"DoorDash, the delivery app company, must now ask permission from the San Francisco Planning Commission to operate drones outdoors at its drone delivery testing site in the Mission District, capping off a drama that saw tech CEOs trade online barbs with the legislation's sponsor over the city's approach to new research and development."
"The Board of Supervisors unanimously passed District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder's legislation to enact interim zoning controls for outdoor spaces in certain PDR districts - that's " production, distribution and repair," which encompasses a range of uses from auto shops and furniture wholesale to audio engineering."
"Fielder's response to these accusations was equally heated. "Any company whose innovation is equated with killing jobs, injuring or killing humans and pets, and massive privacy violations, can no longer do what they want, when they want," she wrote in a Tuesday press release. "The public wants transparency and regulation on these companies, not a free for all to line the pockets of tech billionaires.""
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors unanimously approved interim zoning controls introduced by District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder for outdoor spaces in certain PDR (production, distribution and repair) districts. DoorDash must now obtain San Francisco Planning Commission permission to operate drones outdoors at its Mission District testing site. The controls apply to any company using outdoor PDR spaces and were prompted by concerns about jobs, human and pet safety, and privacy tied to some technology R&D activities. Tech leaders criticized the measure as an attack on innovation, while proponents demanded greater transparency and regulation.
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