What is Cal 3?
[[File:Cal3 map.svg|thumb|right|Map of the three Californias{{legend|#00aae7|Northern California (NorCal)}}{{legend|#00468b|California (Cal)}}{{legend|#9ac6ea|Southern California (SoCal)}}]] '''Cal 3''' (also called '''Proposition 9''') is a halted 2018 voter initiative to split [[California]] into three states. It was introduced by [[Tim Draper]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/06/13/california-three-states-ballot-tim-draper-interview-usa-today/699185002/ |title=This is why Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper wants to break California into three |publisher= [[USA Today]] |access-date=2 July 2018 |date=13 June 2018}}</ref> If it passed, California would not be immediately split. The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] would need to approve. Supporters of the split said the state is too large to govern efficiently,<ref name=rtr>{{cite news|last=Whitcomb|first=Dan|title=Venture capitalist in bid to split California into six states|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/20/us-usa-california-split-idUSBREA1J22W20140220|newspaper=Reuters|date=February 20, 2014|author2=Laila Kearney|agency=Reuters|location=Los Angeles|access-date=July 3, 2018|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924193747/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/20/us-usa-california-split-idUSBREA1J22W20140220|url-status=dead}}</ref> and those against said the split is a waste of time and resources.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.laweekly.com/news/proposal-to-split-california-into-three-states-faces-organized-opposition-8603180 | title=Proposal to Slice California Into 3 States Already Has Haters | first=Dennis | last=Romero | newspaper=[[LA Weekly]] | date=September 1, 2017 | access-date=July 3, 2018 | archive-date=July 18, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718003249/http://www.laweekly.com/news/proposal-to-split-california-into-three-states-faces-organized-opposition-8603180 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The initiative was taken off of the ballo