"Frankly, this is the final straw," Musk said in a seemingly frustrated tweet. "Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately. If we even retain Fremont manufacturing activity at all, it will be dependent on how Tesla is treated in the future." "Tesla is the last carmaker left in CA," he added.MSN "Elon Musk threatened to move Tesla out of California Saturday over a lingering county stay-at-home order preventing the company from restarting business until June 1. On Saturday, the Tesla CEO dangled an impending lawsuit via Twitter, accusing the Alameda County health officer of infringing on Constitutional freedoms.
" 'Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately. The unelected & ignorant 'Interim Health Officer' of Alameda is acting contrary to the Governor, the President, our Constitutional freedoms & just plain common sense," Musk wrote.
"Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) announced on Thursday new guidance allowing factories to reopen in the state but advised that some local governments could still impose limitations. Alameda County has kept measures preventing manufacturers from returning to work, according to TechCrunch.
. . . "Tesla sent a private email to employees Thursday with plans to begin "limited operations" at its Fremont factory in Alameda County, going against the county's stay-at-home orders, according to TechCrunch. The plan reportedly would bring back nearly 30 percent of workers to the Fremont factory as early as Friday.
"Musk threatened more drastic actions Saturday after receiving pushback from the health department, even laying out plans to move the company out of the state." . . .
Hat tip to Harley Standlee, California.
Musk: Tesla will leave California "Because of the corona pandemic, no Teslas are currently rolling off the assembly line in California. That won’t change that quickly either. CEO Elon Musk is not very enthusiastic about the California rules and announces the withdrawal of the company headquarters." . . .
“ 'California and the Bay Area are demonstrating every day that we can protect public health and reopen our economy at the same time,” Jim Wunderman, President and CEO of the Bay Area Council, said in a statement. “We strongly urge Alameda County public health officials to work with Tesla and other employers in figuring out a plan that can allow them to safely resume operations sooner rather than later. We must send a strong signal to businesses and the millions of workers who have lost their jobs that the Bay Area and California are just as eager to restart our economy and get people back to work as we are to stamp out this pandemic.' ” . . .
Update: California Democrat Reacts To Tesla Lawsuit, Pullout Plan Over Coronavirus Rules: ‘F— Elon Musk’ Says the California Democrat with the blue check:
Lorena
Mama, Labor Leader turned CA Assemblywoman. Progressive #Latina Democrat.
chair, Appropriations Chair
@LorenaSGonzalez
F*ck Elon Musk
Wait for it; here comes the race card:
And, the deaths from Covid-19 in California are disproportionately Latino. Our communities have been the hardest hit. By far. Maybe that’s why we take the public health officials’ warning and directions so seriously.
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