Overview

• The House adopted Resolution 516 with a 215-195 tally, and all 195 votes against came from Democrats.
• Rep. Young Kim sponsored the measure alongside California’s Republican delegation to denounce violence during recent anti-ICE protests.
• Democrats including Rep. Nanette Díaz Barragán argued the resolution was designed to score political points rather than address public safety.
• Governor Gavin Newsom renewed his criticism of President Trump’s deployment of nearly 5,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
• Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman said criminal elements used protests as cover for arson, looting and assaults, and the Department of Homeland Security reported a 500 percent rise in attacks on ICE agents.