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.

SpaceX sued the California Coastal Commission Tuesday, alleging bias against Elon Musk's right-wing politics in a decision not to allow the company to launch more rockets from a state air base.

SpaceX has sued the California Coastal Commission after the state agency rejected a plan that would allow Elon Musk's company to launch up to 50 rockets a year.

I, Robot' director Alex Proyas accused Elon Musk of ripping off his sci-fi film designs in Musk's latest Tesla prototypes, including the Optimus bot.

The director of 2004 science fiction film "I, Robot" is accusing Elon Musk of stealing the movie's designs for Tesla's own robots, cars and more. At a presentation called "We, Robot" on Thursday, Musk unveiled a self-driving taxi called the Cybercab and showed off Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot.

Late last week, Elon Musk held his “We Robot” event at the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California, where he offered a glimpse at three upcoming products: their much-anticipated self-driving robotaxi (Cybercab),