X will close its headquarters after Elon Musk trashed San Francisco — but he's not done with California yet
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- Twitter — now called X — is closing its San Francisco office, CEO Linda Yaccarino says in a memo.
- Employees will stay in the Bay Area, moving to San Jose and Palo Alto, a report says.
- A New York Times reporter first posted about the news — on X.
Elon Musk last month said he was sick of "dodging gangs of violent drug addicts" just to get into X's San Francisco headquarters. Now, he's closing it for good.
A New York Times reporter posted — on X — that the company would close its San Francisco headquarters "over the next few weeks."
CEO Linda Yaccarino wrote in an email to X employees that workers would move to offices in San Jose. X will also open a new office in Palo Alto where it will share space with xAI, the Times reported.
Have had enough of dodging gangs of violent drug addicts just to get in and out of the building
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 16, 2024
The news of a move comes just a few weeks after Musk announced his plans to relocate both X and SpaceX headquarters to Texas. The billionaire cited California laws that he said attacked "both families and companies" as the reason for the move.
The measure signed into law in California prohibits "forced disclosure" policies in which schools must inform parents if their children change their gender identification.
Musk had said in July that X would move its headquarters to Austin — joining his stable of other companies. But that's apparently not happening — at least yet.
X did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.