WP: Politicians Call for 51st State: South California

Even the Washington Post admits (by the end of the article) that splitting the state is somewhat a snorer since it has beens proposed so often by pols and activists from both sides.  (During  a 16 year period that saw 2 GOP governors running the state into the ground I was on the side of the separationists).
But a fun fact about the most recent  secession talk is that neither Los Angeles nor Ventura counties are included.
So maybe it would be SE California.
I applaud the fact that 13 counties are joining for this attempt as it was 1978's Proposition 13 that crippled the state and started a wave of defunding state govts across the nation so maybe they can call it "Defundistan" too. 
Where the Washington Post falls down is when the state splitting wannabe declares that 3 businesses closed because of a new LA County law banning free bags in grocery and night box stores.  In the first case, that law only held sway in unincorporated areas, a small percentage of LA County.  Three businesses went belly up for that?  Give me a break.  But the Post reporter didn't ask for the names of the collapsed businesses nor any other proof the man wasn't just passing BS.  I guess that would have ruined a good story, still...
See link below for the Washington Post report.
http://wapo.st/pNHbO8