The company is alleging in federal court that the commission’s members are biased because of the billionaire owner’s conservative political views.

Elon Musk's SpaceX, accused the California Coastal Commission of 'political bias'. when the commission denied an increase in SpaceX launches.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has accused a California regulator of political discrimination after it voted to block the rocket company from conducting more launches on the state’s central coast.

SpaceX has filed a lawsuit against a California agency this week after the body rejected a proposal to increase the company's launches from the state’s

The move comes after California Coastal Commission members raised concerns about Musk’s political rhetoric at a hearing last week.

Rarely has a government agency made so clear that it was exceeding its authorized mandate to punish a company for the political views and statements of its largest shareholder and CEO.’

California Assemblyman Bill Essayli, R-Corona, is riding to conservative billionaire Elon Musk ’s defense, after the California Coastal Commission last week rejected a SpaceX proposal to increase the number of rocket launches from the Central Coast’s Vandenberg Space Force Base in part based on Musk’s social media posting history.

Billionaire said commission’s decision to deny additional SpaceX rocket launches at a California Space Force base was ‘totally insane’

Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX has sued a California commission in federal court, accusing panel members of political bias in blocking the space venture company from increasing the number of rockets it launches from a U.

The commission’s public hearing record indisputably shows overt, and shocking, political bias,” the lawsuit reads in part.

The lawsuit targets the California Coastal Commission, which recently denied a proposal to increase Falcon 9 launches at a military base partly because of Musk's controversial politics.