Dealing with the military base situation would definitely be tricky, and would almost certainly depress certain areas where the local economy relies on them. That said, California is not "reliant" on federal funding for its continued success. We are a net loser in the tax and spend game, with us getting less back in services than we send to Washington, so in that respect CA would come out ahead.
I don't think California is reliant in that money is sent to them, but there are A LOT of federal jobs there- it's a huge state, so agencies have offices, national parks etc. People in those offices would either have to move to the "United States" or would lose their jobs.
I think everyone is underestimating how much California is dependent upon the USA. Let us list some things that would go away:
Military Bases.
Electricity that comes from any other state.
Vast majorities of the trade that comes into its ports - these goods are not going to California, they are going to America.
Vast majorities of the trade that leaves its ports - These goods are produced in America, not California.
Water from any other state.
Construction materials would now be imported from another country - would there be any limits or tariffs on these?
Large Companies - any benefits any company gets from being in America would be gone. Any technology that was deemed important to national security would need to be brought stateside; it would not be feasible to have sensitive research and development hosted in a foreign country.
Trade agreements - anything produced in California that needed to be sold elsewhere would need to be renegotiated with other countries - maybe a problem, but possibly not.
Travel - Californians would require permission to enter the USA, or any other country. These permissions would have to be re-negotiated with each country.
America would lose:
Avacados.
Almonds.
The laughing cows.
Shit... sounds rough.
Note that secession can be done peacefully. Just get Californians to approve it.... oh, and Congress.
I'm not sure that's correct. Texas v White disagrees with you, from my understanding.
I noted this today that many of the people calling for D's to just chill and work harder in 4 years are southerners who are all about the Confederacy. Like dude your boys literally took up arms after a Republican was elected, today a bunch of people are posting on FB, it is a little bit double standarded.
Or, maybe they're Americans who care about their country, and don't want to see a bunch of out of touch, insulated billionaires in California go for a repeat of the bloodiest conflict in American history. I'm sure the Confederate States of America sounded like a pretty 'kick ass place' to live to rich white men in the 1860's - doesn't make it a good idea.