Initially, there were rumors that proponents of divvying up California were hoping to create two states: North and South California. Eventually, that morphed into a plan for three states: California, Northern California, and Southern California. Regardless of the merits, the whole thing felt like a bit of a pipe dream. Like putting Ron Paul or Bernie Sanders in the White House, it felt like such a crazy long shot that most people didn’t take it all that seriously. …Until now.