San Diego’s assemblyman in 1851 tried to accomplish this in California’s second year as a State. Funny how some things never change, a bad deal is a bad deal, in 1851 and today.
I agree with Agoston, that guy was such a visionary, we need an Agoston, but if he couldn;t do it, I doubt it can be done.
Let’s see, Agoston accomplished
-San Diego’s first Sheriff and Marshall
-built the first jail
-subdivided and developed everything from old town to downtown (little Italy and mid town was once called haraszartyville)
-built the first hospital
-brought almost every variety of grape and founded the wine industry in California
-founded Buena Vista winery (still there, still good, the oldest existing winery)and founded the Napa and Sonoma wine region, not a bad idea in hindsight.
-It’s still being debated, but many believe he invented Zinfandel
So this is the kind of guy who did everything he wanted in many parts of his life and 160 years later, most of what he thought still rings true and survives and he wanted two states, I’m with him. Conversely, this was a guy who was able to do almost anything, and even he couldn’t make it so, so I doubt it will ever happen.
