X to leave San Francisco on Friday the 13th: report [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO – An ominous date has been announced for the official shut down of X’s San Francisco headquarters.

Fortune reported on Thursday that employees received word that the Market Street office will close next month on Friday the 13th.

As KTVU has been reporting, the social media giant, which first launched in 2006 as Twitter out of San Francisco, has been planning its departure from the city for months.

In July, Elon Musk said on X that he would be moving the headquarters out of the city, citing street conditions, and following a new state law aimed at protecting trans youth.

Along with his aerospace company SpaceX, based out of Southern California, Musk said that he planned to move X to Texas, calling the law “the final straw.”

Industry analysts say the move was not a surprise given Musk’s discord with California’s political and legislative decisions, as well as financial …