Committee of ca The Legislature indefinitely postponed the first hearing scheduled for a special session called the state's “Trump Resistance” and strengthening its legal defense in case it comes under attacks from the incoming administration.
KCRA first reported that Tuesday's Assembly Budget Committee hearing is now off the agenda.
Chairman of the committee, Democratic Assemblyman Jesse GabrielIt represents one of the areas affected by the Los Angeles wildfires and is currently under evacuation orders. Democrats had previously hoped to pass the legislation by Inauguration Day.
California Capitol Building in Sacramento (Visions of America/Joe Sohm/Global Image Collection via Getty Images)
State lawmakers also made changes To legislation Call former President Trump on Friday as Los Angeles wildfires continue to ravage the region. They proposed creating a website to track lawsuits between California and the Trump administration, setting guidelines for using $25 million in additional funding for the state Department of Justice's legal fights, and proposed $25 million in grants for immigration services.
“This special session funding agreement strengthens California’s readiness to serve as a bulwark against Trump’s extremist agenda. During the last Trump administration, California successfully defended reproductive freedoms, attacks on our immigrant communities, LGBT civil rights, and threats to our environment from illegal practices. “The attack launched by the Trump administration,” Democratic Senator Scott Wiener said in a press release.
Water is dropped by helicopter on the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles, Thursday, January 9, 2025. (Ethan Swope/AP)
Shortly after Trump won the election. Governor Gavin Newsom He announced a special legislative session to strengthen the state's legal fund in the event of attacks from the Trump administration.
Trump responded Newsom chimed in after the announcement, saying on his Truth Social account, “He uses the term 'anti-Trump' as a way to shut down all the great things that could be done to 'Make California Great Again,' but I overwhelmingly won the election.”
Between 2017 and 2021, the California Department of Justice filed 122 lawsuits against Trump administration policies, spending $42 million. In one case, the federal government was ordered to repay California nearly $60 million in public safety grants, according to Newsom's office.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom tours the downtown business district of Pacific Palisades as the Palisades Fire continues to burn on January 8, 2025 in Los Angeles. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
While ca The Trump administration has filed more than 100 lawsuits, and has only brought four major lawsuits against the state. In 2018, Trump's Justice Department sued three state laws limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and California's statewide net neutrality law.
In 2019, Trump also filed a lawsuit over California's vehicle emissions standards, attempting to revoke California's ability to set its own emissions rules. Trump administration She also filed a lawsuit against the state of California On the controversial independent contractor law, AB 5, in 2020.
Fox News Digital did not hear back from Newsom's office for comment by press deadline.
