Should It Stay or Should It Go? San Bernardino County’s Secession Analysis Due Soon

Voters approved a study on whether the county was receiving enough money from the state. The consultant’s report is expected any week now.

Armed officers from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department on patrol near the scene of a crime in San Bernardino, Calif. on December 2, 2015. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

As the largest county in the nation in terms of square miles—just smaller than West Virginia—and with a population of more than 2 million, it has received money from the state that has failed to meet the needs of the community, according to some residents.