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These rural Californians want to secede. Newsom’s maps would pair them with Bay Area liberals

By Jeanne Kuang
CalMatters

IN SUMMARY

California Democrats’ redistricting plan would split the state’s traditional Republican stronghold into a sprawling coastal district with Bay Area liberals. North State conservatives say it would silence rural voices.

Over several rivers and through even more woods, flags advocating secession from California flutter above hills dotted with cattle, which outnumber people at least sixfold.

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