Can't wait to see it. They can take Oregon ,Washington and Nevada with them. No loss, our gain. And then if the rest of the US manages to get stupid about going more Statist, they won't be able to complain when Texas leaves too.

I have thought for years that it was more likely that California would split into 2 or even 3 States. As much as I would like to see them leave the Union I doubt we could be that lucky. Democrats depend on their 55 electoral votes.

Don 't let the door hit your ass on the way out.
California can be the North American Venezuela.
The people clamoring for Calexit are in a mist of myopic altruism. Socialists heal thy selves.

It is amusing that when Texas residents commented that they would consider seceding if Hillary was elected, the liberals all shouted that the Civil war had settled the question of secession. Now that the shoe's on the other foot, they see no shame in a complete reversal of logic.

It's interesting that a Russian scientist predicted the breakup of the U.S. into six regional countries due to the extreme distance ideologically and economically between regions. This #Calexit thinking is reflective of that path.

I sincerely hope they secede successfully and peacefully using states rights as the constitutional justification. It would virtually guarantee the decline of political power in the Dem Party in the US for decades. Chances are near zero.

It would collapse on itself in a year. Those libs can't control their spending and entitlements..wait until they have to foot the bill for their own military and power consumption.

Let's first redraw the state lines. The majority of Libtards live within 30 miles of the coastline. Redraw the line at the San Andreas fault, everything to the east (which will someday be coastline anyway) becomes the newly formed State of Jefferson, while old California floats out to sea.

I have lived on the west coast in the subject three states (furthest left in all ways) for 50 years, coming here from Kentucky in 1965. I succumbed to liberalism once I served my military duty and was sucked into the maelstrom of northern California politics and lifestyle (not to mention Silicon Valley where I built a fair part of that environment).
Only after coming to central Oregon (east of the Cascades) did I wake up and realize what a misspent youth I had.
This last week has been terrible, since many friends (ex-friends) ask why I'm a racist and misogynist once they find out I actually voted for Trump.
I think I need new friends. : - ) Somewhere around the original Galt's Gulch in western Colorado (although Denver is deep blue now).
The Gulch makes it possible to withstand all of it, but I think I've reached the breaking point..

I guarantee you that northern California and central Oregon would never want to Calexit with these liberals! We could not afford to feed, cloth and shelter them! There are very rational people in these states too. Northern Cali has talked about seceding from the US just to get away from Southern Cali. And we over here in Central Oregon definitely do not agree with what is going on west of the Cascades!

California, like Scotland, is a huge net consumer of tax money, and the people who want independence for each want them to stay that way. But if they ever do manage to secede, they'll be on their own and will be forced to tighten their belts.

In the long run, though, that could be just the kick in the pants they need. It seems to have done wonders for Slovakia.

No. Saner heads will look around and count things (water, electricity, gasoline, wheat, automobiles, etc.) and realize that Cali doesn't have the resources it needs to go it alone.

Even as part of the US, Cali is a failed welfare state.

Short answer - No

No matter how much the rest of us might wish they would shut up and go away.

Personally I don't see any reason not to "let them go" though the last time a state (or a group of states) seceded from the Union, President Lincoln took offense and 600000 people died to drag them back in. While there should be, there is not 'escape clause' in the Constitution. If you look at Europe and Asia over just the last couple of centuries you see lots of movement of boundary lines; why not here. Many people seem to think NOW is forever -- in treating Borderline Personality Disordered patients my therapeutic mantra became, "now is not forever." Maybe that can apply to this situation. Half of North America used to belong to France, we bought it. Alaska use to belong to Russia, we bought it. (I guess we just stole Hawaii.) Maybe we should sell California! A colleague of mine once suggested we should buy Mexico -- fix that illegal immigrant problem!! To answer the question, no, I don't think it will happen. As to the content in the article about High School kids and millennials, there is a reason children don't have the vote -- they are not intellectually mature enough to make reasoned decisions.

Never happen. There are many closet right-wingers in California, especially in the State of Jefferson. And California serves as a petri dish of leftist leaders to send to DC. Trust me. Want a name you will see in DC in the future? Kevin Johnson, followed soon after by Gavin Newsome. DC counts on California to provide these guys.

Ugh...

Just think, then they could have slavery back too! The west will rise again.

I hope it does happen. They need to float free of our taxes. If it was up to me, I would promote the idea.

No.

Alaska already has a political party pushing for separation from the U.S. but rather than calling it a secession, their statement claims that Alaska was made a state illegally and they call for intervention by the U.N. to decide the matter.

messy reality getting in the way of their irrational demands...

Who cares, California is close to a socialist state and has no business being part of the US. Maybe if high explosives were detonated along the San Andreas fault were could see the whole thing just slide into the ocean. Problem solved.

BANKRUPT in 10 years, let Putin bale them out!

This may have been mentioned before, not sure but what happens after the exit? It is entirely possible that a large portion of the population of California would want to join with Mexico, the original parent of California? They could agitate for a vote and win. Then CA is faced with the option of joining Mexico or retaining it Free State status ad a country.
What happens if Mexico says the majority of the citizens of CA have voted to join the state of Mexico and send in Military forces to force the union? You can see how this plays out.
I'm not sure such a scenario would happen but it could and the people wanting CalExit better consider it well before taking any precipitous actions and let their mouths talk them into something they can't change.

No, it wont because I would be in favor of that.

Everyone. Something you may have forgotten is the fact that Mother Nature may take care of the California - West Coast situation. THE BIG ONE!.....a 9.5+ earthquake along the San Andreas and further north into Oregon, Washington would accomplish them seceding from the union. ;-)

Idiots on parade, yes, but setting that aside I actually think they're sort-of right, at least partly. We waste a lot time arguing whether we live in farm country or ride our bikes a tech park. I wish we were separate countries, but not by state but by urban and rural. They would be like partner nations, with neither one being able to touch the other's money, or send police into the other's territory to enforce laws against guns, drugs, discrimination, tax evasion, or anything. There would be a lot to work out. One step closer to this dream would be just to follow the US Constitution closer to its spirit. Jefferson hoped that cities and neighborhoods would have autonomy to experiment. All the Framers were afraid of a distant intrusive gov't with excessive taxation. That's exactly what we have now.