A Riverside County legislator is calling for an ethics investigation into a state senator accused of soliciting bribes from a cannabis company in Baldwin Park and accepting fraudulent campaign contributions.

Assemblymember Bill Essayli, R-Corona, sent the request for an investigation to the speaker of the Assembly and speaker pro tem of the Senate on Dec. 12 following the unsealing of a plea agreement with former Baldwin Park City Attorney Robert Tafoya, who secretly pleaded guilty to federal bribery and