Governor of California. Gavin Newsom is heading to Washington this week to meet with President Biden after calling a special session of state lawmakers to “Trump test” the state’s progressive policies.

A spokesperson for Newsom’s office said the Democratic governor will travel to Washington, D.C. for a series of meetings with the Biden-Harris administration and California’s congressional delegation.

“Taking advantage of the progress made since president biden took office, the Governor will advocate for key priorities that improve the health and well-being of all Californians, including disaster funding, passage of state health care initiatives aimed at improving access to health and mental health care for Californians, and the crucial climate and clean air. efforts,” Newsom’s spokesman said, without giving a specific schedule for the meetings.

Newsom, who has been at odds with the former president, wrote after Trump’s election night victory that California was “ready to fight.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference signing legislation related to oil and gas well oversight and community protection on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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“Whether it’s our fundamental civil rights, our reproductive freedom, or our climate action, we refuse to turn back the clock and allow our values ​​and laws to be attacked,” Newsom said.

Those comments came a day after Newsom said he will “look to work with the incoming president.”

President Trump, right, speaks with California Governor Gavin Newsom at Sacramento McClellan Airport in McClellan Park, California, on September 14, 2020. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

During Trump’s first term, the Newsom administration filed more than 100 lawsuits against the Trump administration. The governor is now asking state lawmakers to provide more funding to the California Department of Justice and other state agencies with additional resources to mount legal challenges.

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Newsom’s office said the special session of state lawmakers, scheduled for Monday, Dec. 2, will focus on safeguarding “civil rights, reproductive freedom, climate action and immigrant families.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, speaks as State Sen. Anthony Portantino, D-Burbank, left, and California Attorney General Rob Bonta, center, look on during a news conference on February 2023 in Sacramento, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Trump has opposed Newsom’s call for a special session, writing on his Truth Social platform on Friday that Newsom was allegedly “trying to KILL our nation’s beautiful California.”

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“He’s using the term ‘Trump-proof’ as a way to stop all the GREAT things that can be done to ‘make California great again,’ but I won the election in a landslide,” Trump said.

Fox News Digital’s Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.