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As Google Bus Protests Continue, The Protesters Issue Concrete Demands

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The Google bus saga continues in San Francisco, with protesters physically stopping buses on the road today, according to Valleywag. 

Here's a recap, in case you've missed the ongoing issues: San Francisco residents are fed up with the gentrification and rising cost of living in the city, widely attributed to the influx of tech workers at companies like Google, Apple and Facebook. Those companies provide buses to cart employees to the Valley to help with their morning commutes, but those buses use the same public infrastructure as city buses. People are protesting by blocking the buses and, in December, smashing a window. 

Today, the protesters, led by an organization called Heart Of The City, are handing out fliers with a concrete list of demands, which includes tech companies paying for their impact on housing and public infrastructure, a moratorium on all no-fault evictions, and a preservation of rent-controlled housing. 

Here's the list of demands, as tweeted by journalist Ethar El-Katatney:

Google Bus Demands
Twitter / Ethar El-Katatney

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Jillian was most recently an enterprise technology editor based in San Francisco.  She started at Insider as an intern on the technology desk in 2013 and rose to a senior reporter position, covering Alphabet, Facebook, and ecommerce. After three years at the site, she left to spend time freelance writing abroad, before taking reporting positions at CNBC and then at Forbes, where she covered Alphabet, Silicon Valley culture, and artificial intelligence. She returned to Insider in March 2020 and worked on the enterprise technology desk until August 2021.  Jillian graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a degree in magazine journalism and information management and technology.