Elon Musk Announces X, Space X HQs Leaving California
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Elon Musk is moving X and Space X’s HQ out of California.
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
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
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 16, 2024
Tech mogul Elon Musk announced Tuesday afternoon that he would be moving the headquarters of both his social media company X and SpaceX to Texas in response to a new California law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Musk made the announcement in a pair of posts to the social media platform formerly known as Twitter at around 12:13 p.m. and 12:30 p.m., saying that SpaceX would be moving its headquarters from Hawthorne to Starbase, Texas, while X would relocate its headquarters from San Francisco to the tech hub of Austin.
“Have had enough of dodging gangs of violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the building,” Musk added in a separate post, apparently referring to issues in the neighborhood surrounding the X headquarters in the city’s mid-Market Street area.
Musk said the “final straw” in his decision was a new California law that bans school districts from passing policies requiring schools to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification.
“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 in another post on X.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott celebrated the move.
X marks the spot.
teXas is the HQ for business. https://t.co/29JsY0l06j
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) July 17, 2024
