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ballot measure would split california into six states. >> california needs a change. >> reporter: draperit would give citizens more access to their government. >> we are all better off with more local government. local government is more efficient, it's more effective, it represents us better. >> reporter: the six cities would be jefferson to the north, north california, including sacramento, silicon valley, with most of the bay area, central california, with stockton and fresno. west california with los angeles, and south california with san diego. >> each of those states then can create a fresh start for the people of that state. >> reporter: draper believes in the effort so strongly he's taking a leave from his silicon valley venture capital firm. >> that gives me basically three years to do something really good for society, and this is what i'm doing. >> it begs the question, maybe we should have it split a little bit. >> we're so diverse. so if anything, i think that splitting it into 6 different states is a way to make it less diverse. >> reporter: draper says he already has peopl

ballot measure would split california into six states. >> california needs a change. >> reporter: draper would give citizens more access to their government. >> we are all better off with more local government. local government is more efficient, it's more effective, it represents us better. >> reporter: the six cities would be jefferson to the north, north california, including sacramento, silicon valley, with most of the bay area, central california, with stockton and fresno. west california with los angeles, and south california with san diego. >> each of those states then can create a fresh start for the people of that state. >> reporter: draper believes in the effort so strongly he's taking a leave from his silicon valley venture capital firm. >> that gives me basically three years to do something really good for society, and this is what i'm doing. >> it begs the question, maybe we should have it split a little bit. >> we're so diverse. so if anything, i think that splitting it into 6 different states is a way to make it less diverse. >> reporter: draper says he already has people

in a cover story for "the new york times" magazine, robert draper paints the picture of a gubernatorialgn full of growing pains and a new national star exhibiting first-time jitters. from the outset, davis let consultants drive her narrative. texas has not elected a democrat since ann richardson in 1990. all statewide officials are texas republicans and president obama lost in texas by 16 points, so searching for a campaign message, the davis campaign turned to her personal story, and draper writes this. the campaign chose at its lead narrative heroic story of a teenage mother, while raising two daughter, bootstrapped her way into harvard law school and soon possibly the governorship. >> texas made it possible for me to go from that tiny trailer to a successful business and to the texas senate. >> it was a potent story line for a party searching for inspiration. to be inspired by a charismatic new voice in texas. and overnight, a once obscure state senator had become the democrats' appealing new face, perhaps nationally. i felt like she was joan of arc standing up for women all across t

that's the area where draper lives. is you're a rich guy who wants to see his taxes kept local where they benefit you the most? >> well actually here it is. i am a rich guy and i am thinking that i want my government and my taxes to be well invested. i want them to create a great education system for my children and my grandchildren and their children. >> reporter: there have been past proposals to break up dozens of u.s. states. or even turn cities like new york into their on state. constitutional law professor vikram amar said draper's idea is not crazy but could create more problems than solves. >> we may be exacerbating the gap between wealth yand less wealthile by separating less wealthy parts of the state into state states altogether. >> reporter: to get his plan on the ballot draper needs 800,000 signature business july. congress would have to approve it. ben tracy, san mateo, california. >>> and milk is getting a $15 million makeover. we'll show you why the dairy industry is turning sour on one of the most famou

joining me now is robert draper. it's a beautifully written piece.l like you really did get your arms around an incredibly complex issue, which is the way we treat women as they run for higher political office and the expectations women also set for themselves. what struck me about the piece was that you outlined these various accomplishments in terms of economic development projects, her policy on education, and the tenacity with which she has performed in office. yet, when it came down to running, they chose her personal narrative. i want to get more on your thoughts on why you thought that particular decision was made. focusing on the biographical -- >> if it's not giving into it, it is issuing an invitation for people in the media, for crit s critics, for all sorts of people to take a look at her personal narrative. what you're describing is the accomplishments that she had while sitting ft. worth city council woman. she really did play a significant role in revitalizing the urban area of ft. worth and changing the face of the city. having said t

here's a look at how draper says california should be divided. area would become the state of silicon valley. l.a. would be part of west california. there's also jefferson, north california, central california and south california. >>> a new push is under way to repeal a state law that bans bilingal education in public schools. proposition 227 requires schools to teach only in english, even to students who speak little or no english unless a parent signs a waiver. now, a state senator wants to give voters a chance to overturn the law by putting the issue on the november 2016 ballot. long beach democrat ricardo laura says children who were taught in their home language perform better academically than those who receive english- only instruction. she also says speaking more than one language is an invaluable tool in this global economy. >>> let's go back to the weather. everyone obviously pulling to hopefully get rain next week. sounds like we could get a fair amount. but in the meantime, what a great weekend we've got coming up. >> it's going to b

"bloomberg west">> i like tim draper. i love california the way it is.o bring major economic and political change to california. if we do that, i think even tim draper will be happy. >> what about minimum wage? a governor brown just raised minimum wage. when that help the poor? >> minimum wage increases are very low. it is devastating for those workers who are now out of work you were making eight dollars and are now out of a job. there are consequences to minimum wage increases. for me, a better way of raising everyone's wages is to bring more factories to california so the man or woman working at mcdonald's can go down the street and apply for a much better job. if we do that, everybody's wages will increase. >> i will talk to more about this after a quick break. neel kashkari here in california. we will have much more with him after this quick break. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." we return now with our interview with neel kashkari. i want to talk to you a little bit about some of the tensions simmering around any quality in the bay area. the

draper is known for investing in companies like skype and hot mail.ays in the current form california is too big to be governed efficiently. he needs to get about 808,000 signatures before the middle of july in order to get this measure on the november ballot and get a debate going. >> it should be an interesting thing. >> yeah. >>> 6:16 is the time. sal, how is traffic and n your part of the state? >> yeah. traffic in silicon valley. it's doing okay. it's getting a little slower as you drive to the bay bridge toll plaza. i want to mentioning the metering lights came on and there is a backup of 25 minutes getting into san francisco. so that is your drive time. 25 or a little less. this is a look at interstate 880 in oakland. you can tell more people around the road. no major problems from the coliseum up to downtown. i want to take a look at traffic times. 580 it is more than an hour. we had a lot of accidents on that stretch. the crashes are clear but traffic is not doing well. 580 from high street to 24 is only five minutes. so that is a dramatic di

the betty draper style of neglect i wouldn't advocate. the smoking and drinking like in "mad men."here's something to be said for maybe not hovering quite so much and i think we'd all feel better. >> stephen: do you have a child? >> i do. >> stephen: how old is your child? >> she's six. >> stephen: so are you here to get away from him? (laughter) ah! ah! anything. >> that would be a really elaborate ruse. i wrote a book just to come on here and get away from my kids. >> stephen: when you get older -- -- when he gets older are you going to use the proceeds of this book to pay for his therapy? >> i'm terrified about that. >> stephen: please come back in 20 years and tell us how he's doing. >> i will! >> stephen: jennifer senior. the book is (cheers and applause) >> stephen: captioning sponsored by comedy central >> it's 11:59. in 59 seconds this happened on deadspin today. >> investigate 9/11, nine nooun was perpetrated by people in our own government

. >>> silicon valley investor tim draper will hold a meeting today on six californias. it would split california into six individual states. he says in its current form california is too large to be governed efficiently. he needs to get 808,000 signatures before july to get the measure on the november ballot. >>> today the fire district will be awarded a grant of almost $2.5 million. the money will be spread over two years and will be used to open the rodeo fire station. >>> time to check in with sal for a look at the early monday morning commute. >>> >> we are looking at a decent commute as you head out. there was an earlier accident at holly street. that has been cleared out and the traffic is doing very well. looking at the speeds here, three minutes. that is exactly what you want to see. on 680 a five minute drive time. all right let's go to live pictures. san mateo bridge traffic looks good. about tech minutes across that span and out on the bay bridge we have a very nice commute westbound from the toll plaza to san francisco about ten minutes. now let's go back to

founder and managing director at draper fisher interest. thanks for having me. if you pledge allegiance to the flag make sure not to wear it on your shirt at one california high school a decision from the ninth circuit upholds a high school's decision to ban students from wearing american flag t. shirts on cinco de mayo school officials told students not to wear the shirts due to racial tensions in the school district educators feared sporting the shirts on the mexican holiday could fuel racial violence that assertion says quote school officials anticipated violence or substantial disruption or material interference with school activities and their response was tailored to the circumstances. they had set and that led to the lawsuit was a back in two thousand and ten when the principal at the morgan hill school district ordered students to go home or turn their shirts inside out the students believe the banning of the shirts is an attack on their first amendment rights. but the fight to wear the shirts may not be over one of the lawyers repr

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the betty draper style of neglect i wouldn't advocate. the smoking and drinking like in "mad men."vering quite so much and i think we'd all feel better. >> stephen: do you have a child? >> i do. >> stephen: how old is your child? >> she's six. >> stephen: so are you here to get away from him? (laughter) ah! ah! anything. >> that would be a really elaborate ruse. i wrote a book just to come on here and get away from my kids. >> stephen: when you get older -- -- when he gets older are you going to use the proceeds of this book to pay for his therapy? >> i'm terrified about that. >> stephen: please come back in 20 years and tell us how he's doing. >> i will! >> stephen: jennifer senior. the book is ♪ ♪ ♪ cross-reference the symptoms of a million cancer patients. to help doctors design better treatments. watson is helping doctors fight cancer. let's build a smarter planet. 200 million pages of clinical data.nalyze to help researchers discover new effective treatments. watson is helping researchers make breakthroughs. let's build a smarter planet. on expedia you canyou're book any fligh

under the plan by venture capitalists, tim draper most of the bay area would be in the state of the silicon valley. napa, sonoma and marin counties would become part of northern california. 800,000 valid vote signatures are needed to put the measure on the statewide ballot but even if approved the plan faces the uphill battle in congress. >>> a body was pulled out of bushes along intertoyota 80 found shortly before 8:00 this morning near the san pablo dam road off ramp. it was closed during the morning commute as the contra costa county cancer was called -- coroner was called out to investigate. chp says the circumstances are unclear at this time. >>> some live pictures now from the independence square in kiev. developing right now president obama warned quote there will be consequences for violence in ukraine if the people step over that line. that comes after 25 people were killed jed in clashes -- yesterday in clashes between riot police and anti-government demonstrators. nearly 250 others were injured in that battle and the president there. the government refers to protestors as terrori

would finally replace restrictions that have been in place since 1938, long before drawn -- don draper's time. let's more must be done for the millions of americans finding a job. one thing the president talked about is ensuring workers can get the right skills for the right jobs. we agree. this is critical. as someone who worked as a community college, i know our economy has changed. train our workers has not. the work act will consolidate programs up with a focus on programs that works, programs actually lead to jobs. all while strengthening the vital relationship between our community colleges and job training programs. i strongly believe this legislation would create an opportunity for every american to find a good thing job. not only what americans working again, we want the building. the president talked about how natural gas eduction is good for our economy and jobs. we cannot agree more. bitterly cold winter, and my home state of michigan and across the nation, the demand high andricity is heating bills even higher, the time is right for action. our infrastructure has not kept pa

tim draper will need more than 800,000 signatures to put the proposal to a vote in 2016. >> he says californias too big to govern efficiently, but six californias would mean adding ten senators to congress. >>> all right, a warning for anyone heading out for a round of golf in sarasota this morning. keep away from the curb. my goodness, an alligator that's been stuck in a country club storm drain has been trying to get out but with no success so far. >> all right. by now he must be a little grumpy and hungry putting at risk any bare ankles that just might be passing by. >> wow. >> it's a little creepy. >> at least he's stuck. he's not going to jump out and get you. just don't walk too close. >> yeah, you better believe it. >>> now some sports and college basketball's most intense rivalry serves up a surprise last night. the game between duke and north carolina was postponed earlier in the year. that was because of snow. >> it was worth the wait, at least for the tar heel fans. they saw their team rally in the second half and eventually beat the number five blue devils, 74-66. carolina fans sto

tim draper, founder of the draper university in san mateo, can now begin collecting petition signatures800,000 signatures, or 8% of the total votes. >> we will be right back. let's do arandew d! let'stepway d lethe lorsly. let'go tthe e ste wi re number one oice d match this. r th. thouusintoo ch othis thenlet'cracopen can anget to it. pat? . l's do pow. ts dthis moreavin mordoin thas e por ofhe he depot. glidn dustarts at a n low price of25.4 a llon ♪ wita da of lt, th mwone loveou mt ♪ a line >> (male annoucer): now here is stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> (recording pla ying) >> there is a chance to someone will not respond. this is a chance to see if the city really cares. >> they have signs everywhere that says no smoking. the first offense is a hundred dollars in the second will be $200. the third offense would be $500, but you should not doubt 91, if you have to call and leave a message for eagerly the e-mail. this is probably why it is so easy to find smokers walking. >> however, i caught this man's attention. so, he headed straight to my camera with a ci

draper believes the state is too big to be governed efficiently.ornia is home to 38 million people. the state would have the eighth largest economy in the world if it were its own country. it's kind of an interesting concept actually. joe? >> interesting, and, yet, stupid. the seattle times. schools in washington state are winning the fight against child obesity between 2010 and 2012 the rate of obesity dropped 17% among teens and low income areas around seattle. the largest decline since the state began tracking obesity rates. this follows nearly $3 million investment moo programs to promote healthy eating habits and, most importantly, i think, mika, physical activity for students. let me go back to that california story. i mean, six californias? kind of crazy. i could see southern california and a northern california. >> that sounds cool. >> it's a massive state. and it is ungovernable. and who knows. maybe two californias would make more sense. >> perhaps this starts the conversation. it clearly has been struggling so many years to figure out. >

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entitlements this is not going to go away it's a very important issue a big victory in california tim draper a silicon valley can venture capital is backing a plan to break california it is six individual states earlier this week he got approval from the state began collecting petition signatures to qualify the proposal for a ballot initiative in november we think california has grown so big and so on governable and all this kind of i think what he's really up to here by choosing six is he's trying to get silicon valley broken out so that these guys can do a libertarian experiment just like they want to do with belisle off the coast of detroit you know it's like oh we're going to we're going to create john galt ville . i've been saying for a long time ago that i think that california should be broken into three states texas should be broken in two states florida two states new york and two states would have a much more representative son maybe even thoughts we have one minute what does he think that's going to accomplish though i mean it does. you haven't proved that he had a whole bunch mor

differences more pronounced by splitting up the golden state and to not two but six individual states tim draperworks in silicon valley and he says california is so big and so inefficient that it is practically ungovernable his new ballot initiative recommends dividing california regionally to fix that this is what the new california would look like as you can see there would be a state called silicon valley los angeles would become part of west california and san diego would be in south california now there are quite obviously a number of issues with this proposal like federal representation for instance or combat in poverty in the poor regions of california and what would become of the california state water project well there's another problem where in the heck are we going to put extra stars on the american flag and since we would be adding five new stars anyway while we're at it why not tack on a few more let's so on some more for puerto rico while american samoa and the district of columbia needless to say it could be a slippery slope if california decides to divide along more than its fau

and i did say, i said, you're the only trainer there that can hold his own with a seaworld draper.t could have been stopped because everyone knew it was a tragedy waiting to happen, but no one ever did anything about it. and in the end, it was the best trainer who lost his life. >> those were seaworld's whales. they were trained using seaworld's techniques. and their training was being supervised at the time of the fatal accident by one of their senior trainers from san diego. >> for somebody to get up and say in a court of law they have no knowledge of the linkages between seaworld and this park in tenerife is -- well, either she doesn't know and is telling the truth or it's just a boldface lie. ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] zyrtec®. l

is a greattim draper guy but i like california the way it is. want to bring major economic and political change to california. if we do that, i bet he would be happy. >> what about the minimum wage? there is pushed to do that nationwide. you want to help the poor, wouldn't that help them? >> increases are very well-intentioned and great for the workers who salaries go from low to high but is devastating for those workers out of work who were making eight dollars and are now out of a job and the cbo analyzed that there are consequences to minimum wage increases. to me, better way of raising everyone's wages is to bring more factories to california so the man are woman working at mcdonald's can go down the street and apply for that much better job at the factory. if we do that, everybody's wages will increase. >> i will talk to you more about this after a quick break. republicanri, gubernatorial candidate in california, much more to come. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." we returned to our conversation republicanashkari, candidate for govern

teresa is leaving excel partners, and jennifer scott is leaving draper fisher jervis and, both of themrting aspect ventures together. for he and i sat down with them to talk about why. >> i think for jennifer and i, we felt like this is our entrepreneurial thing. vision and you have a shared vision and your being called to something. we thought this was a great time to be focused on early-stage investing around mobility as a theme through the stack from enterprise to consumer and to work with somebody you have known for over two decades. >> how about you, jennifer? was this a difficult decision? >> i have been in the business 17 years. it is a great opportunity and a great time and if not now, then when? we have been fortunate in our careers. working our way into managing attner roles, and now we are the top of our game and we thought this was an opportunity for us to do something different and start a different kind of firm and focus on building companies for the long-term. now is the, you say time. is now the time for fundraising? what is the fundraising environment like right now? t

venture capitolist tim draper spoke today. it's the first time we're hearing from him since the initiative qualified. one huge state, california doesn't get the representation it deserves in washington. within california he believes six states will meet the needs of six diverse areas better. >> the people who govern are trying to manage, and those people are doing something, i think, is just too much. you -- you are trying to do too much for everyone and by doing so, you're really not getting anything done. >> makes sense. >> what needs to happen, his supporters, they need for this initiative they need to collect signatures for more than 800,000 registered voters here in california. the deadline to qualify is july 18th. >>> it's baffling doctors with it's polio-like symptoms. what doctors revealed in the last half hour with an illness that sickened at least one area child. >>> online rental websites fishing for your personal information. next, we'll show you their sophisticated attacks. >>> this bay area girl is one of the vic

tim draper is behind the plan. he can now begin circulating petitions to get the measure on the state ballot. he has a steep climb. signatures he needs more than 807,000 registered voters by the deadline of july 18th. he said one huge state california doesn't get the representation it deserves in washington. >>> you still have about 90 minutes,less than 90 minutes to buy your lottery ticket. 400 million bucks. where is the lucky spot? remember this guy? maybe here. jennifer's gift shop in san jose. the own says overall business is up by 30% ever since the 324 million dollar mega millions ticket was purchased back in december. he says his cut for saling that winning ticket was about a million bucks but after taxes, you know the drill, much less so he hasn't made any big purchases. >> nothing, i only have 525 you know and i'm looking for a house right now, but a house cost so much more than i thought. >> welcome to the bay area. he says his sister helps him to accommodate the increase in business. >> yeah, uncle sam

draper is known for investing in companies like hot mayo and skype and says right now california is just efficiently. he needs to get 808,000 signatures collected before the middle of july. get that measure put on the november ballot. >>> an oklahoma woman is facing serious charges in a bizarre incident. police say she showed up drunk to her job as a substitute teacher as an elementary school. >> what did you take? i can smell alcohol. but what else? >> that's it. i drank a little bit before i came. >> you drank and came up here to sub? >> police took her into custody after she refused to take a field sobriety test. officers say a blood alcohol test later showed she had three times the legal limits. >> oh, boy. >>> 8:57. let's go right back to sal. we have a lot of things happening in our morning commute. >> that's right. they are gonna start off with the traffic on 880, a huge mess. 880 south and north because of the traffic on 880 at 238 has been very slow. this is a look at muni. muni is now back on track. i just want to tell you about it. we lost our chopper shop. but muni has severa

i felt like if you read it all the way to the end, i thought robert draper, who did the piece, i hear very puff, but i thought he painted an interesting portrait. i came away with very he thetic to the decision she had to make as young mother who had these opportunities put in front of her and, by the way, any male politician in the same -- >> exactly. >> decided to send their kids, okay, no doubt that -- but he also painted a picture of a candidate that is not ready. also there were so many examples in this profile that i took away that said, wow, this is -- she's not ready -- they are not ready for the big spotlight that was going to come on to them and they have not figured out how they are going to run for governor. they know that they have struck lightning in a bottle on a couple of big moments. they have got national fund-raising ability. in many ways, her campaign is all about national groups being able to use her to raise money for themselves and for her, but i thought that draper very shrewdly painted a picture of somebody who just isn't quite figuring out how she is going to

like betty draper. i'll tell you two things. >> that is something to talk about. >> i know.ink you just jumped the -- >> it's something to aspire to, i agree. i tell you what i think is going on. the guilt i think is in part to ambivalence we have of women working, right? around the time that women started working in full force, that was when kidnapping anxiety started in the united states and kids started showing up on olympic cartons. it's when people started panicking what is in halloween candidate. like razor blades in halloween candidate. people were suddenly fearing that kids were not -- >> mom not home. >> not there to monitor everything and not there to monitor the halloween candy and not there staring at their kid -- >> good lord, a man couldn't do it. >> jennifer, listen. here is the deal. >> you're great. >> thank you. >> they have been telling us we have to go to break for about five hours now. jennifer, we need you back every day for about a month. >> yes. therapy! >> we will see you tomorrow. the book is "all joy and no fun." jennifer senior, thank you. on tomo

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our bill would replace restrictions that have been in place since 1938, long before don draper. of course must -- more must be done for the millions of americans that are having trouble finding a job. the president wanted to make sure the workers can get the right skills for the right job. we agree this is critical. as someone who worked in a community college in training, i know our economy has changed. the way we train our workers has not. this would consolidate the job consolidating programs in the onks and put the focus programs that work. all will strengthen the relationship between our community colleges and training programs. i believe this legislation would create an opportunity for every american to find a good paying job. >> we want americans working again. we talked about how national gas production is good for our command jobs. we couldn't agree more. in a cold winter, in my home state of michigan, demand for electricity is high, the time is right for action. our infrastructure has not kept pace. ant is why we must build architecture of abundance to create jobs today

a business man wants to divide california into six states and tim draper said it's too big and inefficientossible to govern and home to 38 million people, more than any state and he needs 800,000 signatures by mid july to get the measure on the november ballot forming states requires congressional approval. arizona governor jan brewer must decide to sign a bill that let's people go for religious reasons and legislation is being debated in several other states but arizona's plan is the only one passed. fast-food workers want to raise the minimum rage with a boy court called mc-poverty and they have been outside fast-food restaurants asking customers not to buy any food. >> the fight to raise the minimum wage by 30% in seattle heats up again with what organizers call a day-long mc-poverty boycott targeting 25 outlets of the big burger chains and wendy's, burger king and mcdonald's. >> it's easy to find people and get excited to stand up and make a stand. >> reporter: jason harvey works at the burger king where he is picketing and says the extra money would make a big difference. >> i would i