SAN FRANCISCO — Voters in Northern California’s Del Norte and Tehama counties will decide next week whether they should support a proposed move to secede from California and form a breakaway state of Jefferson.

If approved June 3, Measure A would essentially ask the board of supervisors in each county to take up the matter and officially discuss supporting the secession movement, which has so far been joined by nearby Modoc, Siskiyou and Glenn counties.

The state of Jefferson — a grouping of Northern California counties that would separate from California — has been gaining steam since late last year, when the secession movement was revived by residents who complain of overregulation, lack of representation and a culture clash with urban areas.

Separation under the U.S. Constitution requires a vote of the state Legislature and the U.S. Congress.