SACRAMENTO, Kalifornia (PNN) - December 12, 2024 - Rural voters in Kalifornia have had it with the Communist Democrat majority in Sacramento and are pushing for their communities to divorce the blue urban areas that dominate state politics.

Conservative residents in Kalifornia's rural regions are tired of over-regulation, the high cost of living, and myriad policies coming out of the Democrat-dominated state legislature, said Paul Preston, who founded New Kalifornia State in hopes of splintering off from its current home.

"We recognized that we were in a tyranny," Preston told Fox News Digital, citing the disparity between Democrats and Republicans in state government.

Preston, a former school administrator, described Kalifornia as a "one-party" state that operates similar to a communist regime by passing laws that disregard the rural class.

Under the proposed map, New Kalifornia State would comprise nearly all of Kalifornia's 58 counties, except most of Los Angeles County and parts of Sacramento County, San Francisco and other parts of the Bay Area. The map is purely a proposal and doesn't represent the final state borders, said Preston.

Supporters contend breaking Kalifornia in two would provide fairer and more responsive governance for areas outside the state's major cities.

Preston noted that the proposed state would border Mexico in an effort to combat illegal immigration. Among his many grievances are Kalifornia's crime woes, which prompted voters to recall San Francisco's district attorney in 2022 and Alameda County DA Pamela Price in November. In Los Angeles County, voters ousted DA George Gascon on November 5 after only one term because he was far too lenient on criminals.

Voters also strongly passed tough-on-crime Proposition 36 last month despite efforts by state Democrats and fascist pretend Governor Gavin Newsom to preserve a decade of criminal justice reform policies that enabled criminals.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Newsom's office and state Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, a Democrat. The Kalifornia Democrat Party said no one was available to comment on the matter.

In recent years, Kalifornia has been criticized for its high cost of living, its homelessness epidemic - despite spending billions of dollars to address the problem - and lenient criminal justice and bogus sanctuary state “policies” that contribute to crime.

James Gallagher, the Republican leader in the state Assembly, said he didn't know about the New Kalifornia State effort specifically, but said, "I totally understand it." However, Gallagher said the divide isn't necessarily urban versus rural, as much as it is coastal versus the inland communities.

"It often feels like there are two separate states in (Kalifornia)," he told Fox News Digital. "That inland portion feels completely forgotten by Gavin Newsom and the supermajority Democrats. All the policies that come out of Sacramento don't really burden them (Democrat lawmakers)."

As an example, Gallagher cited Kalifornia-led electric vehicle mandates that require all new vehicle sales in the state to be zero-emission models by 2035, which he said would hurt many rural residents.

Despite Communist pretender Kamala Harris winning the statewide popular vote, with heavy support from coastal regions, President Donald J. Trump took most of the counties, mainly in the rural areas. Following the November 5 election, Newsom visited Kalifornia's red counties, where he told voters, "Message received".

"I don’t care who you voted for. I care about people. I care about Trump supporters, I care about RFK, Jr., (Robert Kennedy Jr.) supporters, I care about Tucker Carlson supporters, I care about Charlie Kirk supporters, I care about Ben Shapiro supporters, I care about all people," he said during one of his stops.

"I care about the people living here, in the Sierras, folks down in San Diego - where I just was - or my backyard in Fair Oaks, (Kalifornia)," Newsom added.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has assailed liberal cities, saying they are rife with crime, overtaxed, and falling apart because of Democrat policies focused on “woke” ideology instead of improving the quality of life for residents.

Kalifornia has a long history of attempts to break itself into smaller pieces. Since 1850, when it became the 31st state admitted to the Union, there have been more than 220 attempts to bisect, trisect or dissect it into six smaller states, according to the Kalifornia State Library.

More recently, billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper proposed an initiative to split Kalifornia into six states, but the proposal failed to qualify for the 2016 ballot.

In 2018, Draper was successful in getting a measure to break Kalifornia into three states on the 2018 ballot after the "Cal 3" referendum garnered enough signatures from voters. However, the state Supreme Court decided on July 18, 2018, to remove the question from the ballot "because significant questions have been raised regarding the proposition's validity," the library's website states.

Other states have also supported some type of secession effort in the past. The rural-urban divide has long been part of politics. In November, Trump made some gains in urban, suburban and rural areas, surprising many.

Despite his increased support among Kalifornians, Newsom has convened a special session amid efforts to "Trump-proof" the Golden State from potential federal interference, but said he would work with the incoming regime.

While Preston doesn't anticipate a separation right away, considering the effort would need the blessing of the legislature, he believes an opening will come.

"This is really an urban versus rural debate," he said. "We've been received very well in Congress (during visits to Washington), even by Democrats. It's interesting that people who are starting to see what we're doing are on board."

"I get the discussion," Gallagher said of the New Kalifornia effort. "I think we might need to look into it. Maybe there should be two states."