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presumably California won’t be seeking any more assistance from the Federal Government, now he is in bed with Communist China:

8 Jun: Office of Gov Brown, California: Photo Release: China Day 5: Governor Brown Closes California-China Climate Mission with Call to Action: “It’s Not a Time for Inertia, It’s a Time for Radical Change”

(from Gov Brown’s remarks at Tsinghua University)
As we all know, modernity is carbon. The development of coal and oil and natural gas has fundamentally provided the basis for our current society, civilization, progress. I didn’t get here on a solar plane. I didn’t get here in a solar car. I got here in an oil plane and an oil car, and that’s what it is. We are deeply embedded and addicted to carbon and to all its various forms. So, to change that is nothing less than profoundly radical.

The world, through the Paris Accord, has made the commitment to make the turn to a decarbonized future. Good, we’re for that. Now, maybe some people in Washington aren’t so sure about that, but, California is sure. We believe in the Paris Accord and we are going to stick to our commitments. And we’re going to persuade other states and do everything we can to get the whole United States of America fully supporting all the efforts needed to decarbonize America’s economy - and, in fact, the world’s economy....

The carbon trading scheme that California has embraced has been shared with some of the provinces here in China, as a pilot test. And now, as we just heard, a national carbon trading scheme is about to be launched in China. That shows that our collaboration has very practical consequences, and that’s all to the good...

The climate is not waiting: The ice is melting; species are going extinct; the habitat is being destroyed; the sea is rising - we don’t have any time to wait. That’s why I’m not going to talk anymore - we’ve got to get going. So, let’s get this dialogue moving, let’s fight climate change. https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=19834