"The fight saw Fielder, elected in District 9 last year on a Democratic Socialist platform by a 19-percentage point margin, blast tech billionaires and call her detractors "technofascists." Tech investors from the city's moderate wing rallied anger about the supervisor on X, skewering her and calling the proposed legislation "Luddite." Now, with both sides claiming victory, city residents would be excused for not knowing what's exactly going on."
""End of Year Win," Fielder wrote in her Instagram post about the passage, saying, "If you are Doordash and you want to fly drones and use anything outdoor, you now have to go for a conditional use authorization." Now the food delivery company, which has selected a facility near 16th and Folsom Street in one of these "PDR" zones for designing and testing autonomous drones, will have to request the permit should it want to test those drones outside."
Supervisor Jackie Fielder proposed a permit requirement for companies opening laboratory space in San Francisco's PDR zones, seeking an additional conditional-use step. The Board of Supervisors approved a narrowed version applying only to outdoor lab operations and ordered a Planning Department study of lab use in those zones. Fielder announced the outcome as an “End of Year Win,” noting companies like DoorDash must seek conditional use authorization to test drones outdoors. The proposal triggered online backlash from local tech investors who labeled it “Luddite,” and Fielder disparaged critics as “technofascists,” drawing even a comment from Elon Musk.
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