Anti-Musk Twitter Users Sic San Francisco Building Inspectors on Company’s San Francisco HQ

A pair of Twitter users this week sicced San Francisco building inspectors on the company’s headquarters in an apparent effort to frustrate new CEO Elon Musk.

San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection dispatched agents to the social media company’s headquarters after two anonymous Twitter users tweeted complaints that the company was violating the city’s building codes by setting up office bedrooms for employees. The complaints followed a Monday Forbes article that described how Twitter has set up “modest bedrooms” for workers who spend the night at the office—a not uncommon practice among Silicon Valley tech workers.

The complaints appear to have been motivated by anti-Musk sentiment that has mounted on Twitter since the billionaire acquired the company. Large swaths of liberal pundits, reporters, and celebrities have cried foul at Musk’s decisions to restore shuttered Twitter accounts and work to make the site’s algorithms fairer to conservatives.

The Twitter press team didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, but the company’s new troll in chief had a characteristic reaction. Musk tagged San Francisco mayor London Breed (D.) on a link to a story about a baby who suffered a fentanyl overdose in the city.

So city of SF attacks companies providing beds for tired employees instead of making sure kids are safe from fentanyl. Where are your priorities @LondonBreed!?https://t.co/M7QJWP7u0N

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 6, 2022

City building inspectors opened an investigation after a Twitter user with the handle @aniccia tagged the city’s planning department in a complaint.

Wonder how much office can be converted to “bedrooms” before it runs afoul of San Francisco code or at least requires a permit and inspections.

AFAIK, the answer is 0, but then I never covertly converted office to residential.

Don’t see new permits for 1355 Market.@sfplanning https://t.co/i3E1dJks4G

— John Berry – Is this my last tweet ever? (@aniccia) December 6, 2022

In a reply to that tweet, a second Twitter user tagged San Francisco’s 311 line and asked the service to investigate.

Hey @sf311 do you know who should be checking this out?

— Mr MR (@21five_public) December 6, 2022

A spokesman for the building inspectors said they will likely start an investigation into Twitter’s office bedrooms within a few days. “There may be fines associated with the enforcement process,” the spokesman told the Washington Free Beacon.

“There are different building code requirements for residential buildings, including those being used

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