Webby the time california became a state on sept. Webwith a complicated path to reality and the state’s political and business establishment lined up firmly against it, the proposal to split california into three. Webcalifornia voters have the brand new districts they’ll use to elect their members of congress and state legislators, after the state’s independent redistricting. Yet why would californians want to divorce themselves? (ap) — californians will face a choice this november of whether to divide the nation's most populous state into three, an effort that would radically shake. Webdraper’s plan calls for three new entities — northern california, california and southern california — which would roughly divide the population of the existing. Webfor the past few years, divides both within the state, and between california and the rest of the us, have sparked at least six initiatives aimed at breaking california into smaller. Webdespite having one of the largest economies in the world today, there are distinctive political and geographical differences that create three different personalities. Webthe move would separate californians into three separate states: California, northern california and southern california, although the move would.