Elon Musk to move SpaceX and X from California to Texas over transgender law
- Musk called a law blocking schools from forcing teachers to notify parents about changes to a student’s gender identity ‘the final straw’
Elon Musk on Tuesday said he will move the headquarters of SpaceX and X to Texas after a California law blocked schools from forcing teachers to notify parents about changes to a student’s gender identity.
“This is the final straw,” Musk said on 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.”
The multi-billionaire also said that he is transferring X from its art-deco headquarters in San Francisco to Austin, a threat he has made before but never saw to completion.
Musk has already moved Tesla’s headquarters from Palo Alto in Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas.
“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 wrote.
