Dear Calexiters, I have to say that I’m overjoyed that secession is being stolen from the right (in all due respect to Vermont), but I’m disappointed California is ignoring some of its natural allies to the North and near East.  Demographic and migratory shifts … Read More

How the U.S. could set a state free, without a constitutional amendment Could the United States let a state become an independent country, if the political will existed to do so? Or would such an effort founder on the United … Read More

The LA times discusses some of the arguments around independence before concluding that we should give up our goal of having a sane government that actually represents us so we can “Save America.”  Never mind that we are far too … Read More

As a member of the California National Party, I’m issuing the following challenge to Dewey Phillip Bryant, Governor of the state of Mississippi: Governor Bryant, in 2014 you signed into law House Bill 49, which requires certain applicants for Temporary … Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Jed Wheeler secretary@californianational.party #Calexit independence movement sees exponential post-election growth, as thousands flock to California National Party SACRAMENTO, Calif.—. In the two weeks since the U.S. presidential election, the pro-independence California National Party (CNP) has … Read More

There are a lot of red state voters who wouldn’t mind cutting California loose. People hate California because it’s big, it wields a massive share of electoral votes (55), and the loudest voices in the Golden State are pro-gay, pro-choice, … Read More

I was born in sunny SoCal, but spent most of my life in religious states.  My parents returned to Utah the summer before I started Kindergarten.  My siblings were Kenny (12), Laura (11), Joe (9), Peggy (8), and at the … Read More

Dear US, I can’t believe it has been 166 years. Time goes by so fast…like a flash of gold in a mining pan. There was so much promise in the beginning. I knew you had a checkered past and I … Read More

Imagine an America without Hollywood. Without Apple or Gap, the Beach Boys or the L.A. Lakers, Mickey Mouse or Snoop Dogg, the Golden Gate Bridge or the Malibu surf. Without its pinot noir or its avocados or its sun-kissed heartlands of … Read More

Something has been gnawing at me for a week now; well, besides the terrible results of the American presidential election. For someone like me who came to the U.S. when I was 7 years old, fleeing from a cruel civil … Read More