'No one shows up anyway': Elon Musk poll asks if Twitter San Francisco HQ should become homeless shelter
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who recently joined the social media platform's board of directors after acquiring a 9.2% stake in the company, asked the question to his 81.2 million followers late Saturday with a nod to how Twitter is still allowing employees to work remotely.
"Convert Twitter SF HQ to homeless shelter since no one shows up anyway," he tweeted along with a poll prompting people to click"Y" for yes or"N" for no.Nearly 12 hours after the 24-hour poll was posted, more than 1.1 votes had been cast. More than 91% of respondents voted in favor of the shelter.
Nearly 30,000 people are homeless in the five-county Bay Area, and there is a lack of room in affordable housing developments, the Mercury News reported in February.
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