(photo by Chantelle Hershberger)

Members of Refuse Fascism Los Angeles protested President Donald Trump during his visit to Los Angeles and Beverly Hills on Sept. 17.

About 40 people held signs and a banner denouncing Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at Sunset Boulevard and Benedict Canyon Drive.

Chantelle Hershberger, an organizer with the group, said she was surprised more people weren’t out protesting the Trump administration and “there’s a lot of complicity in people not standing up against Trump right now.”

“That was really eye opening, that people knew Trump was going to be in Beverly Hills fundraising … there was a small, determined group of protestors but in no way the type of reaction needed for a Trump visit to Los Angeles.”

Hershberger said the group plans to host “massive, sustained Hong Kong-style protests for October.”