Introducing the New Republic of California

This is an unedited, very rough chapter of a novella I am writing entitled The Dorner Protocol. This chapter will give the reader some insight into the world that the characters in The Dorner Protocol effect. 

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Introducing the New Republic of California

            The March 29^th, 2019 exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, commonly know as Brexit, not only had great ramification in the Great Britain and Mainland Europe but had unintended influence and consequences all over the globe. The United Kingdom was the largest economy in the European Union and California, the largest Economy in the United States similarly succeeded from its much large entity. Also, both countries seceded on fairly amicable terms. The leaders of the 27 nations that comprise the European Union as long as the United Kingdom agreed to the mandates of the EU the separation were accepted amicably.

            California’s separation from the United States was amicable but it was not as easily achieved. The United States Constitution does not have any provision, ostensibly because the founders never perceived of the possibility, for the ability for a state to secede from the union. In the State of California vs. The United States of America, the attorneys for the United States of America argued that although the United States Constitution does not even mention secession California’s own state constitution which states “The State of California is an inseparable part of the United States of America, and the United States Constitution is the supreme law of the land” mandates that California remain apart of the United States of America for perpetuity. It was the second part of that statement that the lawyers for the state of California argued against. Ironically, they used the Patriot Act to argue that since the Patriot Act could limit some Constitutional protections for American citizens that it trumped the constitution and was the true law of the land. A conservative U.S. Supreme Court agreed, with the caveat that two-thirds of the 49 states had to agree. Red states that thought California’s secession would lead to decades of political dominance from the GOP overwhelmingly voted for the secession. Traditionally liberal states like west coast counterparts, Washington and Oregon, both initially rumored to join California’s exit from the United States, shockingly voted for California to secede, because they believed that the tech industry in The Bay Area and in Los Angeles would find it easier to navigate the international business landscape with the political and economic capital and cache of Wall Street behind them.

            California’s largest city, Los Angeles, was the catalyst for the secession as the second term of Donald Trump, who miraculously was not impeached and four more years of a contentious and tumultuous relationship with the Federal Government, specifically the Federal government’s policy on immigration and near completion of the Mexican/US border wall. California blocked its completion at the Arizona/California border (it must be pointed out that most “illegal” migration is not from someone tunneling under or jumping over a fence, it’s from people overstaying their Visas). Federal agents began raiding California’s sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants and California continued its bold stance in protecting migrants taking asylum within its borders.

            Los Angeles wanted to encourage migration from Mexico, because of initiatives the Los Angeles’ city council promoted about sustainable living wage jobs. Futhermore, Los Angeles was also the largest advocate of freeing non-violent offenders in California to reduce the states massive prison population, those who have served a third of their sentences would be released without prejudice and eligible to work in Los Angeles’ new major industry. Los Angeles, world renown for movies and smog was now becoming known for how a large metropolitan locale can encourage healthy sustainable and environmentally positive living. Los Angeles’ city council encouraged companies, specifically fashion companies like Fashion Nova (they occupy the old American Apparel factory in downtown Los Angeles) to manufacture their goods in Los Angeles County. The fashion industry is one of the world’s largest polluters and Los Angeles wanted to lead the world in sustainable, affordable, and environmental fashion. Companies who chose to move their factories to Los Angeles would be given many tax incentives for how well their employees lived and how environmentally made the material is. This helped Los Angeles which dropped county as soon as the new Republic of California’s Constitution was ratified, become the largest manufacturing hub on the planet.

            The massive influx of well paying manufacturing jobs in the fashion industry helped ease Los Angeles’ homelessness problem. The building boom of the mid 2000-teens and the exodus of many who disagreed with California’s secession left a lot of available and affordable real estate all over Los Angeles country. The housing crisis was over and there was plenty of housing to accommodate

            It must be mentioned that although some tech companies did leave California for fear of California’s economic collapse California gave tax incentives to tech companies who remained in California and came up with technologically sound ways to deal with some California’s largest problems. For example, companies bid to build artificial intelligence robots to fight wild fires and companies devised ways for California growers to only grow organic produce and healthy livestock without changing the definition of organic. In Los Angeles, UCLA Health, Kaiser, and other health care organizations were given incentives to help deal with mental health issues that proliferate the Los Angeles’ homeless population. Tesla invested billions in helping the MTA continue to make LA the most pedestrian friendly city in the world with improved mass transit, by retro fitting the hundreds of miles of tunnels underneath the city. Although, it began slowly the world’s most agonizing traffic began to dissipate.

            It was initially feared that California would be vulnerable to foreign invaders but the United States in the secession deal had agreed to continue to protect the new Republic of California because the USA could not afford California falling into the hands of another country.

             Secession has not been all good for California, especially Los Angeles, companies like Boeing, Raytheon, and other companies who have government contracts left Los Angeles County and California all together. And although, California encouraged Mexican migration, the Mexican government feared that an open border with California would hurt its own industries, and Mexico City had begun to become aggressive in trade negotiations with Sacramento, and high tariffs were imposed on goods exported from Mexico. Although, the United States still depended on the Port of Los Angeles for goods from Asia to reach America’s heartland in the secession deal the United States levied that the nation did not have to pay international taxes for goods that travel through the port to the United States but California did have to pay international taxes on goods it received from the United States. A lot of California towns had been abandoned as entire cities migrated east to Nevada, Arizona, and Texas, and north to the Pacific Northwest.
             Now it is the eve of the opening ceremony to the 2028 Olympics and California’s best athletes are in Los Angeles proudly about to introduce the new Republic of California to the world as a beacon for how a nation is supposed to make its mark on the planet.  Hendiatris Citius, Altius, Fortius, Intelligentes, Libertas!