https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/28/mark-zuckerberg-hospital-san-francisco-name-removed-chan-zuckerberg-initiativeQuote
On Tuesday, the San Francisco supervisor Aaron Peskin announced at a board of supervisors meeting that he has asked the city attorney to begin drafting legislation to remove Zuckerberg’s name from what is now called the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.
The renaming of the hospital where Chan trained as a pediatrician followed the couple’s 2015 donation of $75m, which was hailed as the “largest single private gift from individuals to a public hospital in the United States”. That same year, on the occasion of the birth of his first child, Zuckerberg announced his intention to give away 99% of his Facebook stock (valued at the time as $45bn) through a new organization, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI).
“Given the continued scandals that Facebook has been involved in, including the most recent horrendous corporate behavior around engaging in an antisemitic fashion with George Soros, it is unbecoming to have Mark Zuckerberg’s name on the hospital,” Peskin told the Guardian by phone.
Peskin is also seeking to reform the process by which San Francisco gave away naming rights to a public institution in the first place. The renaming of “the General” was controversial when it was announced, but was unanimously approved by the board of supervisors at the time.
“It cannot be normal for this city to put a price tag on the branding of institutions and spaces that fundamentally belong to the citizens of this city,” he said on Tuesday, noting that Zuckerberg’s contribution to the renovation of the public hospital was less than 10% of the contribution from the people of the city, who voted to approve a nearly $900m bond measure to fund the project in 2008.
Zuckerberg’s name won’t be removed from the building anytime soon: Peskin’s announcement is only the first step in a very uncertain process. The city attorney’s office declined to comment on what would be required to make the change, citing attorney-client privilege, but Peskin’s staff said that some of the issues they are asking the attorney to answer are whether the city would have to return Zuckerberg’s gift, or whether the naming rights could be revoked based on “some betrayal of the public trust”.
guy on a board that accepted 75 mill donation to rename their hospital now claims you can't put a price tag on the branding of a public institution as he makes a move to undo the renaming - but also want to know if they have to return the 75 mill