Gov. Gavin Newsom and California’s congressional Democrats met privately for an hour Wednesday to map out what they expect to be an ugly, uphill fight against President-elect Donald Trump’s anticipated efforts to roll back liberal policies in California.

Governor Newsom is seeking federal waiver extensions and monetary assistance in the final months before President-elect Donald Trump, who has slammed these efforts, is inaugurated.

Newsom plans to have a series of meetings with the administration and the California congressional delegation.

The California governor is in Washington, D.C., to try to get some last-minute funding from the Biden administration before the president leaves the White House in 69 days.

California's governor is in D.C. to lobby the outgoing Biden-Harris administration for additional funding and federal waiver extensions before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

First, he claims that Trump will continue “the assault on reproductive freedom” by, among other things, “pursuing a national abortion ban.” Baloney. President Trump has made it clear that, consistent with the Dobbs decision and principle of federalism,

Californians deserve real progress, not political showdowns that ultimately cost taxpayers and distract from the urgent needs of our state and nation,” the GOP state lawmaker said in an open letter to Donald Trump.