The point is more that California's problems are California's own doing, not the parent entity they constantly need help from and to whom their largest business are fleeing for. So secession doesn't address anything, it doubles down on the problem: California.

If this article had a point to make, other than there's still a sect of small government libertarians that are addicted to losing and looking retarded, it would be reversed:

The US should deny all funding to California and remove its federal seats from office until it such time that holds new elections meeting federal standards for security. This is whats more likely to happen.