Is that somehow a reference to Philip K Dick? My mind goes to 'the man in the high castle' where CA is actually separated in North California and South California.

As much as I enjoyed "The Man In The High Castle", I'd completely forgotten that tidbit. It was intended as a serious suggestion (albeit one that needs a good deal of thinking through).

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Four_of_the_United_Stat...

Right, it would require the approval of Congress and of the CA legislature to do it.