US EditionElon Musk Just Got His Very Own Town
- SpaceX has incorporated Starbase, Texas, as a city pending a local vote to establish a mayor and commissioners to govern it.
- The incorporation follows SpaceX’s long presence there since 2012 and aims to form a Type C municipality with fewer than 5,000 residents and unique local government rules.
- Starbase covers about 1.6 square miles, serves roughly 500 residents mostly employed by SpaceX, and can impose up to 1.5% property tax with powers including zoning and eminent domain.
- Only 283 voters are eligible in the near-unanimous referendum, which could make SpaceX vice president Bobby Peden the city’s first mayor under newly granted powers including weekday beach closures for launches.
- The creation of Starbase supports SpaceX’s Texas expansion but raises environmental and community challenges highlighted by 2024 EPA fines totaling nearly $150,000 for illegal wastewater disposal.
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Elon Musk Just Got His Very Own Town
The small community near SpaceX’s rocket launch site in Texas voted to officially incorporate the area as “Starbase.” Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/podcast-elon-just-got-his-very-own-town -------- 👉 Like this video? Subscribe: bit.ly/4k33rCH Get unlimited access…
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