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    Commentary: Don't split up California — make it even bigger

    by Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times Aug 20, 2018 3 minutes

    Billionaire techbro Tim Draper announced recently he would no longer try to split California into three states. Phew: It was the most ridiculous quest to tinker with the state since the Legislature voted in 1978 to tow an iceberg from Antarctica to solve that decade's epic drought.

    Three Californias had it all wrong. Our state is stronger united, weaker divided. Our size and diversity across social, ethnic and geographic lines is what makes us great.

    That's why we need to reunite

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