California Gov. Gavin Newsom will convene the state legislature for a particular emergency session Monday to suggest a “Trump-proof” authorized protection fund of as much as $25 million for the state’s justice division.
Newsom mentioned in a press release the Golden State “is a tent pole of the nation … defending and investing in rights and freedoms for all individuals” and that officers “will work with the incoming administration and we wish President Trump to achieve serving all Individuals.”
“However when there’s overreach, when lives are threatened, when rights and freedoms are focused, we’ll take motion,” Newsom mentioned. “And that’s precisely what this particular session is about – setting this state up for achievement, no matter who’s within the White Home.”
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, is a longtime critic of President-elect Donald Trump and is believed to be a possible 2028 presidential hopeful. (Getty/AP)
State lawmakers, who’re majority Democratic, are anticipated to introduce the proposed laws within the coming weeks. Officers anticipate the laws shall be signed into regulation earlier than Inauguration Day on Jan. 20.
Between 2017 and 2021, California’s Division of Justice led 122 lawsuits towards Trump administration insurance policies, spending $42 million on litigation. Newsom’s workplace mentioned in a single case, the federal authorities was ordered to reimburse California practically $60 million in public security grants.
Whereas California filed over 100 lawsuits towards the Trump administration, President-elect Donald Trump lobbed solely 4 main lawsuits towards the state. In 2018, Trump’s DOJ filed a lawsuit over three California sanctuary state legal guidelines that restricted cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. That very same 12 months, Trump sued California for its state-level internet neutrality regulation.
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The California Capitol, proven on this 2022 photograph, will host a particular session in December 2024, referred to as by Gov. Gavin Newsom in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Instances by way of Getty Photographs)
In 2019, Trump additionally filed a lawsuit towards California’s car emissions requirements, trying to revoke California’s potential to set its personal emissions guidelines. The Trump administration additionally sued California over its controversial impartial contractor regulation, AB 5, in 2020.
California, a sanctuary state for unlawful immigrants, abortion procedures and transgender transition remedies for kids, could possibly be focused by the Trump administration, particularly contemplating Trump’s mass deportation plan of unlawful immigrants.
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In the meantime, Republican state Sen. Brian Jones, who serves because the higher chamber’s minority chief, mentioned final month the particular session “is clearly simply one other political stunt” and a “determined try to distract from Democrats’ vital losses throughout California on Tuesday — within the state Senate, state Meeting, U.S. Home, and on key poll measures, together with Prop 5’s defeat and Prop 36’s overwhelming win.”
“Californians have made it clear: affordability is their high concern,” Jones mentioned. “But, even with the huge deficit he created, Gov. Newsom needs handy his lawyer basic a clean verify to wage limitless battles towards the federal authorities — whereas our personal state is on hearth, each actually and metaphorically.”
