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Bus stoppage: Why Google and Apple were targeted.

Authors :
Elmer-DeWitt, Philip
Source :
Fortune.com; 12/24/2013, p1-1, 1p, 3 Color Photographs
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

The article reports on December 2013 demonstrations over rising rents, evictions, and gentrification in San Francisco and Oakland, California, in which protesters blocked buses operated by high-technology companies Apple Inc. and Google Inc. carrying employees from the two cities to their offices in Silicon Valley, California. Topics include the California Ellis Act on rent control and San Francisco's housing supply.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Fortune.com
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
93372941