Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk announced on Tuesday that he is moving the headquarters of SpaceX and X, formerly Twitter, out of California to Texas, indicating that he was pushed to the decision after California’s Democrat governor, Gavin Newson, signed gender identity reporting legislation into law on Monday.
“This is the final straw,” he said in a post to 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.” He added in a second 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.”
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…
