Hinojosa Asks Texas Parks and Wildlife to Hold Off on Boca Chica Land Action Amid SpaceX Concerns
She says the move could affect about 1,300 acres of public land and access to Boca Chica Beach.
- Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa requested that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department pause any action on state land transfers near SpaceX's Starbase facility during her transition period before taking office.
- The potential transfer involves approximately 1,300 acres of public land near Boca Chica Beach, raising concerns about future public access to the coastline adjacent to SpaceX's launch facilities.
- On Thursday, Hinojosa spoke with the Wildlife Department executive director to "request that no action be taken" during her transition. She confirmed the matter was not on Thursday's agenda.
- Although the item was removed from Thursday's agenda at Hinojosa's request, she did not confirm whether the Wildlife Department agreed to her request or detail future action plans.
- Hinojosa, who defeated Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in Tuesday's election, emphasized her commitment to the region, stating, "The Valley is so important to me as the place I am from.
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Gina Hinojosa continues to stand up after her election victory against the AI boom in Texas and wants to slow down the construction boom of the tech industry. The Democrat wants to put the sale of a nature reserve to the Musk company SpaceX on hold for the time being.
The elected governor of the state of Texas, Gina Inojos, asked the local department of parks and wildlife to suspend negotiations on the sale of land to Ilona Maska SpaceX. Inojos asked that no action be taken against Boca Chica Park during the transfer of power. She was the first democrat to win the State Governor's election since 1990 to hand over Bloomberg. "We can maintain a strong working relationship with Ilon Mask and his companies, but t…
Texas Governor-Elect Requests Pause on Land Talks With SpaceX
Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa used her first news conference since winning election to spotlight her scrutiny of the potential sale of state park land to Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
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