51st state of South California proposed by Riverside County Super

What a wonderful idea; California is too large to be just one state, anyway.  Additionally, the good folks of the new South California would be out from under all those socialist regulations imposed on them now by Sacramento.  They could restrict entitlement programs to citizens only and shore-up that southern border.  As the environment became less "pro-alien" their schools, welfare systems, and healthcare systems would become significantly less burdened as droves of currently illegal residents migrated to California-proper.  They could reduce taxes, since much of that goes to supporting programs imposed on them for the benefit of Los Angeles and northern liberal agendas, and that would cause businesses to pour in (especially from their northern counter-part).  It would add two more Senators in Washington, that would likely be conservative since the electorate would not be over-ridden by San Francisco and LA.  AND, the rest of the country could watch to see what happens to "progressive" states when the hard-working, tax-paying, conservative-to-middle citizenry isn't forced to pay for all those liberal programs.

Fact is that only 51% of US households pay taxes.  We (the 51% of America that works and pays taxes) would surivive and actually prosper without the 49% that contribute nothing but demand ever more of our incomes so that they can get better handouts.  South California would demonstrate that perfectly, as within a few years they'd have a flourishing economy and the north with its progressive ideology would collapse.