{"id":37510,"date":"2024-11-07T13:26:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T21:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=37510"},"modified":"2024-11-07T13:26:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T21:26:06","slug":"newsom-moves-quickly-to-counter-trump-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/newsom-moves-quickly-to-counter-trump-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Moves Quickly to Counter Trump in California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom called the Legislature back to the Capitol for a special session to bolster civil liberties, reproductive rights and environmental protections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/11\/07\/multimedia\/07nat-ca-newsom-zjfl\/07nat-ca-newsom-zjfl-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" alt=\"Gov. Gavin Newsom, wearing a suit and a tie, stands in front of a tree.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Gavin Newsom of California announced that he would call state lawmakers back to the Capitol next month for a special session to block potential Republican attacks on his liberal-led state.Credit&#8230;Caroline Brehman\/EPA, via Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/shawn-hubler\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/06\/05\/reader-center\/author-shawn-hubler\/author-shawn-hubler-thumbLarge-v3.png\" alt=\"Shawn Hubler\" title=\"Shawn Hubler\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/shawn-hubler\">Shawn Hubler<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporting from Sacramento<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Nov. 7, 2024,\u00a012:00 p.m. ET (NYTimes.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>One day after Donald J. Trump declared victory in the presidential race, Gov. Gavin Newsom resurrected efforts in California to thwart the president-elect by asking state lawmakers to pre-empt potential Republican actions that could impact the Democratic-led state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>California leaders have long seen themselves as a bulwark against right-wing extremism, and Mr. Newsom has positioned himself nationally as one of Mr. Trump\u2019s loudest critics. They could soon be joined in legislative efforts by other Democratic-led states such as Washington, especially given the federal power that Republicans could wield next year if they win the House in addition to the Senate and the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Newsom called Thursday for a legislative special session to begin in Sacramento on Dec. 2, several weeks before Mr. Trump takes office, \u201cto safeguard California values and fundamental rights in the face of an incoming Trump administration,\u201d according to the governor\u2019s office. It will initially focus on funding state litigation around Trump administration actions that might impact civil liberties, reproductive rights, immigrant protections and climate action in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack \u2014 and we won\u2019t sit idle,\u201d Mr. Newsom said in a statement. \u201cCalifornia has faced this challenge before, and we know how to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1854278084343762989\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In a social media post<\/a>, the governor said the state \u201cwill seek to work with the incoming president \u2014 but let there be no mistake, we intend to stand with states across our nation to defend our Constitution and uphold the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With nearly 39 million residents, California is the nation\u2019s most populous state. Its economy is so large \u2014 dwarfing those in all but a handful of countries \u2014 that it can move markets and steer national policy. Throughout the four years that Mr. Trump was previously in office, California sued his administration more than 120 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The session would be an initial salvo in a contingency plan that has been underway for more than a year in Sacramento, involving not only the governor\u2019s office but also legislators and state regulatory bodies. California\u2019s attorney general, Rob Bonta, said in May that he and his staff had used Mr. Trump\u2019s campaign platform to prepare legal challenges should the former president win another term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>California has partnered with West Coast states in recent years on the environment and other issues. There were indications on Thursday that similar relationships could soon emerge to fight Mr. Trump\u2019s new administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington noted that \u201cour state and others formed enduring alliances for progress during Trump\u2019s first term in office,\u201d adding that \u201cwhen Trump messed with our state we sued him 97 times \u2014 only losing two cases on the merits while he was in office.\u201d His successor, Bob Ferguson, has scheduled a news conference on Thursday with the incoming attorney general to discuss the state\u2019s preparations for when Mr. Trump takes office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike in 2016, when Mr. Trump won in the electoral college but lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton, the former president is expected to arrive in Washington, D.C., emboldened with a sweeping victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will govern by a simple motto,\u201d Mr. Trump told supporters in Florida on Tuesday: \u201cPromises made, promises kept.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a proclamation calling for the special session in California, which is expected to extend into next year, when Mr. Trump takes office, Mr. Newsom said the state could suffer \u201csignificant and immediate\u201d consequences from this week\u2019s presidential outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His list of concerns included attempts by Mr. Trump to limit access to medication abortion; dismantle clean vehicle policies and longstanding environmental protections; repeal immigration policies such as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program; withhold disaster response funding and victim assistance as political retribution; and \u201cpoliticize grant programs to commandeer state and local governmental resources for federal purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Trump\u2019s stated agenda for the environment alone&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/12\/climate\/california-tries-trump-proofing-its-climate-policies.html\">could threaten California climate policies<\/a>&nbsp;that for decades have helped set the pace for the rest of the world, such as the state\u2019s rules on vehicle emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Trump and other Republican leaders have denounced policies that underpin the social fabric in California. During the campaign, Mr. Trump said he would pursue mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. He also criticized California proposals and policies that provide benefits to those immigrants; the state currently provides Medicaid-level benefits to low-income residents&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/12\/us\/health-care-undocumented-immigrants.html\">regardless of immigration status<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conservatives oppose the state\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/us\/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.html\">constitutional protections for abortion rights and contraception<\/a>, and they have resented Mr. Newsom\u2019s efforts to provide reproductive services to women in states with abortion bans. California\u2019s gun laws&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/31\/us\/california-gun-laws.html\">are among the nation\u2019s toughest<\/a>, and they are routinely tested through lawsuits that wend through federal courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his first term, Mr. Trump sided with California\u2019s agricultural industry in the perennial tug of war over scarce water supplies in the state. In August, he suggested that he would&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/13\/us\/politics\/trump-california-wildfire-aid-newsom.html\">withhold federal wildfire aid<\/a>&nbsp;if the state did not deliver more water to farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Trump and Republicans also could seek to upend protections for the state\u2019s transgender residents. In July, Governor Newsom signed a law that prohibited school districts from forcing educators to notify parents if their children ask to use different names or pronouns. The state has engaged in ongoing battles with conservative-led districts, and it is possible that Republican leaders could seek to intervene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>California is not uniformly liberal, and while Mr. Trump lost the state, he still has millions of California supporters and may have gained support in the state based on initial tallies, though millions of votes have yet to be counted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, Democrats have firm control of the state legislature. In statements on Thursday, legislative leaders expressed support for buttressing the state\u2019s legal options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVoters sent a clear message this election, and we need to lean in and listen,\u201d said Robert Rivas, the speaker of the California State Assembly. \u201cBut we also must be prepared to defend California values.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike McGuire, the leader of the State Senate, said that Mr. Trump had shown in his first term that \u201che\u2019s petty, vindictive and will do what it takes to get his way, no matter how dangerous the policy may be.\u201d He called the focus on litigation \u201can important first step.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>States have increasingly deployed lawsuits with success, particularly as political polarization has increased.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/attorneysgeneral.org\/multistate-lawsuits-vs-the-federal-government\/statistics-and-visualizations-multistate-litigation-vs-the-federal-government\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to a database<\/a>&nbsp;maintained by Paul Nolette, a political scientist at Marquette University, Republican attorneys general have so far filed about 60 lawsuits against the Biden administration, winning about 76 percent of them. During the first Trump administration, Democratic attorneys general filed about 160 lawsuits, winning about 83 percent of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike Baker&nbsp;contributed reporting from Seattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shawn Hubler is based in Sacramento and covers California news, policy trends and personalities. She has been a journalist for more than four decades.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/shawn-hubler\">More about Shawn Hubler<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.nytimes.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/115014792127-Copyright-notice\">\u00a9&nbsp;2024&nbsp;The New York Times Company<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom called the Legislature back to the Capitol for a special session to bolster civil liberties, reproductive rights and environmental protections. By&nbsp;Shawn Hubler Reporting from Sacramento One day after Donald J. Trump declared victory in the presidential race, Gov. Gavin Newsom resurrected efforts in California to thwart the&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/newsom-moves-quickly-to-counter-trump-in-california\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37511,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37510\/revisions\/37511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}