Elon Musk Says SpaceX Headquarters Is Moving Out Of California After New LGBT Law

Tech billionaire Elon Musk announced Tuesday that he is moving the SpaceX headquarters from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas, over a new law restricting schools from notifying parents about their child’s sexuality or gender identity.

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1955 into law Tuesday to prohibit school districts from disclosing a student’s sexual orientation or gender identity to the child’s parents without their consent. Musk called the passage of this legislation the “final straw,” accusing California of passing several laws “attacking both families and companies,” according to a statement on X.

“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 in the statement.

Musk also announced X’s headquarters will move to Austin, Texas, as he is tired of “dodging gangs of violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the building.”

Musk has prominently been a staunch opponent of sex change operations and hormone therapies for children, even calling on doctors and parents who allow for these surgeries to be performed to serve a life sentence in prison in an April 2023 post on X.