Elon Musk said on Tuesday that two of his companies, X and SpaceX, will move their headquarters from California to Texas as a response to new transgender laws in California, dealing a blow to Silicon Valley amid the billionaire’s long-running dispute with the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom.
On Monday, Newsom signed a bill banning California school districts from disclosing information about a student’s sexual orientation or gender identity to their parents, an effort to prevent “forced outing” of those students.
Musk, who has previously stirred controversy with his public statements about transgender people, said Newsom’s decision to sign the legislation was “the final straw”.