Elon Musk says he's moving headquarters of SpaceX and X to Texas from California

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on Tuesday that he has decided to move the SpaceX headquarters out of California to Texas.

"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 wrote in a post on X, referencing a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif. that prohibits schools from enforcing policies that require parents to be notified if their child identifies as transgender. 

"There were many straws before that, but that was what finally did it," he wrote in a follow-up post on X.

Musk also said the headquarters of his social media company X, formerly Twitter, will move to Austin.

"Have had enough of dodging gangs of violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the building," he said.

In 2021, Musk decided to move the Tesla headquarters to Austin. 

Musk revealed that he had a personal conversation with Newsom about a year ago regarding the direction of the state.

"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 wrote.