{"id":7352,"date":"2020-04-27T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2531828"},"modified":"2020-04-27T16:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T16:16:00","slug":"uber-faces-criticism-for-stopping-food-deliveries-to-low-income-neighborhood-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/27\/uber-faces-criticism-for-stopping-food-deliveries-to-low-income-neighborhood-in-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber faces criticism for stopping food deliveries to low-income neighborhood in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span><\/span>Illustration by Alex Castro \/ The Verge<\/small><\/p>\n

Uber has informed residents of San Francisco’s Treasure Island neighborhood it will no longer make Uber Eats deliveries to the area because of new city regulations temporarily capping delivery commissions.<\/p>\n

Uber says the regulations limit the company’s “ability to cover operational costs.” But San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney has criticized Uber for its approach, saying it’s cutting off service to a low-income neighborhood in retaliation for the city’s policy, according to the San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“This is DESPICABLE, outrageous behavior from @UberEats,” Haney said in the first of a series of tweets. “The caps on commissions are to protect small businesses and ensure they can survive during a GLOBAL PANDEMIC. Uber responds by cutting off access to essential goods from low income communities of color like Treasure Island,” he continued.<\/p>\n

You can read Uber’s message to the neighborhood as well as part of Haney’s response in the tweets embedded below:<\/p>\n

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