Community Partner Time Sheet

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The Initiative for 6 Californias

In 2016, there was talk and continues to be talk of splitting California into six separate states. The argument for it is that not all of California is the same. There are rural areas and then there are cities in California such as the San Francisco and San Jose that are more populated with resources more readily available. Others have argued for it because they believe there would be fairer and equal representation on the national level if California was divided. This proposal was considered an initiated constitutional amendment, proposed by Timothy Draper. The six divisions would be thus:

1. Central California: Fresno, Merced, San Joaquin, etc
2. Jefferson: Humboldt, Mendocino, etc
3. North California: Marin, Napa, Sacramento, Sonoma, etc
4. Silicon Valley: San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Monterey, Alameda, San Mateo, Contra Costa, San Benito counties
5. South California: Imperial, Orange, Riverside, Bernardino, San Diego counties
6. West California: Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, Los Angeles counties

However, the initiative did not receive enough support for November 8, 2016's ballot. The biggest problem with this initiative is how resources would be allocated. As you know, California is going through a severe drought and there would be an issue with the distribution of water. A second argument against it is that new constitutions would have to be drawn up. It would be hard to establish new courts, police departments, fire departments, and other offices. It would cost more to establish 6 states rather than keeping California intact. The largest argument is, California would lose electoral seats.

https://ballotpedia.org/%22Six_Californias%22_Initiative_(2016)

Subsidiarity and the Proper Role of Government

Subsidiarity (as I understand it) is an organization of government and power. Government is organized into different levels such a federal, state, and local. These levels will interact with one another to assist each other to achieve a nation in which the citizens' needs are met. In regards to devolution, devolution works hand in hand with subsidiarity because it is the delegating of power and programs from the federal level to the state level and sometimes even to the local level. All levels of government should work for the common good of people and in order to achieve that subsidiarity, the federal government must sometimes give power to state and local governments. The devolution in Kenya started in 2010 with the Promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya. In this promulgation, there was a call for enhanced checks and balances. Some subject areas that benefited from these reformed and enhanced checks and balances were county governments. A new Bill of Rights was also introduced. The Parliament was given more power as well as the citizens of Kenya. Institutions within Kenya became more representative of the people and fit the people's needs more as county officials were elected. The devolution of this country allowed for it to have more financial management and equal representation.