The California Coastal Commission, the oft-controversial body tasked with protecting the state’s coast, is again in the crosshairs of Musk and congressional Republicans, who’ve raised alarms that residents with homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire are in store for a permitting nightmare if they try to rebuild.

Gavin Newsom has taken to X to share what he believes is a gotcha clip of Elon Musk being “exposed” for lying about the California wildfires. The MAGA billionaire, along with Donald Trump, has been a vocal critic of the governor’s response to the crisis.

Musk was fact-checked by an L.A. firefighter in his own livestream after repeating a popular lie about “water shortages.”

Factually incorrect posts shared by Elon Musk on his social media site claim California governor Gavin Newsom decriminalised looting

California Governor Gavin Newsom has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of spreading lies about the state's response to deadly wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, escalating their online row

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and tech billionaire Elon Musk have found common ground with their shared disdain for a controversial state agency – and Republicans are misrepresenting the governor's position as they threaten to withhold disaster aid.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has accused Elon Musk of "encouraging looting" as the dispute over wildfire-related misinformation in Los Angeles intensifies.