San Francisco leaders call for new checks on Waymo after death of beloved cat KitKat

San Francisco leaders are rallying to create legislation that puts checks on the autonomous Waymo vehicles after one of the cars killed a neighborhood cat nicknamed, KitKat.

San Francisco city supervisor Jackie Fielder has been one of the most vocal critics of the self-driving vehicles after the loss of the pet, who could frequently be found roaming the city’s Mission District.

“Waymo thinks that they can just sweep this under the rug and we will all forget, but here in Mission, we will never forget our sweet KitKat. We will always put community before tech oligarchs and California should do the same,” she said in a video clip uploaded to X on Monday.

Waymo has acknowledged the death, but there have been conflicting stories about how KitKat died.

Local bystanders allege the cat was sit