WEBVTT WOULD ACTUALLY WORK. THE COUNTRY’S MOST POPULOUS STATE WILL BE SPLIT IN THREE, THAT’S IF CAL 3 GET ITS WAY. >> WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO SPLIT IT INTO THREE STATES, I LIKE IT THE WAY IT IS NOW. MAX: CAL 3 LED BY VENTURE CAPITALIST TIM DRAPER IS THE GROUP BEHIND THE BALLOT INITIATIVE TO BREAK UP CALIFORNIA. >> RIGHT NOW, SACRAMENTO MAY BE ATTENDING TO THE NEEDS OF SILICON VALLEY, BUT IT’S CERTAINLY NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO IMPERIAL VALLEY MA SPOKESPERSON PEGGY GRANDE POINTS TO THE STATE’S LOW RANKINGS IN QUALITY OF LIFE, EDUCATION, AND TAXATION AS REASONS TO SUPPORT THE MEASURE IN NOVEMBER. >> BY BREAKING CALIFORNIA UP INTO 3 STATES, ALL OF THE SUDDEN YOU HAVE A STATE GOVERNMENT THAT HAS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO YOU AND WILL BE MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES OF INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES. MAX: GRANDE SAYS 49 OTHER SMALLER STATES ARE OUTPERFORMING CALIFORNIA. PROOF, SHE SAYS, OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE. >> IS ALABAMA BETTER AT ANYTHING THAN CALIFORNIA IS? IS MISSISSIPPI BETTER THAN CALIFORNIA? IS RHODE ISLAND BETTER? >> STEVEN MAVIGLIO, OF ONECALIFORNIA, THE COMMITTEE OPPOSING THE MEASURE, CALLS THE IDEA A MASSIVE DISTRACTION THAT WILL ALLOW CALIFORNIA TO BE MOCKED BY THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. >> IT’S NOT LIKE WE’RE STARTING FROM SCRATCH HERE. WE’D HAVE TO BREAK UP EVERYTHING FIRST, PARKS, PRISONS. WOULD YOU BE PAYING OUT OF STATE TUITION IS YOUR KID GOES TO SCHOOL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA? ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED. MAX: THE IDEA TO BREAK UP THE STATE IS NOTHING NEW TO CALIFORNIANS OR DRAPER. >> THERE WAS AN EFFORT IN 2014 BY MR. DRAPER TO ALSO PUT A MEASURE ON THE BALLOT TO SPLIT THE STATE AT THAT TIME INTO SIX PARTS. AND THAT FAILED. THIS HAS BEEN TRIED BEFORE A NUMBER OF TIMES AND HAS NEVER GONE ANYWHERE.