{"id":34981,"date":"2024-07-20T12:31:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T19:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=34981"},"modified":"2024-07-20T12:31:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T19:31:27","slug":"wiener-calls-musks-reason-for-moving-x-from-sf-vile-despicable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/20\/wiener-calls-musks-reason-for-moving-x-from-sf-vile-despicable\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiener calls Musk\u2019s reason for moving X from SF \u2018vile,\u2019 \u2018despicable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/users\/profile\/Troy_Wolverton\">By Troy Wolverton | Examiner staff writer |<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jul 18, 2024\u00a0Updated\u00a017 hrs ago (SFExaminer.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/sfexaminer.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/9\/71\/971ee91c-4581-11ef-8b6b-a3f01de3e5ac\/6699e1e5d5629.image.jpg?resize=400%2C267\" alt=\"Scott Wiener\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">California state Sen. Scott Wiener: \u201cIt\u2019s outrageous that he\u2019s saying that he\u2019s moving because of the enactment of that law.\u201dExaminer file<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>State Sen. Scott Wiener called Elon Musk\u2019s stated reason for moving his companies X and SpaceX out of California \u201coutrageous\u201d and \u201cvile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk announced Tuesday his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/technology\/elon-musk-moving-x-due-to-california-gender-identity-law\/article_530cc15e-43b5-11ef-b35f-13b1e01f46cd.html\">intention to move the two companies to Texas<\/a>&nbsp;in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom having signed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1955\">Assembly Bill 1955<\/a>&nbsp;the day before. That law bars public schools from telling parents about their children\u2019s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression without the kids\u2019 consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill is intended to protect transgender and queer kids, Wiener said Wednesday in an interview with The Examiner. While many parents are supportive of such kids, plenty still are not, the San Francisco Democrat said. And children of unsupportive parents are at risk of violence or being kicked out of their homes if they\u2019re outed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe as a person, to try to tell California, \u2018If you protect the safety of trans children I\u2019m moving my companies away\u2019 \u2014 that is vile,\u201d Wiener said. \u201cIt\u2019s just despicable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representatives for San Francisco-based X did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state legislature passed the law after several school districts put in place policies that required school personnel to notify parents if their kids asked to be referred to by a different name or pronouns. Although Musk said there were other reasons he was moving X and SpaceX, including homelessness and crime, AB 1955 was \u201cthe final straw,\u201d he said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI did make it clear to Governor Newsom about a year ago that laws of this nature would force families and companies to leave California to protect their children,\u201d Musk said in a separate post on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be sure, Wiener said, he was disappointed to hear that Musk plans to move X\u2019s headquarters. But it wasn\u2019t much of a surprise, given that the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/technology\/elon-musk-hints-yet-again-that-twitter-hq-could-leave-sf\/article_ba668e46-fa57-11ed-9f05-1ffdf595b0d2.html\">tech billionaire had previously threatened to do so<\/a>, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk\u2019s stated rationale also wasn\u2019t a big shock, Wiener suggested. The tech billionaire has fully embraced former President Donald Trump\u2019s MAGA movement, he said \u2014 and he noted that Musk is reportedly estranged from his trans child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s more, under Musk\u2019s leadership, X has become a \u201ccesspool\u201d of hatred toward LGBTQ+ people, Wiener said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI experience that on a regular basis,\u201d he said. \u201cSo do a lot of other queer people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wiener questioned the significance of Musk moving X and Space\u2019s headquarters. X in particular is a shell of itself, he said. Musk has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/elon-musk-chops-twitter-down-1000-employees-2023-5\">reportedly cut more than 80%<\/a>&nbsp;of its full-time staff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/business\/elon-musk-takes-twitter-and-tech-deals-to-another-level\/article_c2bb41f8-e8c7-5235-be68-8374ca1d4ac2.html?=\/&amp;subcategory=226|Books+&amp;+Literature\">since he bought the social-media service once known as Twitter in late 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Musk made a big splash in 2021 when he announced plans to move Tesla from Palo Alto to Austin, Wiener said. But much of Tesla\u2019s operations stayed in the area, and the company even designated Palo Alto as its engineering headquarters, he noted. The same might end up being the case with SpaceX, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving Tesla\u2019s headquarters \u201cmade a lot of headlines, but Tesla still has a huge presence in California. So we\u2019ll see what he does,\u201d Wiener said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, it\u2019s not up to Musk to decide whether LGBTQ+ people have civil-rights protections, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t get to dictate that to the state of California,\u201d Wiener said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s outrageous that he\u2019s saying that he\u2019s moving because of the enactment of that law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you have a tip about tech, startups or the venture industry, contact Troy Wolverton at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:twolverton@sfexaminer.com\">twolverton@sfexaminer.com<\/a>&nbsp;or via text or Signal at 415.515.5594.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Sen. Scott Wiener called Elon Musk\u2019s stated reason for moving his companies X and SpaceX out of California \u201coutrageous\u201d and \u201cvile.\u201d Musk announced Tuesday his&nbsp;intention to move the two companies to Texas&nbsp;in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom having signed&nbsp;Assembly Bill 1955&nbsp;the day before. 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