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San Francisco may condemn naming hospital for Facebook CEO
by Janie Har, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 15, 2020 2:22 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 15, 2020 at 2:28 pm EDT
A Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center sign is shown in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Supervisors in San Francisco will vote on a nonbinding and symbolic resolution to condemn the naming of the city s public general hospital for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2015 after he and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, donated $75 million for a new trauma center. Supporters of a condemnation say the Facebook co-founder and CEO has endangered public health and threatened democracy with a platform that spreads misinformation and invaded people s privacy. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
The measure passed 10-1, with Board President Norman Yee the only no vote.
He said nonprofits often use naming rights to spur donations and while this involved city property, he could not support the condemnation without more of a policy discussion.
Yee said he would support a move to remove Zuckerberg’s name and retain Dr. Chan’s name on the hospital. He was among several supervisors behind the 2015 resolution that approved the gift and name change.
San Francisco, where Zuckerberg and Chan have a home, has increasingly soured on the social media behemoth, dismayed by the company s sluggish response to protecting consumer privacy and halting the proliferation of false statements. The federal government is seeking to break up Facebook as lawmakers call for stronger oversight of a company they say has gotten too big.