http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011...-12-other-counties-to-secede-from-california/ Those 12 counties represent about 1/3rd of the population of CA or a little more than 13 million people. I hope they dont think they are going to walk away from their share of Californias debt.
When I first moved to Orange County (Southern California) in the early 1990s, somebody made this same secession proposal. Everyone around here cheered -- until they learned we get 75% of our water from Northern California. End of story.