State of Jefferson, Overcomes Huge Hurdle

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The State of Jefferson, a political movement spurred mostly in the northern parts of California and southern portions of Oregon, to divide this state along it's hemisphers is yet again gathering steam. It may now have gathered enough steam, to be problematic for the southern part of the state or what would then become California, if the Jeffersonian's have their way.

Signatores, on the measure that would secure the State of Jefferson have not only reached the required threshold, but have surpassed it in numbers never thought possible. What began as a fringe movement politicians didn't think would gain momentum, has gone the way of President Trump's winning of the 2016 election and the unfortunate loss of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in her bid for the White House.

Two sides to every story right? Those against and those for, but the dilemma lyes in between. The more politically active Tea Party esque in the north and the silent minority of the south. There are no small number of the States assembly who can see the quagmire created by the rift. Dividing the state would divide the responsibility, but if only it were that easy. The real question is how do you divide the social and financially burdensome responsibilities and do so in a manner that's equitable, but also in a way that leaves both sides financially solvent when, if the task, the state, is divided.

In this financial locomotive how do California and Jefferson, distribute their fianaicial obligations. Jeffersonian's would argue it's never been fair, as they've been covering this obligation for years, while (southern) Calfirornia has been the receiver of the wealth received. The majority of tax income earned in what is still California, for the time being, is from the northern portion of the state or what may become the State of Jefferson, with some $94 billion in tax revenue generated annually. A fair portion of the southern parts of California usually see a deficit or tax revenue liability resulting from underprivileged minority groups and expenditures resulting from immigration reform efforts caused by recently appointed Presidnet Trump.

The most recentl financial question for Californian's is what to do with state agencies and financing them accordingly. Were the state divided along its hemispheres which serve arguably by Jeffersonian's as the financial border, where is revenue generated for its institutions? Those agencies having their choice would defer to remaining where their fianaical obligations are fulfilled, but is it as simple as changing a name? Does the California Highway Patrol become the Jefferson Highway Patrol, abandoning the well known CHP moniker, or what of the immense financial burden of California's prison system and their guards? Is this now the Jefferson Department of Correction and Rehabilitation? What becomes of the actual State of California and the agencies of the State that keep their residents safe?

Keep following the Sacramento Bee for more on this divisive twist in California's history.

Jack Ohman is an editorial columnist with the Sacramento Bee and won the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism in 2016.

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