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SACRAMENTO - A top California lawmaker is proposing the Golden State be split in two in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom 's plan to redraw the state's congressional maps.

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Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher will hold a press conference on Wednesday to announce Assembly Joint Resolution 23, which calls for the creation of a new U.S. state comprising 35 inland California counties.

The proposed new state would include most of Northern California, the Sierra Nevada, the Central Valley, and the Inland Empire.

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The proposed state would have an estimated population of over 10 million people, placing it among the top ten most populous states in the nation.

Assembly Republican Leader James

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