San Francisco s board of supervisors accused Zuck and Facebook of endangering public health via COVID-19 misinformation.
By Chelsea SteinerDec 17th, 2020, 3:19 pm
This week, the San Francisco board of supervisors voted on a resolution condemning the naming of the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. The measure, which is symbolic only, was voted on 10 to 1, urged city departments to “establish clear standards with regards to naming rights for public institutions and properties that reflect San Francisco’s values and a commitment to affirming and upholding human rights, dignity, and social and racial justice.”
This comes in response to massive endowment of $75 million given to San Francisco General Hospital, the city’s only public hospital, by Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan. Chan worked as a pediatrician at the hospital at the time of their donation in 2015. Many took umbrage with the move thanks to Zuckerberg an
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Supervisors in San Francisco overwhelmingly approved a resolution Tuesday condemning the naming of the city s public hospital for Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, in 2015 after the couple gave $75 million toward a new acute care and trauma center.
The nonbinding resolution does not have the force of law and does not require the hospital to do anything. The hospital was the first in San Francisco to administer vaccines protecting against the coronavirus on Tuesday. The current board does not have the authority to revoke the agreement, resolution co-sponsor Supervisor Gordon Mar said.
But he said the resolution would send the message that San Francisco is not for sale and that a public hospital that caters to the poor should not bear the name of someone whose social media platform endangers public health, spreads misinformation and violates privacy.
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San Francisco board condemns naming of local hospital for Facebook s Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan after they gave $75m toward a new trauma center
San Francisco supervisors approved resolution Tuesday condemning the naming of city s public hospital for Mark Zuckerberg and wife Dr Priscilla Chan
The San Francisco General Hospital was renamed for the couple in 2015 after they couple donated $75million to help fund a new treatment center
Resolution doesn t have force of law and does not require hospital to do anything
But officials said it sends the message that San Francisco is not for sale
Officials said hospital that caters to poor shouldn t have name of anyone whose platform endangers public health, spreads misinformation and violates privacy
December 16, 2020
Courtesy of Newsweek
San Francisco wants to remove Mark Zuckerberg’s name from its hospital. Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital got its name after the Facebook CEO and his wife, Priscilla Chan, donated $75 million in 2015. But city leaders are apparently growing more and more tired of the name every time there’s a Facebook controversy in the news. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 10-to-1 yesterday to condemn the renaming. It’s non-binding and doesn’t force the hospital to drop the name.
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