Elon Musk says he’ll move X & SpaceX headquarters from California to Texas. Here’s why

By GILLIAN BRASSIL AND NICOLE NIXON

Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday he would move the headquarters for his social media and rocket ship companies out of California after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning public school districts from notifying parents if a child asks for different gender identification than what appears on their birth certificate. Musk called this the “final straw” on his social media platform X. “Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas,” Musk wrote. “And X HQ will move to Austin” Texas, he wrote in a follow-up post. “I did make it clear to Governor Newsom about a year ago that laws of this nature would force families and companies to leave California to protect their children,” Musk added.

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