Gov. Gavin Newsom said California did not face any “imminent threats” after a news report stated that the Iranian regime planned to launch retaliatory drone attacks on his state.

“While we are not aware of any imminent threats at this time, we remain prepared for any emergency in our state,” Newsom wrote in an apparent response to the reporting by ABC News on Wednesday afternoon.

Newsom, who has been critical of the war in Iran, said he is in contact with security and intelligence officials who are “actively monitoring reports of potential threats tied to the Middle East conflict.”

The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Homeland Security Division (Cal OES) has elevated its security posture since the war in Iran started, a spokesperson for the governor told The Epoch Times in a March 11 email.

Newsom’s response came after ABC News reported that the Iranian regime had a plan to launch retaliatory drone attacks in the Golden State.

According to ABC News, the FBI allegedly sent an alert to California police departments warning that Iranian leaders drafted up a plan to have retaliatory strikes on American soil if the United States targeted their country. Operation Epic Fury began on Feb. 28.

“We recently acquired information that as of early February 2026, Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast of the United State Homeland, specifically against unspecified targets in California, in the event that the U.S. conducted strikes against Iran,” the alert reportedly read.

The warning was reportedly distributed at the end of February. The ABC News report didn’t reveal the exact day.

“We have no additional information on the timing, method, target, or perpetrators of this alleged attack,” the alert stated.

The FBI did not respond to requests for comment by publication time.

Iran’s military capacity has been crippled since the strikes started, according to President Donald Trump.

“They’ve lost their Navy, they’ve lost their Air Force, they have no anti-aircraft apparatus at all, they have no radar, their leaders are gone and we can do a lot worse,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday.

The Epoch Times contacted the White House for comment about any potential threats to California.

The U.S. Central Command said on March 11 it’s moving full steam ahead to protect Americans.

“U.S. forces remain centered on very clear military objectives for eliminating Iran’s ability to project power against America and its neighbors,” CENTCOM wrote on X.