The armed and masked agents assembled outside a museum where the governor was speaking in what Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles called “a provocative act.”

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office posted a video on social media showing agents gathering outside the conference, drawing condemnation from the governor and Los Angeles mayor.

California Gov. Newsom, Democratic leaders to make a “major announcement” in response to Republican-led efforts in Texas to redraw its congressional maps.

California has its own plan to combat the Trump administration’s national redistricting efforts. California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the Election Rigging Response Act Thursday, a Democratic gerrymandering plan intended to offset efforts to strip liberal areas around the country of their electoral votes.