On Tuesday, July 16, the CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, announced that the company will be relocating its headquarters from Hawthorne, California to Boca Chica, Texas.
Musk made it clear that the decision to move SpaceX’s headquarters was due to a recent law passed in California concerning student privacy.
Governor Gavin Newsom of California signed Assembly Bill 1955 into law on Tuesday, which prohibits schools from notifying parents of a child’s transgender decisions.
The law mandates that schools cannot implement policies or disclose information about a student’s sexual orientation or gender transition to parents or guardians without the student’s consent.
Supporters argue that the proposal can protect the safety and privacy of LGBTQ students, while opponents view it as direct interference in parental oversight and child rearing.
“This is the final straw,” Musk wrote on Twitter. “Due to this law, as well as many previous laws impacting families and companies, SpaceX will immediately relocate its headquarters from Hawthorne, California to Starbase in Texas.” “Starbase” is SpaceX’s rocket launch site located in Boca Chica, Texas.
“I already made it clear to Governor Newsom a year ago that laws like these would force families and companies to leave California in order to protect children,” Musk added.
In 2021, Musk moved the headquarters of the electric car manufacturing company Tesla from Palo Alto, California to Austin, Texas.
SpaceX has not immediately responded to requests for further information.