<story><title>Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech companies</title><url>https://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-free-cafeteria-food-facebook-ban-2018-7</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>JumpCrisscross</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;The ban wouldn&amp;#x27;t be retroactive, however, so on-site food at companies like Google and Twitter would still be available&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cool, so start-ups lose a potential hiring perk to the incumbents.&lt;p&gt;(Does anyone know the story behind this bill? Which politicians and restaurants supported it? I’d like to avoid the latter going forward.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>michaelkeenan</author><text>It looks like the Golden Gate Restaurant Association endorsed it[0]. I couldn&amp;#x27;t find a list of which restaurants are members of the GGRA, but the board of directors[1] includes people from the Bluestem Brasserie, San Francisco Soup Company, Ladle and Leaf, Extreme Pizza, Rose&amp;#x27;s Cafe, Wayfare Tavern, Souvla, Canela, Palm House, The Dorian, and Perry&amp;#x27;s.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;sf.eater.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;7&amp;#x2F;25&amp;#x2F;17614570&amp;#x2F;san-francisco-corporate-cafeteria-ban-google-twitter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;sf.eater.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;7&amp;#x2F;25&amp;#x2F;17614570&amp;#x2F;san-francisco-corpor...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ggra.org&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;board-of-directors&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ggra.org&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;board-of-directors&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech companies</title><url>https://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-free-cafeteria-food-facebook-ban-2018-7</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>JumpCrisscross</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;The ban wouldn&amp;#x27;t be retroactive, however, so on-site food at companies like Google and Twitter would still be available&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cool, so start-ups lose a potential hiring perk to the incumbents.&lt;p&gt;(Does anyone know the story behind this bill? Which politicians and restaurants supported it? I’d like to avoid the latter going forward.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>noahsark769</author><text>In SF, Aaron Peskin and Ahsha Safai: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfexaminer.com&amp;#x2F;supervisors-move-ban-workplace-cafeterias&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sfexaminer.com&amp;#x2F;supervisors-move-ban-workplace-caf...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>