{"id":2298053,"date":"2024-07-17T15:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T19:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-will-move-corporate-headquarters-for-x-spacex-to-texas\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T15:28:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T19:28:51","slug":"musk-plans-to-relocate-the-corporate-headquarters-of-x-and-spacex-to-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-plans-to-relocate-the-corporate-headquarters-of-x-and-spacex-to-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk plans to relocate the corporate headquarters of X and SpaceX to Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-plans-to-relocate-the-corporate-headquarters-of-x-and-spacex-to-texas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2298053&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The nation&#8217;s wealthiest entrepreneur, Elon Musk, announced that he would relocate the headquarters of two of his companies from California \u200dto Texas. Musk cited California&#8217;s restrictive laws, including a recent legislation banning schools from informing parents about their children&#8217;s sexual orientation or gender identity, as\u200d the \u200creason for\u200c the move. He expressed\u2063 frustration with San Francisco&#8217;s decline, where one of his \u200bcompanies is currently headquartered. The\u2063 decision drew support from trans icon Caitlyn Jenner and highlighted the ongoing debate over parental rights in California. Musk\u2062 warned that more families and companies may leave the state due to\u200d its radical laws. The \u200drelocation\u2063 reflects\u200b a trend of businesses\u2062 and residents moving\u200c out\u200c of California to states like Texas due to\u200d overregulation and controversial laws. Political figures and\u200d celebrities have also spoken out about their decisions to\u200b leave \u2063California, citing\u2062 concerns over the state&#8217;s governance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The nation&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes-400\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wealthiest<\/a> entrepreneur announced Tuesday he would relocate the headquarters for two of his companies from California to Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk wrote on the tech platform he purchased last fall that the California governor&rsquo;s decision to sign legislation banning schools from informing parents of children&rsquo;s sexual orientation or novel pronoun use was the &ldquo;final straw&rdquo; in the decision to leave. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its [headquarters] from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas,&rdquo; Musk wrote. &ldquo;And X [headquarters] will move to Austin.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Have had enough of dodging gangs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-commuters-arm-themselves-with-baseball-bats-amid-soaring-crime\/\" title=\"San Francisco Commuters Arm Themselves With Baseball Bats Amid Soaring Crime\">violent drug addicts<\/a> just to get in and out of the building<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1813295846710206811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Musk added that he was frustrated with San Francisco&rsquo;s steep decline, where X is currently headquartered, forcing employees to dodge &ldquo;gangs of violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the building.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of the relocation of Musks&rsquo; corporate headquarters drew the endorsement of trans icon and Fox News contributor Caitlyn Jenner.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Strong move,&rdquo; Jenner wrote on X. &ldquo;The state is not the parent!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>On Monday, California became the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gender-identity-schools-california-law-af387bef5c25c14f51d1cf05a7e422eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first state<\/a> to ban school rules from compelling teachers and administrators to disclose a student&rsquo;s sexual orientation or newly claimed gender identity to parents. The new law signed by Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom ignited an immediate <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/california-gender-identity-pronouns-schools-parents-teachers-4b4079dbd5a121f25fa05ff38785505f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit <\/a>from a southern California school district already embroiled in state <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/30\/california-ag-wages-legal-war-to-hide-kids-transgender-pursuits-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">litigation<\/a> over transgender parental notification protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/13\/did-elon-musk-spend-44-billion-to-say-the-truth-about-his-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">own son identifies<\/a> as transgender, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1813293676334129401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> on X, &ldquo;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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A lot of families and companies will move out of California because of this law,&rdquo; Musk warned with another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1813289927087718637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online post<\/a>. &ldquo;Who would want to risk the state taking away their kids?&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>California Republican Assembly Leader James Gallagher confirmed in an interview with The Federalist that many businesses have already left over the state&rsquo;s &ldquo;radicalism.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve already seen a lot of businesses leaving California for states like Texas,&rdquo; Gallagher said, emphasizing that overregulation and radical laws on crime and transgenderism have pushed residents out of state. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s going to more to come and it already has done damage to us. We lost a congressional seat because we&rsquo;ve had so many people moving out of California.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, one of Gallagher&rsquo;s colleagues in the state assembly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/ca-rep-warns-parents-gender-affirming-law-love-children-flee-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">encouraged<\/a> families to &ldquo;flee&rdquo; the state over Democrats&rsquo; cascade of legislation proposed to strip the rights of parents concerned about the proliferation of trans ideology in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the past when we&rsquo;ve had these discussions and I&rsquo;ve seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-state-senator-warns-parents-to-flee-state-after-gender-affirmation-bill-advances\/\" title=\"CA State Senator urges parents to leave state as &#039;gender-affirmation&#039; bill progresses.\">parental rights atrophy<\/a>, I&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/floridas-education-bill-is-an-attempt-to-ensure-intellectual-freedom-on-college-campuses-could-one-provision-make-the-whole-thing-backfire\/\" title=\"Florida\u2019s Education Bill Is An Attempt To Ensure Intellectual Freedom On College Campuses. Could One Provision Make The Whole Thing Backfire?\">ve encouraged people<\/a> to keep fighting. I&rsquo;ve changed my mind on that,&rdquo; said Republican State Sen. Scott Wilk. &ldquo;If you love your children, you need to flee California. You need to flee.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Wilk said he would be leaving himself after the completion of his legislative term. <\/p>\n<p>Gallagher told The Federalist on Wednesday that &ldquo;I think that there are Democrats who would say privately they&rsquo;re concerned but they&rsquo;ve been unwilling to say it publicly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Celebrity Fitness Trainer Jillian Michaels went viral on the &ldquo;Sage Steele Podcast&rdquo; last month <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/18\/jillian-michaels-trashes-far-left-california-governance-to-explain-move-to-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">talking<\/a> about her move away from Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I grew up here. I&rsquo;m a woman. I&rsquo;m a gay woman. My mom&rsquo;s a Jew. My dad&rsquo;s an Arab. I have a black kid. And believe it or not, my son is half Latin, even though he doesn&rsquo;t look like it,&rdquo; Michaels said. &ldquo;I hold a million cards in your game of woke victimology poker. And when I leave California, maybe you&rsquo;ve lost your f&mdash;ing mind. Just maybe! Like when you have me running from home, maybe it&rsquo;s gone way too far.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tu4dVLt9gQc?si=xWxRhLfCXr1Gqv-_&amp;enablejsapi=1\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Michaels, who now lives in Florida, complained about new lawsrelated to crime, drugs, and adolescent transgenderism in particular. In 2022, the state became a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/11929233\/california-becomes-first-sanctuary-state-for-transgender-youth-seeking-medical-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sanctuary<\/a>&rdquo; for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doctors-biden-administrations-dangerous-push-for-trans-treatments-for-kids-falsifies-science\/\" title=\"Doctors: Biden Administration\u2019s Dangerous Push For Trans Treatments For Kids Falsifies Science\">trans-identifying youth<\/a> who seek to attempt a gender change.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If my son came to me and said, &lsquo;Mom&rsquo; &mdash; or my daughter &mdash; &lsquo;I think I&rsquo;m trans.&rsquo; I&rsquo;d say, &lsquo;Okay, you know, like, you want to dress this way. You want me to call you whatever the heck you want &hellip; fine. Explore it. I love you. I&rsquo;m cool, do you as long as we&rsquo;re safe,&#8217;&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;re not changing your body until it&rsquo;s fully developed. I&rsquo;m sorry. Conversation&rsquo;s over. Can&rsquo;t get a f&mdash;ing tattoo!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s madness,&rdquo; Michaels added. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s madness to me. I could go on and on and on. And it&rsquo;s madness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wealthiest entrepreneur in the nation announced on Tuesday that he would be moving the headquarters of two of his companies from California to Texas. Elon Musk cited the California governor&#8217;s decision to sign a law banning schools from informing parents about their children&#8217;s sexual orientation or pronoun use as the final reason for the move. Musk expressed frustration with the decline of San Francisco, where one of the companies is currently located, due to safety concerns for employees. The decision to relocate received support from trans icon Caitlyn Jenner. California has faced backlash for its radical laws, with many businesses and residents leaving the state. Musk warned that more families and companies would leave California due to these laws. Other public figures, such as fitness trainer Jillian Michaels, have also criticized the state&#8217;s laws on crime, drugs, and transgender issues. Michaels, who now lives in Florida, expressed concern about the state&#8217;s laws regarding gender changes for youth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2298054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Elon-Musk.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[35357,32192,16582,4844,3694],"class_list":["post-2298053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-corporate-headquarters","tag-elon-musk","tag-relocation","tag-spacex","tag-texas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Elon-Musk.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2298053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2298054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2298053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2298053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2298053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}