SACRAMENTO—Gov. Jerry Brown's revised state budget proposal gives the Attorney General's Office an additional $6.5 million and 31 positions to handle the “new legal workload” associated with fighting Trump administration policies.

Since taking office on Jan. 24, Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed more than a dozen lawsuits and amicus briefs challenging the Trump administration's initiatives to roll back Obama-era environmental regulations and to suspend travel from residents of six Muslim-majority countries. Becerra on Tuesday joined a multistate lawsuit in Montana that opposes the U.S. Interior Department's decision to revive federal coal leasing on public lands.

“There are unique litigation expenses right now and the attorney general feels that he wants to pursue those [issues], and I think he should be given some latitude,” Brown told reporters Thursday at a press conference where he unveiled his revised spending plan. “There are some real legal issues by Mr. Trump and his deputies there in Washington. We do have to defend our rights.”