California lawmakers postpone special session in ‘Trump-proof’ state due to wildfires

California lawmakerson Monday, postponed a special legislative session scheduled for Tuesday to “Trump-proof” the Golden State ahead of President-elect Trump’s inauguration, due to wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles region.

A member of the California Assembly’s budget office told Fox News Digital that the hearing was postponed because of the fires, adding that committee chairman Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel cannot attend the session because it represents areas ravaged by wild hells.

Asked when the session would be rescheduled ahead of Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, the budget office said the new date is still “up in the air.”

While the session has adjourned, lawmakers on Friday tweaked the legislation.

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KCRA in Sacramento reported that lawmakers added a proposal for a new website to track planned lawsuits between the state and the Trump administration, additional rules surrounding the use of an additional $25 million for the California Department of Justice to fight legal battles and a proposed $25 million in grants for legal services and immigration support. The proposals were added to special session bills, ABX1-1 and ABX1-2.

The news comes just days after a KCRA reporter pressed Democratic California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas on whether the time was right to have a legislative session on allocating money to fight Trump in a way that legislators could already do without having a special session.

Rivas deflected the question, saying he was there to address wildfires.

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“This is a historic, historic wildfire,” he told the reporter. “This is, this is a historic event. These wildfires, as I mentioned, will be, quite possibly, some of the worst wildfires and disasters in state and national history.”

But the reporter went on to say, “while this wildfire is happening, and while people are trying to understand what’s going on and are worried about disaster relief, worried about getting homeowners insurance, your chamber participated in a special legislative session to prepare for Donald Trump in a way that you can now do without a special legislative session. So again, is now the right time for that?

Again, Rivas focused on wildfire recovery and did not directly answer the reporter’s question.

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Rivas’ office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for additional information about the special session postponement.

Shortly after Trump’s election victory, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a special legislative session to bolster the state’s legal fund in case of attacks by the Trump administration. Trump responded to Newsom after the announcement, saying on his Truth Social account, “He’s using the term ‘Trump-Proof’ as a way to stop all the GREAT things that can be done to ‘Get California Back to be great,’ but I just won the election in a landslide.”

Between 2017 and 2021, the California Department of Justice led 122 lawsuits against Trump administration policies, spending $42 million on litigation. Newsom’s office said in one case that the federal government was ordered to reimburse California for nearly $60 million in public safety grants.

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While California filed more than 100 lawsuits against the Trump administration, Trump filed only four major lawsuits against the state. In 2018, Trump’s DOJ filed suit over three California state sanctuary laws that restricted cooperation with federal immigration control. That same year, Trump sued California over its statewide net neutrality law.

Jamie Joseph of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.