Elon Musk and Gavin Newsom have been at loggerheads with one another on social media. It goes back to January 12, 2025, when Musk reposted a video where Newsom stated the zero-tolerance policy for looters during the LA wildfires.

Billionaire Elon Musk has been attacking California Gov. Gavin Newsom over his response to the California wildfires.

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.

Newsom mocked Musk for having his “lies” about water shortage “exposed” during his own live-streamed briefing with a member of the LA fire command team.

Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk on Sunday pegged the delay in Cybertruck deliveries to expectant customers in the California area to the company's relief efforts in Los Angeles where multiple wildfires have claimed lives and belongings.

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

We’re all in this together,” Newsom said. “That’s why I have an open hand, not a closed fist, with the president-elect. I want him to come out.”

It is the strongest response Newsom has made so far in the week since the fires first erupted in the Los Angeles area.

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.

WASHINGTON – California Governor Gavin Newsom accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of spreading “lies” about the state’s response to deadly wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, escalating their online row over swirling misinformation. US President-elect ...

California governor Gavin Newsom has accused Elon Musk of “encouraging looting” after the billionaire shared posts on his social media platform X that claimed the politician had “decriminalised” it. “Stop encouraging looting by lying and telling ...

The California governor is writing a new playbook for Democrats overwhelmed by partisan hits and misinformation in the midst of a natural disaster.