Elon Musk announced on Tuesday that he is relocating the headquarters of his social media platform X and space company SpaceX from California to Texas. This decision comes in response to a new California law, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, which prohibits public schools from informing parents when their children identify as transgender.
Musk criticized the law, arguing that it and similar legislation have compelled families and businesses to leave California in order to safeguard their children. He also mentioned that he had forewarned Newsom a year ago about the consequences of such laws.
In addition to moving SpaceX’s headquarters from Hawthorne, Calif., to Starbase, Texas, Musk revealed plans to relocate X’s headquarters from San Francisco to Austin, Texas. He cited practical concerns about safety in San Francisco, remarking that entering and leaving buildings there shouldn’t entail navigating through groups of violent drug addicts.
Furthermore, Musk disclosed that he has personally changed his residency from California to Texas, noting Texas’s absence of personal income tax, unlike California, which imposes the nation’s highest state income tax rates.
Regarding family matters, Musk discussed his estranged child’s transition to female in 2022, accompanied by a legal name change. He attributed the circumstances surrounding the transition to what he referred to as “neo-Marxists,” describing his child as a committed Marxist who has distanced herself from him and initially concealed her transgender identity. Musk acknowledged attempts to reconnect with her, which have thus far been unsuccessful.
While Musk is relocating X and SpaceX to Texas, it’s worth noting that in 2021, he had moved his electric vehicle company Tesla from Palo Alto, Calif., to Austin, Texas. He did not specify whether Tesla’s headquarters would also return to Texas as a result of these recent developments.