Zuckerberg name may be stripped from hospital
S.F. supervisor cites Facebook’s troubles in push for change
When Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg donated $75 million to San Francisco General Hospital in 2015, he probably thought he would get some good public relations out of the move, in addition to getting his last name attached to the facility.
But with the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal still hanging over Facebook, along with new drama from the company’s hiring of a Republican-affiliated firm to run campaigns designed to discredit some Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan made a $75 million donation to San Francisco General Hospital in 2015.
Facebook critics and a former company employee publishing a screed claiming that Facebook is “failing its black employees and black users,” Zuckerberg’s
good-PR level might right now be at an all-time low.
And if a San Francisco supervisor has his way, the Facebook boss might soon not even be able to see his name attached to S.F. General.
Late Tuesday, Supervisor Aaron Peskin asked San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera to initiate a legislative process that within a few months could result in the city removing Zuckerberg’s name from S.F. General and potentially changing the process by which San Francisco accepts private donations in exchange for naming rights to public institutions. Officially, the $75 million donation was made by Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan.
In a statement given to this news organization, Peskin cited many of recent issues involving Facebook as reasons why San Francisco shouldn’t want its public in-