Twitter sued for not paying rent on San Francisco HQ since Elon Musk takeover

Twitter is being sued by its landlord for ducking out on rent for its downtown San Francisco headquarters, where the platform reportedly went through heavy cost-cutting under new CEO Elon Musk. The company owes $136,260 in unpaid rent, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday by Columbia Property Trust. Cleaning and security staff were also laid off from the company’s New York and San Francisco offices, where workers struck for higher pay. In San Francisco, Musk condensed the company’s footprint at 650 California St. from four floors to two, the Times reported. The company owes $136,260 in unpaid rent, according to the suit filed Thursday by landlord Columbia Property Trust.