SACRAMENTO (KABC) -- Amidst the high-profile redistricting fight, a California lawmaker is proposing that the map be permanently redrawn to split the state in two.

James Gallagher, the top Republican in the California State Assembly, announced the alternate plan to Gov. Gavin Newsom's redistricting plan, which is set to go before voters in November.

Instead of carving up individual congressional districts, Gallagher is proposing the state be split in two, calling it a "two-state solution."

"We don't want any part of a government that won't give us a voice," said Gallagher during a press conference Wednesday.

Gallagher's plan would cleave the state into two distinct parts, with the bluer coastal counties separated from the more GOP-heavy inland portions of the state. The inland area wo

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