"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

. >>> 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

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

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

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

silicon valley investor tim draper holds a news conference today about an initiative known as six californians would split california into six individual states. draper is known for investing in companies like skype and hot mail. and says 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. 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

. >> reporter: julie, here is the vision that tim draper has for california sectioned off into six differents, with most of the bay area in an area called silicon valley. today, he talked about why he wants this on the ballot. it's been 50 stars on the u.s. flag, unchanged since hawaii was added. >> i think maybe two. northern california, and southern california. >> i'm from the east coast, so we have much smaller states on that side. it would have to depend what the benefits would be. >> reporter: a ballot measure would split california into six states. >> california needs a change. >> reporter: draper says it 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

. >> reporter: julie, here is the vision that tim draper has for california sectioned off into six different with most of the bay area in an area called silicon valley. today, he talked about why he wants this on the ballot. it's been 50 stars on the u.s. flag, unchanged since hawaii was added. >> i think maybe two. northern california, and southern california. >> i'm from the east coast, so we have much smaller states on that side. it would have to depend what the benefits would be. >> reporter: a ballot measure would split california into six states. >> california needs a change. >> reporter: draper says it 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

officials have difn tim draper the green light to collect signatures for a petition to put the proposalnovember ballot. draper says right now california is too big and too diverse to properly represent its residents. here's a look at how draper says california should be divided. the bay 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 weathe

the state gave silicon valley venture capitalist tim draper permission to collect signatures to get thegoverned efficiently. california 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 childhood obesity. between 2010 and 2012, the rate of obesity dropped 17% among teens and low-income areas around seattle. that's the largest decline since the state began tracking obesity rates. this follows nearly $3 million investment into programs that 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 -- six californias? kind of crazy. i could see a southern california and a northern california. >> oh, that sounds cool. >> it's a massive state, and it is ungovernable, and who knows? maybe two californias would make more sense. >> but perhaps this starts the conversation. >>

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

. >> reporter: tim draper is a billionaire venture capitalist.of his fortune with startups like skype and hotmail. now he wants to cut california down to size. why do you want to break up california? >> california is just too big and too monolithic to manage all 38 million people. they're trying to be all things to all people. and they are doing nothing for anyone. >> reporter: california is the world's eighth largest economy. farmers in the state central valley grow one-third of the nation's produce. hollywood is the entertainment capital of the world. in silicon valley is the center of tech. draper's plan would create the new states of jefferson, north california central california and south california. the majority of population in melt would be concentrated in what he calls west california including los angeles and the state of silicon valley containing san francisco. that's the area where draper lives. the criticism 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

ballot initiative to split up the state as soon as november to discuss the man behind the proposal tim draper hi there tad so explain to me on the show what was going through was why you were on a mission to split up california. well i'm from california and i've been here all pretty much all my life and i i was a beneficiary of california being the best education system in the country and we had great infrastructure then and the state was beautifully run and that was about forty years ago and now. fast forward forty years and we have a great economy and great things going on but we are now paying the most for the worst service we are the all of the fifty states where the largest but we are the worst managed according to twenty four seven. and we have been for the last three years we pay the most and we are forty six than education we pay among the most for prisons and we have the highest recidivism or among the highest recidivism we we used to spend twenty six percent on infrastructure and now we spend three percent on infrastructure california has failed us the system is not working we had g

. >>> silicon valley investors tim draper holds a news conference about an initiative known as six californiansia into six states. draper is known for investing in companies like hot mayo and skype and says right now california is just too big to be govered efish -- governed 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

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