After the billionaire Elon Musk announced in mid-July the relocation of its companies X (formerly Twitter) and Space X, from California to Texasthe authorities of that social network sent an email to its employees to announce the exact date the closure of its headquarters in San Francisco. Will this be it? Friday, September 13thin what could be the first step in the relocation process.
The magnate’s decision to move the offices came as response to Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision to push for a law that protects the privacy of transgender children in California schools, something the businessman described as “the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
According to the magazine Fortunein the last few days all X employees received the same email from their CEO, Linda Yaccarino. “After much thought, we have made the decision to Closing our San Francisco office in the coming weeks“, the executive director confirmed in the internal message.
Other media, such as Techstoryconfirmed the closing date, which will be this Friday, September 13th. Thus, although the day on which X will be installed in Texas is unknown, it is known that many of these San Francisco workers will have to relocate their functions to the existing offices in the city of Saint Joseph77 kilometers away, and a new shared space focused on engineering with XAl in Palo Alto54 kilometers away.
“This is an important decision that affects many of you, but it is the right one for our company in the long term,” explained Yaccarino, who also acknowledged that how the measure can reach affect employees living in San Francisco in different waysthe company’s authorities are “actively working on plans, including transportation options, for those directly affected”.
The decision to close the offices in the so-called “City of Fog”, in the coastal area of central Californiaoccurs after The company missed several rent payments to Shorenstein in 2022the real estate company that manages its office building at 1355 Market Street, according to The New York Times. Besides, X tried to reduce costs using some of the dorm space for employees who do not live in San Francisco.
Musk announced his slack in mid-July, when Newsom signed a bill that protects and defends the rights of children in the Lgbtqi+ community in California schools. “This is the last straw. Because of this law and many others that preceded it, which attacked both families and businesses, SpaceX will now move its headquarters from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas“, the tycoon lashed out through their social networks.
The project AB 1955called “Law to support the academic future and educators for today’s youth”, prohibits discrimination based on gender, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation in public schools, in addition to Restrict these institutions from notifying parents if their son or daughter identifies as transgender or about their sexual orientation.
“The state will take your children away from you in California,” Musk wrote on his social media. Meanwhile, in another of his posts, the billionaire said: “A year ago, I made it clear to Governor Newsom that laws of this nature would force families and businesses to leave California to protect their children.”
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