California could defend itself for a fraction of the cost Some of the most common questions people have about California independence concern the military. Wouldn’t there be “The High Price of Fear: California could defend itself for a fraction of the cost”
California independence is hard for a lot of people to picture; maybe people can imagine Californians going to the polls to vote on a declaration “What California independence looks like: 12 ways California is already moving towards independence (and one more thing to try)”
One of the great myths about the United States is that it’s a democracy where all Americans have an equal say. In fact, Californians have less “Bearly Represented: How the U.S. Constitution makes Californians second-class voters”
This 1-page fact sheet shows, in graphical form, how states in the western U.S. compare in population, electricity consumption, and electricity generation.
Once again, California has a bullseye on its back.
The Legislature may, by majority vote, place tax reforms before the voters if they amend or repeal relevant voter-passed legislation.
This 1-page fact sheet gives an overview of the various Medi-Cal plans, with an emphasis on the public managed care plans that could lay the groundwork for “Enrollment in Public Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans (August 2017)”
California is closer to a universal Single Payer system than it might seem. 45.8% of Californians are already on Single Payer (Medi-Cal, Medicare, or both). By “Laying the Groundwork for Single Payer in California”
California law specifies an unusually short amount of time to collect signatures to qualify an initiative for the ballot. This heavily advantages paid signature collection “California’s Initiative Circulation Period”
California needs a new narrative, and you can write it. In “Could the ‘Ecotopia’ fantasy actually become reality?” columnist Dan Walters recently speculated that California, Washington, “The Strange Power of ‘Ecotopia’”
