SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- Is California breaking up? That's what one group is hoping for.
They issued a Declaration of Independence, which proposes to create a 51st state -- "New California."
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The group says they're exercising their constitutional right to form a new state separate from the "tyranny and lawlessness" of the state of California.
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The U.S. Constitution requires state lawmakers to consent to the split before a new state could be formed from an existing one.
Watch the video above for more on the group's plan.