an independent country has been around for a long time, but it’s gotten “Why California should pack its bags (even if we’re never going to leave)”
How any state can declare fiscal independence
This article outlines a simple way that any U.S. state can: control the total amount of taxes (state and federal) that state residents and businesses pay stabilize “How any state can declare fiscal independence”
Constitutional Loopholes for Independence
How the U.S. could set a state free, without a constitutional amendment
Could the United States let a state become an independent country, if the political will existed to do so? Or would such an effort founder on the United States’ extremely high bar for amending its constitution?