`New California` is actually an old-school idea for breaking up the state
(LA Times Kings)

Here we go again. The `New California` movement - launched to little fanfare in 2016 - made a splash in the news this week thanks to the issuance of a public `declaration of independence` calling for the formation of a 51st state in the U.S. and headlines on CBS, USA Today and the Drudge Report....