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The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com
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Proposal claims
California must
be split into six
states to thrive
Man says state
is too big to be
efficient, pushes
ballot initiative
LOS ANGELES (AP) -
California has reached the
breaking point, says Tim
Draper. The Silicon Valley
venture capitalist is pushing a
proposal to crack the nation's
most populous state into smaller
pieces - six of them.
California has grown so big,
so inefficient, it's essentially
ungovernable, according to a
ballot initiative that could reach
voters as early as November.
It has to go, he says.
"Vast parts of our state
are poorly served by a
representative government,"
according to Draper's plan,
which cleared a key government
hurdle this week, part of the
process to qualify for the ballot.
California residents "would
be better served by six smaller
state governments."
In an interview Thursday,
Draper said he has seen a state
once regarded as a model
slide into decline - many
public schools are troubled,
transportation, water and
other infrastructure systems
are overmatched and outdated,
spending on prisons has soared.
A group of states could change
that, he said, competing and
cooperating with each other.
Without change "it will get
worse," he warned. "California
is not working."
No one would dispute that
California, home to 38 million
people, is full of rivalries and
squabbling. Dodgers or Giants.
Tacos or sushi. Where water
goes, and how much of it.
But the state has proven
reliably -resilient against
attempts to split it apart, dating
to the era of its founding in 1850.
Over the years, proposals have
suggested California should be
two states, or three, or four.
"It's certainly fun to
talk about," said Raphael
Sonenshein, executive director
of the Pat Brown Institute of
Public Affairs at California State
University, Los Angeles. But "its
prospects are nil."
Even if it were to be approved
by voters, Congress would have
to endorse the idea of creating
six new states - and adding
10 senators to the chamber's
political mix (as with all states,
California currently has two).
Congress, under the U.S.
Constitution, must approve the
creation or division of any states.
"I don't think anyone is going
to give California 12 Senate
seats," Sonenshein said.
Draper, in documents he sub-
mitted to the Secretary of State's
Office, recommends dividing
California regionally, including
establishing a state called Sili-
con Valley, which would include
San Francisco and nearby coun-
ties that are home to technology
giants like Facebook and Apple.
Los Angeles would become
part of the new state of West
California, which also would
include the coastal cities of
Santa Barbara and Ventura. The
state's farming heartland would
become Central California. San
Diego would be the largest city
in the new South California.
Earlier this week, he received
approval from the state to begin
collecting petition signatures
to qualify the proposal for the
ballot - he needs about 808,000
by mid-July to make the cut.
It's also possible the proposal
could be delayed until 2016.
Facing a tight deadline to gather
signatures and build political
momentum, "I want to make
sure there is enough time,"
Draper said.
The complexities of dividing
a state the size of California, by
itself among the world's top 10
economies, would be daunting.
What would become of the
California State Water Project,
which uses aqueducts and
_,pumping stations to disperse
water across the state? If the
federal government approves
the idea, tax collections and
spending by the state would end,
and its assets and debts would
have to be divided.
sEi CHULAVKOV/AP
Activists pay respects to protesters killed in clashes with police, in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest. Fierce clashes
between police and protesters, some including gunfire, shattered a brief truce in Ukraine's besieged capital Thursday, killing numerous people.
Over 100 killed in Ukraine protests,
president refuses to leave position
EU sanctions fail
to halt violence,
clash in Kiev sees
its deadliest day
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -
Protesters advanced on police
lines in the heart of the Ukrainian
capital on Thursday, prompting
government snipers to shoot back
and kill scores of people in the
country's deadliest day since the
breakup of the Soviet Union a
quarter-century ago.
The European Union imposed
sanctions on those deemed
responsible for the violence, and
three EU foreign ministers held
a long day of talks in Kiev with
both embattled President Viktor
Yanukovych and leaders of the
protests seeking his ouster. But
it's increasingly unclear whether
either side has the will or abilityto
compromise.
Yanukovych and the opposition
protesters are locked in a battle
over the identity of Ukraine, a na-
tion of 46 million that has divided
loyalties between Russia and the
West. Parts of the country - most-
ly in its western cities - are in
open revolt against Yanukovych's
central government, while many
in eastern Ukraine back the presi-
dent and favor strong ties with
Russia, their former Soviet ruler.
Protesters across the country
are also upset over corruption in
Ukraine, the lack of democratic
rights and the country's ailing
economy, which just barely
avoided bankruptcy with a $15
billion aid infusion from Russia.
Despite the violence, defiant
protesters seemed determined
to continue their push for
Yanukovych'sresignationandearly
presidential and parliamentary
elections. People streamed toward
the square Thursday afternoon
as other protesters hurled wood,
refuse and tires on barricades.
"The price of freedom is too
high. But Ukrainians are pay-
ing it," said Viktor Danilyuk, a
30-year-old protester. "We have
no choice. The government isn't
hearing us."
In an effort to defuse the situ-
ation, the national parliament late
Thursday passed a measure that
would prohibit an "anti-terrorist
operation" threatened by Yanu-
kovych to restore order, and called
for all Interior Ministry troops to
return to their bases. But it was
unclear how binding the move
would be. Presidential adviser
Marina Stavnichuk was quoted by
the Interfax news agency as saying
the measure goes into effect im-
mediately, but that a mechanism
for carrying it out would have to
be developed by the president's
office and the Interior Ministry.
At least 101 people have died
this week in the clashes in Kiev,
according to protesters and Ukrai-
nian authorities, a sharp reversal
inthree months of mostly peaceful
protests. Now neither side appears
willing to compromise.
Thursday was the deadliest day
yet at the sprawling protest camp
on Kiev's Independence Square,
also called the Maidan. Snipers
were seen shooting at protesters
there - and video footage showed
at least one sniper wearing a
Ukraine riot police uniform.
One of the wounded, volunteer
medic Olesya Zhukovskaya, sent
out a brief Twitter message - "I'm
dying" - after she was shot in the
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neck. Dr. Oleh Musiy, the medical
coordinator for the protesters,
said she was in serious condition
after undergoing surgery.
Musiy told The Associated
Press that at least 70 protesters
were killed Thursday and over
500 were wounded in the clashes
- and that the death toll could rise
further.
In addition, three policemen
were killed Thursday and 28
suffered gunshot wounds, Interior
Ministry spokesman Serhiy
Burlakov told the AP.
The National Health Ministry
said a total of 75 people died in the
clashes Tuesday and Thursday,
but did not give a breakdown.
Earlier Thursday, however, it said
28 people had died.
There was no way to immedi-
ately verify any of the death tolls.
French Foreign Minister
Laurent Fabius, along with his
German and Polish counterparts,
said after a five-hour meeting
with Yanukovych and another
with opposition leaders that they
discussed new elections and a new
government, but gave no details.
The three resumed meeting with
Yanukovych late Thursday.
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