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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – Elon Musk says the downtown San Francisco office of X, formerly Twitter, is moving to Austin, Texas, according to a post from the billionaire entrepreneur Tuesday afternoon.
Musk's station connected X came successful a thread showing his distaste for California's aboriginal direction.
Musk added his different company, SpaceX, volition determination its Hawthorne (Los Angeles County) office to Starbase, Texas.
"This is the last straw," Musk said successful notation to a tweet astir Gov. Gavin Newsom signing AB 1955 astir transgender children. "Because of this instrumentality and the galore others that preceded it, attacking some families and companies, SpaceX volition present determination its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas."
AB 1955 is simply a caller California instrumentality barring schoolhouse districts from requiring that parents beryllium notified of their child's sex recognition change.
Musk's announcement besides comes a fewer days aft X reportedly planned to sublease its astir 800,000-square-foot gathering astatine 1335 Market St. The Tesla CEO's determination doesn't travel arsenic overmuch of a astonishment arsenic Musk has hinted successful the past of moving X's office retired of San Francisco.
The San Francisco office of the institution formerly known arsenic Twitter is seen Monday, July 31, 2023. A brightly flashing "X" motion has been removed from the gathering conscionable days aft it was installed. The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection said Monday it received 24 complaints astir the unpermitted operation implicit the weekend. Complaints included concerns astir its structural information and illumination. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)"Have had capable of dodging gangs of convulsive cause addicts conscionable to get successful and retired of the building," Musk posted successful a consequent tweet, appearing to notation an ongoing contented successful downtown San Francisco.
Musk's tweet connected his announcement that X volition determination to Texas has since garnered much than 1.7 cardinal views.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
