Plan to split California into 6 states advances

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Those borders make for one f[Inks]-ugly map, aesthetically speaking.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

'Silicon Valley' is on every relevant level--aesthetically, historically, politically, geographically--an absolutely horrendous name for a state, but I wouldn't be shocked--surprised, but not shocked--if the tech subculture has bred enough philistinism for people there to think otherwise. I doubt, however, that that would extend further up the Bay Area.