• Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking California lawmakers to increase state funding for litigation against the incoming Trump administration.

• California anticipates that Trump could seek to limit access to abortion, dismantle environmental protections and withhold federal disaster response funding.

• The new special session provides an early look at the governor's plan to wage an aggressive and highly visible campaign to shield California from the Trump White House.

Launching his first salvo less than 36 hours after former President Trump was again elected to the White House, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday convened a special session of the Legislature, seeking to increase legal funding to protect California policies — on civil rights, climate change, abortion access and disaster funding — from an anticipated conservative federal agenda.