Yay Oregon! 
Related, from the two population states:
This is going to be exhaustingâŚ
Interesting, Iâd idly wondered before why âsanctuary stateâ wasnât a thing, only âsanctuary cityâ.
Here are the 3 bills I think mentioned.
I wonder if it was the prospect of losing federal funding, which is potentially more severe for a state than a city. I donât actually know if that is relative or not, but all âcitiesâ seem like their own weight class, whereas states vary more wildly in size.
Being a California resident I enjoy the sway we presumably have, and the subversive movements like âCalexitâ, but I donât think these are long term solutions. Guess time will tell.
I doubt that. CA almost 100x WY, NYC >100x whatever the smallest sanctuary city is (100x would be around 80000, offhand Urbana, IL is a sanctuary city population around 40000). My offhand explanation is that a city can be more uniformly progressive than a state (eg California rural areas are extremely conservative) and thus one might expect cities to lead on progressive issues. I donât know whether thatâs what has actually happened in this case though.