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00:00Putting a capital X in Texas.
00:02Billionaire mogul Elon Musk shared on his social media site X
00:07formerly known as Twitter that he's had it with California.
00:11He plans to move its headquarters and that of SpaceX to the Lone Star State.
00:15Musk explained he decided to make the move after California's governor signed into law a pro-LGBTQ plus bill.
00:23This is the final straw because of this law and the many others that preceded it
00:27attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its headquarters
00:31from Hawthorne, California to Starbase, Texas.
00:34And X's headquarters will move to Austin.
00:37Have had enough of dodging gangs of violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the building.
00:42Signed by Gavin Newsom, the California law that provoked Musk's ire
00:45gives schools more leeway in regard to informing parents of a child's gender choices.
00:51It forbids schools from requiring teachers to tell the parents of any changes.
00:55Elon Musk has long voiced inflammatory statements against trans people.
01:00And he has a trans daughter.
01:02When court documents said she no longer has a relationship with him.
01:05The decision to move from California, a state known as a bastion of progressive Democratic policies
01:12to a predominantly Republican one
01:14comes as Musk is increasingly weighing in in American politics.
01:18I think it's political.
01:19I mean it's happening during the Republican National Convention.
01:22Musk clearly putting support behind Trump.
01:25The world's richest man said he's pledging 45 million dollars a month to the Trump campaign.
01:31As for the moves, they're expected to have a limited financial impact.
01:35But thousands of employees may have to relocate or go between states.
01:39As some Tesla workers now do.
01:41For Musk moved his car company's headquarters to Texas in 2021.
01:46Even if California remains its engineering hub.