Former President Donald Trump arrived in Newport Beach on Saturday for his first major campaign fundraiser in Southern California.
Trump was in Orange County after hosting a fundraiser at the Beverly Hills home of businessman Lee Samson the night before.
Early Saturday morning, supporters lined the streets near Pacific Coast Highway and Jamboree Road to catch a glimpse of Trump's motorcade, which arrived shortly before 1 p.m.
Ticket prices for the Newport Beach event ranged from $3,300 to $100,000 per person.
About 400 people attended the fundraiser, held at the Harbour Island home of health insurance company co-founder John Ward, his wife Kimberly Ward, and billionaire tech entrepreneur Palmer Luckey.
Supporter Blake Marnell said he drove from San Diego to Orange County to wait for Trump's arrival.
Supporters lined the streets of Newport Beach to await the arrival of Donald Trump's motorcade on June 8, 2024. (KTLA)
Supporters lined the streets of Newport Beach to await the arrival of Donald Trump's motorcade on June 8, 2024. (KTLA)
Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Phoenix, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Scutelli)
John and Kimberly Ward's Harbor Island home in Newport Beach, where Donald Trump held a campaign fundraiser on June 8, 2024. (KTLA)
John and Kimberly Ward's Harbor Island home in Newport Beach, where Donald Trump held a campaign fundraiser on June 8, 2024. (KTLA)
Supporters line the streets of Newport Beach to await the arrival of Donald Trump's motorcade on June 8, 2024. (KTLA)
President Donald Trump's plane arrives at Los Angeles International Airport on June 7, 2024. (KTLA)
Supporters wait outside Donald Trump's motorcade as it arrives at his Beverly Hills home for a campaign fundraiser on June 7, 2024. (KTLA)
Attendees at a campaign fundraiser for Donald Trump enter his Beverly Hills residence on North Elm Drive on June 7, 2024. (KTLA)
Supporters of Donald Trump await the arrival of his motorcade in the Beverly Hills neighborhood on June 7, 2024. (KTLA)
Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Phoenix, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Scutelli)
NEW YORK, NY – MAY 30: Former US President Donald Trump appears in his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. Judge Juan Marchan issues instructions to the jury as deliberations enter their second day. Former President Trump is on trial for the first time in a criminal case, charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. (Photo by Steven Hirsch Pool/Getty Images)
Former President Donald Trump appears in Manhattan criminal court for the jury verdict in his hush money criminal trial in New York, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Stephen Hirsch/New York Post, Pool Press via The Associated Press)
Donald Trump, far left, looks on as Judge Juan Marchan watches from the gallery as Jury Foreman No. 1 returns the guilty verdict in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Elizabeth Williams via The Associated Press)
Former President Donald Trump sits in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on May 20, 2024. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times, via Associated Press, Pool)
Former President Donald Trump appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for the jury verdict in his hush money criminal trial in New York, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Pool Photo by Michael M. Santiago/via Associated Press)
Former President Donald Trump attends his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (Doug Mills/The New York Times, Pool via Associated Press)
Outside a private home on North Elm Drive in Beverly Hills, where Donald Trump will hold a presidential campaign fundraiser on June 7, 2024. (KTLA)
Supporters wait outside Donald Trump's motorcade as it arrives at his Beverly Hills home for a campaign fundraiser on June 7, 2024. (KTLA)
“We have a reputation as a Democratic state, and offices at the state level are held entirely by Democrats, but the fact that we have conservative enclaves throughout California is a contradiction,” Marnell said.
The event in Newport Beach was Trump's final stop in California, after holding events in San Francisco on Thursday and Beverly Hills on Friday.
The Republican presidential candidate, who was convicted on May 30 of 34 felony counts, reportedly raised $141 million in May.
The Beverly Hills event reportedly raised about $6 million, while the San Francisco event raised about $12 million. The events were hosted by venture capitalist and former PayPal executive David Sachs and his wife, Jacqueline Sachs, and venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya.
Trump has been criticized for relying on campaign funds to pay for expensive legal fees, with some estimates putting him on track to spend more than $100 million in campaign contributions by 2024, according to the Orange County Register.
Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, just days before he is scheduled to be formally announced as the GOP's presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
The visit will be President Trump's first to Southern California since the 2023 Anaheim Republican Convention in September.
President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Southern California on June 15 for a major fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles, which is also set to feature appearances from celebrities including former President Barack Obama, George Clooney and Julia Roberts.
