‘A dystopian plot’: how will Trump’s Project 2025 affect California?

The plan takes specific aim at California on abortion rights and green policies - but the state has ways to fight it

Donald Trump has not been shy about attacking California on the presidential campaign trail, telling fellow conservatives that the place is failing" under Democratic party leadership. And all signs suggest that a second Trump administration would not hesitate to take a sledgehammer to principles and policy priorities that the Golden State and other progressive bastions hold dear.

The Project 2025 policy document, a blueprint for a second Trump presidency drawn up by former Trump administration officials and sympathetic thinktank analysts, takes specific aim at California on abortion rights, fuel emissions standards and the transition to electric vehicles.