Texas Governor-elect Hinojosa Halts 1,300-Acre Boca Chica Park Sale to SpaceX
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Updated · The Guardian · Nov 10
Texas Governor-elect Hinojosa Halts 1,300-Acre Boca Chica Park Sale to SpaceX
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Nov 10
Summary
Two days after her election win, Gina Hinojosa asked Texas parks officials to freeze a proposal to sell 1,300 acres in Boca Chica State Park to SpaceX, and the department complied.
The tract borders SpaceX’s Starbase launch site, making the protected beach and wildlife habitat a prime expansion area for the company’s rocket operations.
Hinojosa said the move was about keeping Texas beaches “free and open” under the state constitution, not shutting down Musk’s businesses, but requiring any expansion to happen on Texas’s terms.
The clash opens an early test of how the incoming governor will balance SpaceX’s economic footprint against public-land access and environmental protections on the Gulf Coast.