For the measure to pass, at least 50% of registered voters must participate in the election, and at least 55% — or more than 500,000 people, must vote “yes" by July 22.

California's first ballot initiative for the November 2028 election has been filed and cleared for signature gathering. It would allow the Golden State to become its own country—separate from ...

Some of the reports did qualify California’s ranking, by acknowledging that it would be germane if California were a country, not a state. But they didn’t go very deeply, if at all, into why ...