Put California’s future back in Californians’ hands.
California is one of the world’s largest economies, yet the decisions that shape its future are too often made by people Californians never elected. CalExitNow is a lawful, peaceful movement to change that, beginning with a real resolution in the State Legislature.
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The movement, in numbers
30,185
Californians on the record
58/58
Counties with supporters in them
8
Outlets that have covered it, linked and dated
1,409
ZIP codes with someone signed up in them
Where the movement is, and what it thinks
This is not a coastal project
Every county with a supporter in it is lit. Every mark is a ZIP code somebody signed up from. We show reach rather than numbers, because how many people signed up in a small county is their business.
List all 58 counties
Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo, Yuba.
A majority already believes it would work.
56%
of Californians say the state would be better off as an independent country.
Institute for California Independence / YouGov, June 2025. Topline results →
The same survey found 71% say California would be better off with autonomous status, and put the direct ballot question, where the split was 44% yes to 54% no. The distance between what Californians already believe and how they would vote today is the work. How we read the polling.
Who we are
This is the home of a serious and growing movement built on one clear principle. California’s future should be decided by Californians.
CalExitNow.com exists to advance California sovereignty by lawful and democratic means.
We are building a public movement on one proposition: California has both the right and the responsibility to examine its own future.
We are citizens, organizers, advocates, policy thinkers and civic leaders from across the state, united by one conviction. California should have the power to examine its future and shape it according to the will of its people. More about who we are.
A society this size should govern itself
California is one of the most powerful and productive societies in the world.
It is a global economic force. It leads in technology and agriculture, and it carries the institutions and the revenue base a country of this size requires.
Yet California remains bound to a national political structure that regularly overrides its priorities. On issue after issue, Californians see decisions affecting their future shaped by institutions they do not control and political forces that do not reflect their democratic will.
Self-government means California setting its own course: its own policy, its own institutions, answerable to the people who live here.
Sovereignty is not rhetoric. It is self-government.
The organization
CalExitNow.com is directed from Fresno by two officers.
The case has been argued in the national press.
Eight items, each linked, dated and quoted on the coverage page. They include an outlet editorially opposed to most of what California stands for, and the report of the last campaign missing its signature deadline.
- Newsweek2024
- CBS News2025
- Fox News2018
- The San Francisco Standard2025
- CBS News Bay Area2025
- Courthouse News Service2025
- GV Wire2025
- FOX26 Fresno2025
Making the case
If you want the whole thing
The case is argued. The plan is written.
Everything on this page is the short version. Both of these are the long one.
The case
Six arguments
The scale, the representation, the money, the benefits, the law and what Californians actually think.
Read the case →
The plan
Five moves, in order
Build capacity, establish the facts, get it on the ballot, win the vote, secure independence. What each one requires and where the pressure goes.
Read the plan →Why a name on a list counts
Private agreement has never moved a legislature. Public names do.
CalExitNow.com needs Californians who are ready to stand up publicly, organize locally, contribute materially, and help build the civic force required to move this effort forward.
Names on a public list are what make a legislative ask credible, and a district with organized supporters in it is the only kind a legislator has reason to answer.
- If you believe California deserves the right to examine its sovereign future, you belong in this movement.
- If you believe California’s future belongs in the hands of Californians, you belong in CalExitNow.com.
Join the movement
Add your name on the join page, tell us what you can work on through the volunteer form, or get in touch with the team directly.
California’s future should be decided by Californians.
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers on the law, the polling, and what independence would actually involve.
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