Officials are bracing for a series of armed protests at the California and Nevada state capitols starting today and lasting through the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday. The possible actions follow the violent takeover of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump extremists on Jan. 6.

The FBI has warned of the potential for "armed protests" at all 50 state capitols, and earlier this week California Gov. Gavin Newsom deployed 1,000 National Guard troops to protect the Capitol and critical infrastructure. Sacramento Police say they are dedicating local resources to keeping peace downtown, while the California Highway Patrol is stepping up enforcement around Capitol, including erecting a fence around the building this week. Some downtown businesses have boarded up their storefronts.

"We don’t have specific information to indicate that a particular person or a particular group is going to be in Sacramento at a particular time, there’s just been general chatter on social media, people we’ve talked to said there are people who are planning to converge on the state capitol or other capitols," said FBI special agent Sean Ragan. "We hope that it’s a peaceful weekend and the next week is extremely peaceful and if people demonstrate they demonstrate peacefully and there will be no issues, that’s what we hope."

In California and Nevada, the planned demonstrations also follow a series of weekly protests by far right groups in Sacramento and Carson City. The events have attracted members of Proud Boys, a white supremacist street-fighting gang usually recognizable in their black and yellow attire, and other far right groups such as the Three Percenters and the California State Militia, another paramilitary group.

While the attack of the U.S. Capitol has raised questions about security at the California state Capitol, several law enforcement officials and lawmakers say they believe the building can be kept safe from potential rioters. But local activists have noted that the response to recent protests by far-right and majority-white groups have been less harsh than the response to the racial justice protests this summer.

CapRadio's Scott Rodd, Sarah Mizes-Tan and Bert Johnson contributed to this report.