LOS ANGELES — President-elect Donald Trump is no fan of California.

When Trump campaigned in the state recently, he painted a dire picture of California politicians and policies. Trump has repeatedly threatened to withdraw federal aid for natural disasters, including wildfires.

“There have been times in his first term where he’s followed up his bluster with action, and he’s already made it clear that if Newsom doesn’t work with him specifically on water policy, he may do the same in the future,” Dan said String. , professor of political communication at USC and UC Berkeley.

“One of our central concerns is that he’s going to play favorites with the states and target progressive states — states that didn’t vote — to both restrict funding and federal fire emergency resources, even housing vouchers, other safety net resources. , but then it also put us under attack to challenge our laws and all the infrastructure we have here to protect our communities,” said Victor Leung, legal director and advocacy for the ACLU of California.

Reacting to Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Gavin Newsom said in part “California will look to work with the incoming president — but make no mistake, we intend to stand with states across the nation to defend our constitution and support . the rule of law”.

California has dramatically different views on issues like abortion. On Wednesday, Planned Parenthood said they have a plan to stand their ground and move forward.

Also, California’s large immigrant community, with millions of undocumented people, could come under threat of mass deportations. The ACLU says they are waiting to file lawsuits and pass legislation to protect Californians.

“They want to roll back civil rights. They want to suppress communities. They want to implement many of their aggressive policies. So we take them at their word and we’re prepared to try to challenge those policies and protect Californians,” Leung said.

California can offer protections to its citizens on these issues that other parts of the country cannot, in the same way that voters in deep red states may have felt a greater level of protection from the policies of the Biden administration.