"First, here's the suggested California split. One state - let's call it West California - comprises 17 ocean-close counties from the Bay Area to the Mexican border. It stretches from Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Solano, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties through Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara to Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego."
"Let's start with a peek at populations. As of July 1, there were 26.3 million folks in West California - essentially double the 13.2 million in East California. Please contemplate the heft of these two regions. The only state with more residents than my West California is Texas. And only Texas, Florida and New York are more populated than the theoretical East California. So we're still talking about national behemoths."
A split would form West California with 17 ocean-close coastal counties from Sonoma to San Diego and East California with 41 largely inland counties. West California's population is about 26.3 million, roughly double East California's 13.2 million. West California would be more populous than all but Texas among U.S. states, and East California would be more populous than all but Texas, Florida and New York. Since the pandemic, the statewide population was roughly flat, but West California lost 248,000 residents while East California gained 239,000. The differences reflect varying demographic dynamics including natural growth and migration patterns.
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