Trump is set to visit California on Friday, and the state’s governor will need to convince the president and congressional Republicans to provide aid to help rebuild Los Angeles.

It is the strongest response Newsom has made so far in the week since the fires first erupted in the Los Angeles area.

The California Coastal Commission, the oft-controversial body tasked with protecting the state’s coast, is again in the crosshairs of Musk and congressional Republicans, who’ve raised alarms that residents with homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire are in store for a permitting nightmare if they try to rebuild.

California Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Roseville, on Tuesday announced his intention to file a bill that would strip the California Coastal Commission of its authority to review certain activities relating to national security, critical infrastructure or with a high economic impact.

The governor lashed back after several Republican leaders said that aid to his state as it deals with deadly wildfires should be conditional.

The guest list includes some of America’s most influential tech billionaires and politicians as well as some foreign leaders and celebrities who have embraced Trump.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom faces what may be his greatest political test and leadership challenge. He planned to greet President Trump upon his arrival in Southern California on Friday.

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When California Gov. Gavin Newsom met with distraught supporters in the days following the November election, he tried to walk a fine line between vilifying Donald Trump and acknowledging that there will be times when he and the president-elect would need to work together.