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    Rallying cry to 'resist' Trump evolves

    by By Melanie Mason and Jazmine Ulloa, Los Angeles Times Sep 17, 2017 6 minutes

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Within a day of President Donald Trump's election last November, California's top Democratic lawmakers responded with a joint statement that contained an audacious promise. It was their state, not Washington, D.C., that would be the "keeper of the nation's future."

    An artistic rendering of that vow, with looping calligraphy and a roaring Grizzly, is now on display in the offices of Senate leader Kevin de Leon and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. In the wake of Trump's win, the words seemed to be a sort of foundational document - California's declaration of resistance.

    That pugilistic posture is often conveyed in shorthand: California versus Trump. But the ensuing legislative year, which ended Friday, revealed the messy reality of squaring up against the federal government.

    "It's been challenging," De Leon, a Democrat, said, bleary-eyed as he took a break during the final days of the session. "You have to debate, you have to negotiate, you have to make your case, and I think at the end of the day,

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