{"id":948432,"date":"2021-11-01T07:29:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T11:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=948432"},"modified":"2021-11-01T07:29:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T11:29:32","slug":"elon-musk-warns-that-the-capital-of-texas-must-not-turn-into-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-warns-that-the-capital-of-texas-must-not-turn-into-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Warns That The Capital Of Texas Must Not Turn Into San Francisco"},"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\">28<\/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%2Felon-musk-warns-that-the-capital-of-texas-must-not-turn-into-san-francisco%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=948432&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>Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned on Sunday that Austin, Texas, needs to be its own city and not become a \u201ccopycat\u201d of San Francisco, one of the most far-left cities in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Musk made the remarks in response to a Fox News article about how Austin made \u201cthe largest cut\u201d to its police budget \u201cof any major city in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAustin implemented one of the biggest police budget cuts,\u201d journalist Zaid Jilani wrote in a tweet that linked to the report. \u201cTheir homicide rate soared over the next year, and today the surge is larger than most of the country. Now, voters will decide whether to boost the ranks of the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded, \u201cAustin should be its city, not a San Francisco copycat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/austin-texas-defunded-its-police-department-now-voters-will-decide-if-city-needs-more-officers\">report<\/a> added:<\/p>\n<p><em>But since the budget cut, Austin has gotten much less safe. According to statistics compiled by the data analysis firm AH Datalytics, the city has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/datastudio.google.com\/embed\/u\/0\/reporting\/133bc335-b4e9-41f4-890d-3adb7de5a141\/page\/QX9NC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seen a nearly 71% increase in homicides<\/a>&nbsp;over the past year. While homicides have increased nationwide since 2020, Austin\u2019s increase is one of the largest the firm has tracked.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The funding cuts brought with them a series of changes to the Austin Police Department. Cadet classes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/news\/politics\/county\/2020\/10\/23\/with-class-canceled-can-austin-police-hold-onto-cadets\/114471994\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were canceled<\/a>, making it more difficult to bring more officers onto the force. Certain&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/news\/internal-document-several-apd-specialized-units-dissolving-amid-budget-cuts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">specialized units were cut back<\/a>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thetexan.news\/roiled-by-attrition-austin-police-department-struggles-amidst-reimagining-efforts-and-a-homicide-wave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attrition soared<\/a>. By May 2021, police staffing shortages led to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/staffing-shortages-has-austin-police-911-response-times-up-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30% increase in 911 response times<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s remarks on Austin\u2019s political environment come just a few weeks after he announced that Tesla would move its headquarters from from California to Austin.<\/p>\n<p>The Austin American-Statesman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/business\/2021\/10\/07\/tesla-moving-headquarters-austin-texas-elon-musk-shareholder-meeting\/6008861001\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Speaking to shareholders [on October 7], Tesla CEO Elon Musk mentioned almost casually that the electric automaker \u2014 one of the world\u2019s best-known and most valuable companies \u2014 has decided to move its corporate headquarters from California to Austin. The stunning move \u2014&nbsp;which came as a surprise to many local and state officials \u2014&nbsp;&nbsp;continues Austin\u2019s ascent as a technology hub and adds to Tesla\u2019s swiftly growing presence in the region, as&nbsp;the company is building a $1.1 billion manufacturing facility in southeastern Travis County.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Musk had previously threatened to move the company\u2019s headquarters from Palo Alto, Calif., to Texas or Nevada in 2020, after disagreements with California lawmakers. Musk did not mention that dispute during Thursday\u2019s meeting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to announce we\u2019re moving our headquarters to Austin, Texas,\u201d Musk said.&nbsp;\u201cWe\u2019re going to create an ecological paradise here around the Colorado River.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s tough for people to afford houses and a lot of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned on Sunday that Austin, Texas, needs to be its own city and not become a \u201ccopycat\u201d of San Francisco, one of the most far-left cities in the United States.Musk made the remarks in response to a Fox News article about how Austin made \u201cthe largest cut\u201d to its police budget \u201cof any major city in America.\u201d\u201cAustin implemented one of the biggest police budget cuts,\u201d journalist Zaid Jilani wrote in a tweet that linked to the report. \u201cTheir homicide rate soared over the next year, and today the surge is larger than most of the country. Now, voters will decide whether to boost the ranks of the police.\u201dMusk responded, \u201cAustin should be its city, not a San Francisco copycat.\u201dThe Fox News report added:But since the budget cut, Austin has gotten much less safe. According to statistics compiled by the data analysis firm AH Datalytics, the city has\u00a0seen a nearly 71% increase in homicides\u00a0over the past year. While homicides have increased nationwide since 2020, Austin\u2019s increase is one of the largest the firm has tracked.\u00a0The funding cuts brought with them a series of changes to the Austin Police Department. Cadet classes\u00a0were canceled, making it more difficult to bring more officers onto the force. Certain\u00a0specialized units were cut back.\u00a0Attrition soared. By May 2021, police staffing shortages led to a\u00a030% increase in 911 response times.Musk\u2019s remarks on Austin\u2019s political environment come just a few weeks after he announced that Tesla would move its headquarters from from California to Austin.The Austin American-Statesman reported:Speaking to shareholders [on October 7], Tesla CEO Elon Musk mentioned almost casually that the electric automaker \u2014 one of the world\u2019s best-known and most valuable companies \u2014 has decided to move its corporate headquarters from California to Austin. The stunning move \u2014\u00a0which came as a surprise to many local and state officials \u2014\u00a0\u00a0continues Austin\u2019s ascent as a technology hub and adds to Tesla\u2019s swiftly growing presence in the region, as\u00a0the company is building a $1.1 billion manufacturing facility in southeastern Travis County.\u00a0Musk had previously threatened to move the company\u2019s headquarters from Palo Alto, Calif., to Texas or Nevada in 2020, after disagreements with California lawmakers. Musk did not mention that dispute during Thursday\u2019s meeting.\u201cI\u2019m excited to announce we\u2019re moving our headquarters to Austin, Texas,\u201d Musk said.\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re going to create an ecological paradise here around the Colorado River.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s tough for people to afford houses and a lot of people have to come in from far away,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve taken it as far as possible but\u2026there\u2019s a limit to how big you can scale it in the Bay Area.\u201d\u201cHere in Austin, our factory\u2019s like five minutes from the airport, 15 minutes from downtown, and we\u2019re going to create an ecological paradise here because we\u2019re right on the Colorado River,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be great.\u201dRelated:The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-948432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948432","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}