Nationally, more than 2,500 protests are expected to take place on Saturday.

“There is, I think, an increasing awareness by the general public that the Trump atrocities are not slowing down, they’re not going away,” IdaRose Sylvester, a Silicon Valley organizer and founder of Together We Will, told KQED. She will join activists across the South Bay at protests taking place at 16 intersections along eight miles of El Camino Real.

Why are people protesting?

While the protests are framed as a broad rejection of President Donald Trump’s presidency, organizers cited the ramp-up of immigration enforcement, cuts to essential services like nutrition assistance and health care.

“We are very concerned with immigration status. We’re concerned with the billionaires that seem to think, along with Trump, that they can run this country. We’re concerned with working families with collective bargaining rights for unions,” said Diane McClure, vice president of National Nurses United, the largest union representing registered nurses.

U.S. Rep. Lateefah Simon addresses hundreds of protesters at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza during the No Kings protest in Oakland on June 14, 2025. (Gina Castro/KQED)

Many in the Bay Area are also responding to Trump’s recent threats to send National Guard Troops to San Francisco. The concern followed comments Trump made at the White House in an Oct. 15 meeting with FBI Director Kash Patel.

Trump called San Francisco “a mess” and said he is encouraging his administration to consider the city for future federal law enforcement interventions.

“Seeing what’s happening in Chicago, what’s happened in LA, the blowing up of ships in Venezuela — everything is just sending us lots and lots of people to attend,” said Patty Hoyt, one of the organizers of the Marin County “No Kings” rally.

Alongside the slogan “No Kings,” many of the Bay Area protests will be promoting a “Yes on Prop. 50” message. The measure seeks to redraw current congressional maps to favor Democrats in hopes of winning back the House of Representatives.

Where can I find my local ‘No Kings’ protests?

Protests are planned across the Bay.

In San Francisco 

Protest attendees will start gathering at Sue Bierman Park at 1:30 p.m. The march will begin at 2 p.m., moving down Market Street toward Civic Center Plaza. The rally will take place at the Civic Center Plaza from 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

In the Tri-Valley area 

Residents are gathering in Pleasanton from 1:30 p.m.–3 p.m. at the park at Hopyard Road and Valley Avenue.