California National Party

California National Party
Partido Nacional de California
AbbreviationCNP
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
HeadquartersSacramento, California
Membership (January 2022)413[1]
IdeologyCalifornian nationalism‌
Social democracy
Environmentalism
Political positionCenter-left
Colours  Yellow
  Blue
Seats in the U.S. Senate
0 / 2
Seats in the U.S. House
0 / 52
Statewide Executive Offices
0 / 8
Seats in the State Senate
0 / 40
Seats in the State Assembly
0 / 80
Website
www.californianational.party Edit this at Wikidata

The California National Party (CNP; Spanish: Partido Nacional de California[2]) is a progressive and secessionist political party in the United States. CNP operates within California and supports Californian nationalism.[3][4] CNP formed in 2015.

CNP's name and purpose are partly inspired by the Scottish National Party, a social democratic, civic nationalist, center-left party that advocates independence for Scotland.[5][3]

CNP was registered with the California Fair Political Practices Commission, California's equivalent of the Federal Election Commission, in 2019[6] but not in 2021[7] or 2023.[8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference membership was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "We Build Opportunities – Not Walls!". California National Party. February 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b Mike Pearl (17 February 2016). "Meet the California Separatists Leading a New Movement to Secede from the United States". VICE. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  4. ^ Tomlinson, Bill; Torrance, Andrew (2020). "Fault Lines: An Empirical Legal Study of California Secession". Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental & Innovation Law (SJTEIL). 11: 1.
  5. ^ Jim Miller. "California could see new political party with independence goal". Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Drawing Schedule: General Purpose Committees 2019". California Fair Political Practices Commission. Archived from the original on 2020-04-12.
  7. ^ "Drawing Schedule: General Purpose Committees 2021". California Fair Political Practices Commission. Archived from the original on 2022-02-18.
  8. ^ "Drawing Schedule: General Purpose Committees 2023". California Fair Political Practices Commission. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24.