California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that he will convene a special session of the legislature in response to Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidential election, which Newsom said threatened his state's values.

California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, on Thursday called for lawmakers to convene a special session ahead of another Trump presidency to safeguard the state’s progressive policies.

California governor Gavin Newsom called for state lawmakers to assemble a special session on Thursday to prepare to defend the state’s progressive government from anticipated legal challenges brought by the second Trump administration The second-term governor urged the state legislature to allocate additional funding to the attorney general to defend against federal challenges to California policies on everything from climate regulation to immigration law.