Will Twitter Stay in San Francisco? We Find Out Today

San Francisco lawmakers are scheduled to vote today on a tax break that will offer enough incentives to Twitter to entice the giant tech company to stay within city walls. If they vote against the tax break, it’s likely that Twitter will relocate not to a new area of San Francisco, but outside of the city altogether.

Earlier this year, Twitter made it official: it needed a new office. The company has expanded from about 150 employees a little over a year ago to more than 450 today, and they’re looking for the office space to hold their growing workforce.

To prevent Twitter from looking towards city centers with lower taxes for businesses, San Francisco’s lawmakers proposed a tax break for a company relocating to its blighted mid-Market area.

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