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Elon Musk wants to move SpaceX to Texas
Elon Musk said he's planning on moving his rocket company, SpaceX, and his social media company, X, out of California, after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning schools from notifying parents about their children changing their gender identity.
HAWTHORNE, Calif. - Elon Musk has apparently had enough and announced he plans to move SpaceX and X, formerly known as Twitter, out of California.
"This is the final straw," he said in a series of tweets Tuesday in response to someone who asked him about the law regarding transgender students that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed earlier this week.
On Monday, California became the first U.S. state to bar school districts from requiring staff to notify parents of their child’s gender identification.
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Elon Musk moving SpaceX, X to Texas
Elon Musk says he's moving his companies SpaceX and X to Texas after California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that would ban schools from notifying parents if their children choose to change their gender identity at schools.
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"Because of this law and the many others that proceeded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California to Starbase, Texas," he wrote on social media.
SpaceX South Texas is located near Brownsville. He also said X HQ will move to Austin.
"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 on X.
SpaceX logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen and a computer screen displaying a portrait of Elon Musk (Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
However, that wasn’t the only thing frustrating Musk that led him to share the apparent move.
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The CEO of Tesla Motors added that he’s "had enough of dodging gangs of violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the building."
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SpaceX employees FOX 11 spoke to said they haven't received any communication from the company, and haven't been offered any relocation packages.
SpaceX has not commented further on Musk's comments.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.