The Republican leader of the California Assembly says he will be presenting a resolution to split the state into two distinct parts.

State Assemblymember James Gallagher (East Nicolaus) intends to hold a press conference Wednesday to present the plan, which he says is in response to California Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to redraw the state's congressional maps.

Gallagher, Republican leader in the State Assembly, will introduce Assembly Joint Resolution 23, which calls for the creation a new U.S. state comprised of 35 inland California counties, including most of Northern California, the Sierra Nevada, Central Valley and Inland Empire.

Calling it a "two-state solution," Gallagher says the resolution will protect rural voters who he says will be silenced by Newsom's redistricting plan.

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