Should It Stay or Should It Go? San Bernardino County’s Secession Analysis Due Soon

After voters in San Bernardino County voted in 2022 to approve a study determining whether the county was receiving a fair share of state and federal resources and evaluate all options—including secession—the analysis is expected in the coming weeks. Residents narrowly passed a ballot measure in November 2022 that called for hiring an outside consultant to review the resources received by the county in past years and study the potential financial impacts of seceding from the state. As the largest county in the nation in terms of square miles—just smaller than West Virginia—and with a population of more than 2 million, it has received money from the state that has failed to meet the needs of the community, according to some residents....