Supes consider supporting Gallagher’s Assembly Joint Resolution 23 — forming a new rural state — at tomorrow morning

The Lassen County Board of Supervisors meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the Board Chambers, 707 Nevada St.

Among the agenda items, the board will have an opportunity to approve a resolution supporting Assembly Joint Resolution 23 forming a new state of at 36 rural counties. California is made up of 58 counties.

According to the supervisor’s resolution, “Assembly Joint Resolution 23 (AJR 23), introduced by Assemblymember James Gallagher and co-authored by seven legislators, including Assemblymember Heather Hadwick and Senator Megan Dahle, as amended on Sept. 13, 2025, expresses the consent of the California State Legislature for Lassen County and other specified counties — Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yuba, and any adjacent counties that vote to join — to form a new state from within the current boundaries of California, pursuant to Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution.

Here’s the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting.