In another display of ire directed toward vehicles that haul Google employees to and from work, a smattering of protesters blocked the GBus from moving Friday morning. Said protesters have even allegedly resorted to damaging the buses.

Today's initial protest began at 24th and Valencia at around 9 a.m. where residents angry at the tech industry blocked the bus and carried signs reading "Get off the bus and join us!" and "Eviction Free San Francisco." As many of you know, the Bay Area is undergoing a brutal eviction crisis, with San Francisco feeling the brunt of it. Mission District Supervisor David Campos introduced anti-eviction legislation earlier this year, which would provide "incentives against the Ellis Act" to landlords. These google buses — which, in all fairness, do combat the impact the workforce has on local sustainability, as well as the release of CO2 and other emissions — have become a symbol of the gentrification and economic disparity many denizens feel has taken over their city.

As Mission Local reports, the other dustup was "at MacArthur BART station and in West Oakland at 7th and Adeline." Craig Frost, who was inside the Oakland bus that was physically damaged, tweets, "My Gbus got hit by protesters in Oakland and they broke a window." While Google software engineer Joel Weinberger (rather adroitly) points out, "I assume all the #googlebus protesters tweeting 'get out of the Bay, techies' see the irony of doing so on Twitter?"

Here are just a few reports and images of what went down today:













This morning's protests follow a similar incident last week in the Mission District, which played host to a fake Google employee doing "political theater."

[Mission Mission]
[Mission Local]