TOGETHER. THAT WAS ANNE THOMPSON REPORTING. WELL, BOTH YUBA AND SUTTER COUNTY LEADERS ARE EXPECTED TO VOTE TOMORROW ON A PUSH TO SPLIT CALIFORNIA INTO TWO STATES. ASSEMBLY GOP LEADER JAMES GALLAGHER INTRODUCED THIS PROPOSAL LAST YEAR. IT WOULD CREATE A NEW STATE OUT OF CALIFORNIA’S 35 INLAND COUNTIES. YOU CAN SEE THE DIVISION RIGHT THERE. SACRAMENTO WOULD GO TO THE WEST, AND SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY WOULD GO TO THE EAST OF CALIFORNIA. THAT COVERS MOST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE SIERRA NEVADA, THE CENTRAL VALLEY, AND THE INLAND EMPIRE. BOTH YUBA AND SUTTER COUNTIES WOULD BE AMONG THOSE WHO BECOME PART OF THAT NEW STATE. WELL, TOMORROW, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN BOTH COUNTIES WILL HEAR RESOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT GALLAGHER’S RESOLUTION. BOTH CITE A NUMBER OF ISSUES, THEY SAY DIVIDE THE INLAND AND COASTAL COUNTIES, INCLUDING WATER RIGHTS AND WILDFIRE PROTECTION, AS WELL AS PROP 50, THE VOTER APPROVED MEASURE REDESIGNED CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS TO CREATE MORE DEMOCRATIC LEANING DISTRICTS. NOW, FOR THE STATE TO BE SPLIT A MAJORITY IN BOTH THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THAT PLAN. THAT I
Yuba and Sutter counties to vote on proposal to split California into two states
Updated: 6:56 AM PDT May 26, 2026
Yuba and Sutter county leaders are expected to vote on Tuesday on resolutions supporting a proposal to split California into two states. Assembly GOP leader James Gallagher introduced the latest proposal on the issue last year. It would create a new state out of California’s 35 inland counties, covering most of Northern California, the Sierra Nevada, the Central Valley, and the Inland Empire. Yuba and Sutter counties would be included in the new state. See a map below of the counties that would be covered by the new state.On Tuesday, the boards of supervisors in both counties will hear resolutions to support Gallagher’s plan. Both cite a number of issues they say divide the inland and coastal counties, including water rights, wildfire protection, and Proposition 50, the voter-approved measure that temporarily redrew congressional lines to create more Democratic districts in response to efforts in Texas to help Republicans. See Yuba County’s resolution in support of forming a new state here.See Sutter County’s resolution in support of forming a new state here. For the state to be split, a majority in both the Assembly and Senate would have to approve the plan. However, Democrats currently hold a supermajority in both chambers, making approval unlikely.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
SUTTER COUNTY, Calif. —
Yuba and Sutter county leaders are expected to vote on Tuesday on resolutions supporting a proposal to split California into two states.
Assembly GOP leader James Gallagher introduced the latest proposal on the issue last year. It would create a new state out of California’s 35 inland counties, covering most of Northern California, the Sierra Nevada, the Central Valley, and the Inland Empire.
Yuba and Sutter counties would be included in the new state. See a map below of the counties that would be covered by the new state.
On Tuesday, the boards of supervisors in both counties will hear resolutions to support Gallagher’s plan. Both cite a number of issues they say divide the inland and coastal counties, including water rights, wildfire protection, and Proposition 50, the voter-approved measure that temporarily redrew congressional lines to create more Democratic districts in response to efforts in Texas to help Republicans.
For the state to be split, a majority in both the Assembly and Senate would have to approve the plan.
However, Democrats currently hold a supermajority in both chambers, making approval unlikely.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel