A California House committee has indefinitely postponed an initial hearing scheduled for a special session of the state's plan to “stop Trump” and strengthen its legal defenses against attacks from the incoming administration.
KCRA first reported that Tuesday's hearing of the Assembly Budget Committee is now off the docket.
The committee's chairman, Democratic Rep. Jesse Gabriel, represents one of the areas affected by the Los Angeles wildfires and is currently under evacuation orders. Democrats had previously hoped to pass the bill by Inauguration Day.
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California State Capitol in Sacramento (Visions of America/Joe Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
State lawmakers also amended a bill related to former President Trump on Friday, as the Los Angeles wildfires continue to ravage the region. They would create a website to track litigation between California and the Trump administration, set guidelines for using $25 million in additional funding for legal battles in the state Department of Justice, and Immigration Services. proposed a $25 million grant to the
“This special legislative funding agreement strengthens California's preparedness to serve as a bulwark against Trump's extremist policies. During the last Trump administration, California faced attacks on reproductive freedom, immigrant communities, “This is an attack launched by the Trump administration that has succeeded in defending LGBTQ civil rights and threats to the environment from illegal activity,” Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener said in a press release.
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A helicopter drops water on the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles on Thursday, January 9, 2025. (Ethan Swope/Associated Press)
Immediately after President Trump's election victory, Governor Gavin Newsom He announced a special legislative session to shore up the state's legal resources in case of attacks from the Trump administration.
After the announcement, President Trump fired back at Newsom on his Truth Social account, saying, “He used the term 'Trump-proof' as a way to block all the great things he could do to 'Make California Great Again.' But I won the election overwhelmingly.”
From 2017 to 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 nearly $60 million in public safety grants to the state of California, Newsom's office said.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom tours the downtown Pacific Palisades business district as the Palisades Fire continues to burn in Los Angeles on January 8, 2025. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
California has filed more than 100 lawsuits, but the Trump administration has only filed four major lawsuits against the state. In 2018, the Trump Justice Department filed a lawsuit over three sanctuary state laws that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities and California's net neutrality law.
President Trump also filed a lawsuit against California's vehicle emissions standards in 2019, seeking to strip California of its ability to set its own emissions standards. trump administration California also sued AB 5, the controversial independent contractor law of 2020.
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Fox News Digital did not return a request for comment from Newsom's office by reporting deadline.
