So long, California.
Elon Musk announced via X connected Tuesday that he is readying to move some X and SpaceX's office retired of California (and into Texas) owed to "violent" actions adjacent his offices and a caller California rule signed into effect by Governor Gavin Newsom affecting LGBTQ+ younker successful schools.
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In a bid of posts connected X, Musk first announced that Space X would beryllium moving its HQ from Hawthorne, California to Starbase, Texas, calling Newsom's latest measure nan "final straw" of "many others that preceded it."
I did make it clear to Governor Newsom astir a twelvemonth agone that laws of this quality would unit families and companies to time off California to protect their children
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 16, 2024Musk is referring to Assembly Bill 1955, which was signed into California authorities rule connected Monday. The rule prohibits schoolhouse districts successful nan authorities from forcing teachers aliases schoolhouse unit to disclose to a genitor erstwhile a student changes their gender identity, gender expression, aliases intersexual predisposition without nan student's consent.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has a transgender daughter, Vivian Jenna, who has dropped Musk's past name.
"I did make it clear to Governor Newsom astir a twelvemonth agone that laws of this quality would unit families and companies to time off California to protect their children," Musk said.
The billionaire continued to repost from other X accounts slamming nan caller bill.
Musk past announced that X would besides beryllium moving to nan Lonestar State — this clip retired of San Francisco and into Austin.
Have had capable of dodging gangs of convulsive supplier addicts conscionable to get successful and retired of nan building
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 16, 2024Earlier this year, Musk moved SpaceX's authorities of incorporation from Delaware to Texas aft a Delaware judge voided his $56 cardinal Tesla compensation package.
Musk's Tesla has been headquartered successful Texas since 2021.
Related: Tesla Moving HQ from California to Texas
The determination to move nan 2 companies isn't a large surprise. A March 2023 study by nan Wall Street Journal alleged that Musk had purchased thousands of acres of farmland adjacent Austin to build a municipality for labor to unrecorded and work.
Musk did not publically remark connected nan report.