The nation’s wealthiest entrepreneur announced Tuesday he would relocate the headquarters for two of his companies from California to Texas.
Elon Musk wrote on the tech platform he purchased last fall that the California governor’s decision to sign legislation banning schools from informing parents of children’s sexual orientation or novel pronoun use was the “final straw” in the decision to leave.
“Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its [headquarters] from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas,” Musk wrote. “And X [headquarters] will move to Austin.”
Have had enough of dodging gangs of violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the building
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 16, 2024
Musk added that he was frustrated with San Francisco’s steep decline, where X is currently headquartered, forcing employees to dodge “gangs of violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the building.”
The announcement of the relocation of Musks’ corporate headquarters drew the endorsement of trans icon and Fox News contributor Caitlyn Jenner.
“Strong move,” Jenner wrote on X. “The state is not the parent!”
On Monday, California became the first state to ban school rules from compelling teachers and administrators to disclose a student’s sexual orientation or newly claimed gender identity to parents. The new law signed by Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom ignited an immediate lawsuit from a southern California school district already embroiled in state litigation over transgender parental
