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Q: Draper's plan splits California into six new states. (KGO/ABC News) 
  
 A venture capitalist who feels colossal California is too unwieldy to govern is proposing to split it into six separate states, and Secretary of State Debra Bowen has given him the green light to start collecting petition signatures. 
  
 Tim Draper filed a ballot initiative in December stating that because of recent social and economic changes California has become "nearly ungovernable." 
  
 He proposed dividing California into six states. San Diego and Orange County would make up "South California." "West California" would include Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, while Bakersfield, Fresno and Stockton would make up the larger "Central California." San Francisco and San Jose would be in the new "Silicon Valley." "North California" would include the Sacramento area, and "Jefferson" would be home to the Redding and Eureka areas. 
  
 "California as it is is ungovernable," Draper told ABC News today. "It is more and more difficult for Sacramento to keep up with the social issues from the various regions of California. With six Californias, people will be closer to their state governments, and states can get a refresh". 
  
 Brendan Nyhan, Assistant Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, isn't sold on the idea. "Splitting California into six states would raise all sorts of concerns about the partisan balance of the senate. I can't imagine this would ever go anywhere" said Nyhan. 
  
 Nyhan says a plan like this would surface many issues. Things like water policy, agricultural policy, and even the electoral college would all change if this plan were to take action. 
  
 The plan aims to settle California's financial issues after the separation of the states. If things can't be resolved, each state would receive a portion of the state's debts based on the newly created state's population. 
  
 If the federal government approves creating six new states, "all tax collections and spending by the existing State of California would end, with its assets and liabilities divided among the new states," Secretary of State Debra Bowen said in a statement on Tuesday. 
  
 That would leave decisions regarding taxes and public spending of the new states up to its elected leaders. 
  
 If California were its own separate country, it would have the eighth-largest economy in the world. 
  
 In order to make this plan a reality, Draper needs to start collecting signatures in order to qualify the petition for a ballot. He needs the signatures of 807,615 registered voters in 150 days, making his deadline July 18, 2014. 
  
 "We are going to put together a grass roots effort to get signatures," Draper said. "It looks very promising since there are already several movements to create new states here". ||||| Could “Silicon Valley” become its own U.S. state? 
  
 That’s what a ballot measure, approved this week for signature gathering, is seeking to do. That, and carve out five other regions of California into their own independent U.S. states — with their own laws, politicians and capitols. 
  
 The idea was pitched by venture capitalist Tim Draper, who is now expected to throw his money toward collecting the 807,615 signatures required to put the plan before voters. He has until July 18. 
  
 That’s not the only hurdle. Not only would California voters have to approve the initiative, so would Congress. 
  
 Then there’s the messy task of splitting up California’s regional assets and liabilities between the new states (think water, bridges, sports teams) as well as setting up brand new governments (new laws, electoral systems, etc.). 
  
 But Draper, who spoke to ABC News on Wednesday, claimed that the benefits of smaller government and a less unwieldy California would be worth the hassle. 
  
 “California, as it is, is ungovernable,” he said. “It is more and more difficult for Sacramento to keep up with the social issues from the various regions of California. With six Californias, people will be closer to their state governments, and states can get a refresh.” 
  
 Under Draper’s plan, San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose would be part of the state of Silicon Valley, which would extend to Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. It would be the wealthiest, and likely most politically liberal, of the new states. 
  
 San Diego and Orange County, meanwhile, would comprise South California. Los Angeles and Santa Barbara would make up West California. Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley would be Central California. Marin, Sonoma and the greater Sacramento area would make up North California. And a bunch of rural counties in far northern California would make up Jefferson. 
  
 Secretary of State Debra Bowen, who approved the measure for circulation, wrote: “If the federal government approves the proposed creation of six new states, all tax collections and spending by the existing State of California would end … Decisions by appointed commissioners and elected leaders would determine how taxes, public spending, and other public policies would change for the new states and their local governments.” |||||
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Californians may soon get a chance to vote on splitting their state into six smaller ones, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Venture capitalist Tim Draper has gotten formal approval to start collecting petitions for his "Six Californias" idea. If he can get about 807,000 names by July 18, the idea would go before voters. Of course, even it passes, it would still have to get through Congress, making this seemingly closer to a thought experiment than a potential reality. "I can't imagine this would ever go anywhere," says a government expert at Dartmouth. But California, "as it is, is ungovernable,” Draper tells ABC News. “It is more and more difficult for Sacramento to keep up with the social issues from the various regions of California." Under his plan, the United States would add: Silicon Valley (San Francisco and San Jose) South California (San Diego and Orange County) West California (LA and Santa Barbara) Central California (Bakersfield, Fresno, and Stockton) North California (Sacramento) Jefferson (Redding and Eureka)