US billionaire businessman and pilot Jared Isaacman flies in formation aboard a fighter jet over the SpaceX sign, close to the Starship spacecraft, before his third test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on March 13, 2024.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk promised to move the headquarters of his aerospace and defense company from Hawthorne, California to Boca Chica, Texas on Tuesday.
Musk vowed to move in response to Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) signing a new law on Tuesday that bars school districts in California from requiring parents to be notified of a child’s gender identification change.
“This is the final straw. 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,” Musk said on X.
“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,” he added.
In 2021, Musk, also the CEO of Tesla, moved his automaker’s corporate headquarters Palo Alto, California to Austin.
SpaceX did not immediately respond to requests for further information.
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