"New California" is very serious, and also not surprising to me. I've been saying it for a long time, the corruption in California is even more complete than it is in D.C. It's been the elite politicians pushing the #CalExit meme, because since the ascension of GEOTUS, they've badly feared the coming hand of justice.
"New California" is genius, because the corrupt will support it, feeling like it will help them escape by having their own autonomous jurisdiction, but in reality, it's just isolating the corrupt areas to something small enough to be manageable to conquer by and subdue with the National Guard when it comes to it.