-Governor Gavin Newsom first unveiled what came to be known as the state's Trump-proofing plan days after the November election.

He recently approved $25 million for the fight, a dedicated fund for potential legal challenges against the Trump administration.

Newsom also signed a second bill, setting aside another $25 million for legal services for people caught up in the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration.

The funding measures have been fiercely criticized by Repulicans who argue that they unnecessarily poke at Trump when the state needs his help after wildfires ravaged Los Angeles.

Trump and other Republican leaders have repeatedly threatened to withhold wildfire disaster aid unless California overhauls its water and elections policies.

Senate Republican Leader Brian Jones of San Diego said in a statement, "This slush fund isn't about solving any real problems.

It's a political stunt designed to distract from the urgent issues our state faces, and it won't bode well for fire victims."

Newsom and other Democratic leaders in California continue to defend the funding, which they argue is a sensible, precautionary measure given Trump's history of attacking California and the policies that it supports.

During Trump's first term, the state sued more than 120 times, winning about two-thirds of the cases.

Before the legislature voted on the funding measure, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, a Salinas Democrat, said, -"Our job, above all else, is to protect our residents.

Let me be blunt.

Right now, Californians are being threatened by an out-of-control administration in Washington that doesn't care about the Constitution, that thinks there are no limits to its power."

-Meanwhile, Attorney General Rob Bonta, whose office will receive the $25 million lawsuit fund, has already sued five times since Trump took office, including over executive orders to eliminate birthright citizenship and freeze all federal funding.

For CalMatters, I'm Alexei Koseff.