Or is that a conspiracy theory?
>The measure has the support of Gwyneth Borden, executive director of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association and other local merchants.
It seems suspicious that before the legislation is even introduced exceptions have been carved out for the existing big companies.
[1] http://www.sfexaminer.com/supervisors-move-ban-workplace-caf...
At most, they would make a website with a little game featuring an animation of the city burning down, then giggle and and share it with each other, all the while deaf to the irony that, in reality, they already are burning it down; they just can’t see it. The disconcern behind your whining threat exerts, on the broader population, a blunt misery of slow-burning economic torture the likes of which the tech worker’s comforts will not afford them to perceive. A real fire would at least offer closure and hope amidst a new beginning. This one just keeps blistering.
So, conspiracy theory or not, it's very plausible that the large established players had a hand in drafting this law.